Happy 4th of July! This is the second year in a row that we have spent the 4th at Kiawah, and we have decided to make it our annual tradition. We headed down on Tuesday night and stayed through Sunday. Our great friends the Konops made it down again this year and arrived on Thursday night. We had the best time! Because of the recent outbreak of shark attacks in the Carolinas, I was a little worried about letting the kids get in the water. The beach patrol was patrolling and there were no shark sightings. We still decided to play it safe this year and stayed in knee deep water. The kids boogie boarded but we did not do any surfing this year.
My traditional pic of the boys on the boardwalk :). They are always thrilled to pause so I can snap a shot ;)
No surfing but boogie boarding is almost as good!
This kid is just to content to play with his trucks and boats in the sand.
Jackson was so excited to get a woofle ball set to play at the beach. I think this kid could play baseball all day if we let him!
Homerun!
There were all these little tide pools which were perfect for Beckett. He loved playing with all his toys in them!
Noni got out all of daddy's old trophies, medals, and jerseys. Jackson was in a heavan looking through all of them! He wanted to keep everything, but we were able to convince him to just keep a few things. Here he is wearing his daddy's jersey.
The Konops made it!
Such sweet buds!
Beckett finally got his taste for the ocean and wanted to boogie board!
Looks like he had fun!
This is by far my favorite thing about Kiawah. It is 4th of July weekend but the beach is still not crowded. Where else could you have a woofle ball game on the beach?
After a day at the beach, it was time to head to Freshfields for the concert!
Oh how I love that face!!
There is a little toy store at Freshfields that the kids love to go to! They are allowed 1 thing each trip. Jackson chose an adventure kit with binoculars, compass, etc. Beckett chose a plastic boat. Payton picked a jelly bean game. The kids had to play it! There are a bunch of jelly beans and some are good and some are bad. You don't know which you get until you taste it. Gross!!
We always have to have ice cream at the beach!
And then there was dancing! I don't think I have ever seen Jackson dance so much!!
Dancing machines!
After the concert, we headed down to the beach to see Jupiter and Venus. If you look closely above the tree, you can see them!
4th of July started with beach and pool time! They had a band at the pool and the kids were able to join in!
After we swam, we headed to the festival. The rain didn't totally cooperate, but we were able to get in all the fun before the downpour and still were able to see the fireworks!
Jackson couldn't wait to try the rock climbing this year! His memory always amazes me. He quickly reminded me that you have to have closed toed shoes. Last year Payton didn't and had to squeeze into Jackson's shoes.
Family shot!
After the rock climbing, we had to see the jugglers!
Next stop,..craft time! We are working on Jackson's smile. He tends to smile really big. Greg decided that he should just stop smiling. :)
Last but not least,..face painting.This was the time it started to look a little scary. We decided to get our food and try to wait it out in the car. It didn't look like it was going to clear up, so we picked our stuff up and decided to head to the Homeowner's to watch the Sanctuary fireworks under cover. It worked out perfectly! We had the best holiday weekend. Thanks Noni and Grandaddy for all the amazing memories!
We can't wait until our next beach trip!!
This was much more his pace :) Daddy's too...
