Coastal Trip

We took a little trip up the coast of SC the last week or so... 

but before we did that we took Riley out to Beef and Bottle for her annual birthday dinner celebration.   It's always super yummy.  

*Note that Hadley is wearing one of Riley's rompers.  It's too small for Ri but WAY too big for Haddie but she was determined to wear it.*

Our first stop was Charleston to stay with Mike and Sally and their cutie pie ladies- Kenley and Ava.  We loved it and the kids all had a blast- we even went out on the boat twice.   

I swear almost every single pic I have of Ri is her looking silly.... work with me RI!!

Mike parked the boat in the inlet on the beach with NO waves and the kids swam and jumped off the boat.  

Hadley LOVED not being the young one.   She was in heaven.  

Riley has the mom thing down already- she's gonna be a rock star momma one day.  Next summer it's babysitting time!  

Can't stand the cuteness!

After two nights with the DiPaolo's we headed up to Gammy and Poppy's for the Fourth- which is always fun at the beach.  For the first time I can recall we actually had rain on the 4th.  We huddled under two tents for an hour or so while it rained and was gross out (while we grilled burgers and dogs) and then the sun came out and it was a nice day.  

Hadley is officially a bike rider now.  No training wheels and we went for two - 2 mile rides- while riley ran.   

My beach buddy- she loves it so much. 

Crabbing.  

Fourth of July dinner- always so yummy.  

Fun times watching the fireworks show.  

Our last stop was North Myrtle Beach for Riley's last lax tourney of the season.  

Her team wasn't that successful but she played well and I'm super proud of her growth.  

We stayed at a super busy condo complex.  It wasn't our normal 'quiet beach experience' but we had fun.  We walked to beach, played in the swash, swam in the pools, chilled in the lazy river, drank cocktails and celebrated Todd's birthday with dinner at his favorite Italian restaurant.  

We hit up Painter's ice cream too- yum!

Where we stayed was right next to Briarcliffe Acres- Gammy and Poppy's old beach house and where we lived for three years.  One night we walked to the house from the beach.  It's run down and so sad... 

But the views in Briarcliffe are still stunning. 

All in all a great trip- the girls and I spent the last day hanging with lax peeps!  

And we can't forget haddie's YOUTUBE obsession.  She loves watching YouTube videos and decided to start filming them herself.  I literally have 10 - 12 of these on my phone.   Adorable  

Until next time...