Monday, July 5, 2010

Beach with Papa and Mama

This year it was our turn to have a week at the beach with Papa (my Dad) and Mama(my stepmom). We use to go every year but then my brother and I had kids and needed more space. This year was the best one that we have had. We all agreed! Dad listened to my advice about the moving to a different room which had twice as much living space. When you have babies on vacation you have to get a nice room with as much space as possible since you will be in it 75% of the time. Our condo had three bedrooms with two masters that opened up to the ocean. It was wonderful!

We took in the pool and beach daily. Dad also took us to a show called Le Grand Cirque where we saw extraordinary acrobatics. Of course, Papa definitely wanted to take Reagan to build-a-bear. Thank goodness we did this on the second day because I really didn't bring many toys for her and she was able to play with her bear "Pagley" all week. She named this adorable bear after her friend at church "Hadley".

Andy and I were celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary so Dad babysat while we went to Chestnut Hill. This is my favorite restaurant in Myrtle which we often go to when we are down there. They have the best early bird special and we were able to sit looking out at the water. The restaurant throws bread from atop the roof to make the turtles and fish come right up to where we are eating. The big surprise is when the alligators come around! Each night we stayed in and made mixed drinks, went to the hot tub, and relaxed. It was so nice. We were also there for the 4th of July and we saw fireworks all the way down the beach as we sat in the hot tub with the bubbles all around us. Very nice and romantic! Thanks to my wonderful Dad and step-mom for a great week! We love you!