Summertime

What a fun summer we've had! We have been spoiled rotten with 2 beach trips. The first week in June we spent with the Argo side of the family at Ocean Lakes in Myrtle Beach. The weather was BEAUTIFUL and it was still cool in the mornings and evenings. We quickly found that going to the beach with 2 kids, especially when one is a baby, is quite exhausting. By the time we set up camp in the morning, we needed a nap! Maya loved the water, of course, and enjoyed swimming around in her life jacket. Jonas tolerated it, but it was still a bit cold. He wasn't particularly fond of the waves. He has such fair skin that we had to keep him inside mostly. Maya had a blast playing with Maggie and Julie, Casey's brother's girls, and Casey and Joey had fun making fun of me and throwing the football back and forth. A highlight was the nightly cruise around the campground in the golfcart, where the little girls would hand out of the cart to give high fives to passersby. Maya termed the outing "cruving" instead of cruising, and so we all had to start saying that!

Our second beach trip was 2 weeks later, with the Bailey side of the family. Edisto was our destination this time and we had a full house! We had: Casey, Jennifer, Maya and Jonas; Wes, Jess, and Eva; Karen, Katie and Kasey; Mom and Dad; and Ashley and Todd. Needless to say there was a lot of noise, mostly from the babies. Katie and Kasey did a great job of babysitting and Maya had a blast playing with them. Eva and Jonas tolerated each other and shared the baby toys. We went to Botany Bay, an untouched beach, and the river one night. Those were fun outings! I'll describe more later...