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Monday, October 28, 2013

That Vacation We Went on a Long Time Ago

Way back in August, when the days were nice and warm, my family took our annual trip to Hilton Head. It was a different sort of year. With 15 grandkids now, and four babies under a year old, we spent more time just trying to survive at the house together (yes, we were all in one house). It was slow paced and hectic at the same time. 

But there were still beach days, and lots of swimming in the pool for the kids, and meals followed by good talks around the table, and the girls' shopping day and Starbucks run, and the boys' basketball game, and Bry and I even snuck in a lunch date.

First day on the beach...
Luca and Poppy making a run for it
Digging her toes in the sand for the first time
Willem and Poppy
Hannah (our wonderful nanny!) teaching Poppy to "surf"
Alesa, Greyson, and Ellie
Her favorite thing this year was finding treasures on the beach
Our night for dinner: fish tacos, mango salsa, charred zucchini, and coconut tres leches cake
Mimi love
Adrian being Adrian
The girls!
Our little family of four in the South Carolina sun
More treasures
Ellie and Poppy
The path to the ocean
Coffee shop with the girls
Andria
Mia, Kaitlin and Mom...cute, cute.
My hot date
And a sign I liked next to our couch at the coffee shop
Our attempt at a family photo in the rain. Craziness.
Another year come and gone. I love traditions...and Hilton Head is an especially good one.

2 comments:

sarah.flyingkites said...

love Poppy's green suit!

L, Ann and boys said...

that group picture "almost" came out. ;) Insanity. :) thanks for posting the pictures…it brought back nice memories.