The Vacation

The week at Myrtle Beach was filled with awesome beach time and even more awesome family time. All 5 of us kids were there along with the nephews, Linds and Tanner. It was so cool to have everyone make the arrangements to be there with each other. We had the sweetest beach house that was more than big enough for everyone and even had a pool in the back yard if we craved a little more water time. Some of my favorite moments were staying up late to play spoons and cover your assests with my family. Watching my cute nephews play in the ocean. Watching Parker get splashed on as he beckons the shush-booms onto the beach. Being woken up by my oh so cute nephew outside my door (almost every morning) saying "Aunt Bee, Aunt Bee, why are you still sleeping?" And going night time glow stick swimming in the ocean with Linds and Pat, that was one of the coolest things ever!
Like most vacation it wasn't long enough but the time we had was well enjoyed. Here are a few pictures to capture our time there.


This is our beach house that we got to stay at for the week. It was huge and we had plenty of room to spread out, I even got my own room :)

Every morning there was a crew that headed down to the beach. We had lots of toys for the boys to play with, noodles for the adults to swim with, boogie boards and even a kayak for the more adventurous. 

Linds and Jack are so cute.

Jack was helping out with our giant sand castle that we made.

Henry was the cutest boy playing in the sand and was actually pretty content. He even took a nap under the umbrella for a few hours one day. That kid really knows how to relax!

Oliver loved playing in the sand as well, he tried catching fish and running in and out of the waves.

Parley didn't want Sparky to feel left out so he drew a picture in the sand for me. Too cute!

That's our giant sand castle in the background. I was pretty proud of it.

Playing in the water.

Linds had the idea to make a mini pool out of a shower curtain for the little ones to swim in. I told Parley it was more like a hot tub for him lol.

Every night we took turns making dinner and we all got to eat at this big table. It was lots of fun and we had plenty of good food to eat. At night we would usually play a game or watch a movie.

I got seriously burnt....got to love the raccoon eyes.

One night we decided to head down to the "actual Myrtle Beach."  The place was full of all sorts of attractions but many of them they were unfortunately made for older kids. Regardless it was still fun to check out all the sights and have some yummy ice cream.

Pat, Linds and Jack in front of the 6D movie.

Parley and I in front of the giant (and expensive) Ferris wheel. A picture last longer anyways right?

The Tryon family at the beach house together.

One night we decided to all go miniature golfing. If I learned one thing about Myrtle Beach it is that they have tons of mini golf courses. This one was right by our beach house and within walking distance, so we hauled all the nephews over there for some fun but unfortunately failed to realize it was getting close to many kiddos betimes. This lead to a myriad of emotions some of which you will see below. Who would of thought there could be so many emotions in one mini golf game!

Oliver, Parker and Parley waiting for the game to start. I have no idea what Parley is pouting about haha.

Pat, Linds and Jack getting ready for some golf.

Parley showing off his golfing pose. This one is hes finally happy in :)

One evening we me took the nephews to Broadway on the Beach in Myrtle Beach. This place has some serious attractions that included rope courses, speed boat racing, dozens of restaurants, shopping, and an interactive museum that Tanner and I took the boys too.

Parley and Oliver getting ready for the 6D movie.

They were being to good in line waiting, it was hard for them but we finally got into the movie.

Tanner and the boys getting ready for the ride!

One evening Linds, Parker and I went down to this Italian Ice place. It was really good and just what I was craving after a long day in the sun. They had dozens of flavor choices, which I took full advantage of. Parker of course picked the old reliable chocolate haha. At least he knows what he wants.

Parker and I eating up our Italian ice.

Almost every night we had a dinner planned but we did leave one night to go out and eat some authentic North Carolina seafood. This restaurant looked out over the inlet to the ocean. It had a long wait but they had some games for people to play while they waited.

This was the restaurant where we ate. I had some yummy crab cake and their portions were so big we used the leftovers for Henry breakfast. He loved them!

Me and Parker getting ready to go out to dinner.

Jack playing corn hole while we waited.

Check out all the condensation! It was really humid there!

 One of the last days there I took a walk down our street to check out some of the cool houses and sights. The houses were so colorful and many of them had nicknames on the front.

I thought this was a cute name for one of the houses

Did you know they have church on the beach in North Carolina?

After I finished my walk I snapped this picture of myself. You see I have no pants on and I'm pretty proud of it. The reason being, is that I was on vacation and everyday before then I had had a reason to get dressed and go out, but not the last day. Nope the last day was all about me and I wanted to relax, so from sun up to sun down I went all day without ever having to put pants on. Pretty cool huh!? I do the bathing suit and cover up thing pretty darn good and in my opinion it was a the perfect ending to a great and successful vacation.