Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Family Vacation 2018: Hilton Head Island, SC

We visited Hilton Head Island, South Carolina for a week at the end of May / beginning of June with our friends and had a blast! We rented a house together that had a great backyard and swing set, and it was just a short bike ride to the beach.

Max and Saskia played hard (and decided they are brother and sister - ha!) and all the grown-ups had fun, too. Since this was our third trip to HHI as a group, it was nice that we already knew our way around so we could dig in to playing on the beach, visiting the playground, etc. right away. We made lots of great memories!

As usual, these photos are wildly out of order, but you'll get the idea. :-)

The whole group on our last evening!


Relaxing out back listening to music after dinner.


Teenagers...



Playing UNO after bath time!


Learning to boogie board




Clearly the Dad's are having the most fun here... :-)


Trolley ride on a rainy day!


Waiting on the rain to pass over...


First time toes touched the sand when we arrived!


First splash in the ocean!





Just hanging out with Walter


Watermelon break in the treehouse portion of the swingset!


Pirate ship adventure!

Drinking "grog" (aka apple juice)


Shooting "Stinky Pete" with water!


Getting a handful of treasure





Max found a hole someone else dug and claimed it for himself!




Movie time


Sidewalk chalk out back










Can't have a vacation without at least one sleeping baby photo...


Buddies!!



With Jake at Salty Dog!



Dance and hula hoop party!



 Walter and Denise brought glow bracelets for the kids and they had fun in the dark!








Getting ready to bike to the beach!


Showing off pirate tattoos (and face paint for Max) before our adventure.









Monday, June 4, 2018

May 2018

Grammie visited and took Max to a trampoline park. They had lots of fun!


Special ice cream with Grammie!


Working together at "Muffins with Mom" at school.


International festival at school!





Max really wants to learn how to mow the lawn, but that's (obviously) a few years off. For now, he's content following Daddy around the yard! Fingers crossed this enthusiasm holds up in another seven or eight years...


End of season baseball party with Coach Steve!


All dressed up for church on Mother's Day!


 Ben and Max were invited to attend a minor league baseball game with some friends. It was on a school day, so it was an extra special mid-week adventure!











Silly hat day at school!