Monday, June 14, 2010

Charleston, South Carolina

We always love the last day of school around here and this year we were even more excited because we left the next morning at 6 a.m. for Charleston, South Carolina. A lot of Ryan's family went and we had a great time. The last time we went we had a 1 year old and a 2 year old so this time the traveling was so easy! We took a ton of pictures but here are a few of the highlights. Here are the three girls crabbing. Ryan's cousin, Raymond, took Morgan the last time we were there and that was her favorite thing about the trip. This time all three girls were able to catch a crab. You throw raw chicken out into the tide pools and grab the crab with a net when you feel them tugging. As we were walking to the crabbing spot the girls found full sand dollars along the beach - they were pretty excited about that as well.
All of us in front of the pineapple fountain in the Waterfront Park in downtown. This day we walked around downtown, went to the Market, walked along the Battery, saw Rainbow Row, and played in the water fountain for a few hours!
Went to Patriots Point and toured the aircraft carrier and a submarine. I would not handle working on a submarine.... We also went to Fort Moultrie from the Revolutionary War and a lighthouse.

This is a picture of Ryan at Charles Towne Landing (were the very first settlers came). It was a beautiful place, but had these signs all over. I thought they were a joke at first ...Ryan assured they were not a joke. Luckily we never met an alligator, just lots of turtles. We also went to the Aquarium (I forgot my camera that day). It was fun - we always love aquariums.


The rest of the week was spent on the beach. Ryan's mom got a condo and beach house for all of us to stay in. We had such a great time and love the ocean. The girls had a great time playing in the sand and the water, walking out onto the pier, and shopping on Folly Beach. We were sad to come home. Maddie's Birthday was yesterday and we were traveling all day so I had one present for her to open before we left (the outfit and crown) that she got to wear all day as we were in airports and airplanes. It was fun because she got so much attention! She was really, really shy, but kept the crown on so we figure she liked it! We have a hard time believing that she is five!!








1 comment:

Laura Duce said...

Glad you guys had fun. Jackson can't wait to come play with our beautifully tan girls.