I would say that the majority of our time in Myrtle Beach was spent at the actual beach. I think everyone made it down on a pretty much daily basis. I even tried to take the kids down on the day it rained. I went in between rain bursts of course, but the inbetween time proved to be just long enough to set up our gear and shiver for a few minutes before we had to gather everything up again and run to the hot tub (hot tubing in the rain was especially nice).
Below are Rob and his oldest son, Logan (Lainey's age). Logan didn't like the waves much. It was the same for Alaina (she was happy to just stay in the sand). Julie's boys also tired of the beach after a few days, prefering to spend their outdoor time in the pool and hot tub. For the rest of us it was beach or bust.
Dave decided that he wanted to build a huge sand castle, joking to Andrew that when he retires all he'll do is travel around and build sand castles. Naturally all the children wanted to "help." The kids delivered buckets of water. They also dug out and piled up the sand. Oh yeah, and they knocked down the walls and bridges and tunnels David and Emily worked so hard construct.
Dave and Em never quite achieved their desired castle. What with the kids helping, taking time off to body board and play in the waves, and other distractions it seemed they only got as far as a platform and moat most days (they had to start over daily because the beach was combed at night). One day they managed to build a bridge as well.
Aside from carting water and helping Dave, the children built mini sand castles of their own, body boarded, played in the waves, and collected seashells. Lizzie and Iris especially enjoyed body boarding. Below are Willa and Smith.
Sometimes Andrew and I were jealous of Mike and Dave and Emily and their ability to veg at the beach. We spent a lot time on kid duty. Of course Andrew also took some time to body board and one afternoon he played rugby on the beach with my brothers and sisters-in-law Codi and Emily. That was mid-week. The rest of the week Drew and his fellow players complained of their sore feet and other injuries (at one point Scott accidently tackled his wife, Codi, when they were both trying to tackle Mike). I guess we're all getting a bit older.
For my part I managed to read a couple books and otherwise veg on the beach.
One of the best things we did (and by "we" I mean my dad) was purchased an awning. It saved our skin and allowed us to linger at the beach. Thanks to all the dads who put it up and took it down daily.
We slept and read and visited under the awning.
We encouraged the kids that wanted to play in the sand to do so under the awning. Below are Ellie and Bridger who are just three months apart in age.
My siblings, all of whom tan easily, were amazed that Alaina made it through the week unburned, especially since she regularly "worked" under the sun on Dave's sandcastle. Let's just say that we applied her sunscreen regularly and generously.
We also snacked and ate lunch under our awning.
Always at the end of a beach visit the kids (well, my babies anyway) were covered in sand and always in hard to remove places--on their eyelids, in their ears, nose, and hair. Thank goodness for baby powder (one of the best ways to remove unwanted body sand in my opinion).
Below are Rob and his oldest son, Logan (Lainey's age). Logan didn't like the waves much. It was the same for Alaina (she was happy to just stay in the sand). Julie's boys also tired of the beach after a few days, prefering to spend their outdoor time in the pool and hot tub. For the rest of us it was beach or bust.
Dave and Em never quite achieved their desired castle. What with the kids helping, taking time off to body board and play in the waves, and other distractions it seemed they only got as far as a platform and moat most days (they had to start over daily because the beach was combed at night). One day they managed to build a bridge as well.
Aside from carting water and helping Dave, the children built mini sand castles of their own, body boarded, played in the waves, and collected seashells. Lizzie and Iris especially enjoyed body boarding. Below are Willa and Smith.
Sometimes Andrew and I were jealous of Mike and Dave and Emily and their ability to veg at the beach. We spent a lot time on kid duty. Of course Andrew also took some time to body board and one afternoon he played rugby on the beach with my brothers and sisters-in-law Codi and Emily. That was mid-week. The rest of the week Drew and his fellow players complained of their sore feet and other injuries (at one point Scott accidently tackled his wife, Codi, when they were both trying to tackle Mike). I guess we're all getting a bit older.
For my part I managed to read a couple books and otherwise veg on the beach.
One of the best things we did (and by "we" I mean my dad) was purchased an awning. It saved our skin and allowed us to linger at the beach. Thanks to all the dads who put it up and took it down daily.
We slept and read and visited under the awning.
We encouraged the kids that wanted to play in the sand to do so under the awning. Below are Ellie and Bridger who are just three months apart in age.
My siblings, all of whom tan easily, were amazed that Alaina made it through the week unburned, especially since she regularly "worked" under the sun on Dave's sandcastle. Let's just say that we applied her sunscreen regularly and generously.
We also snacked and ate lunch under our awning.
Always at the end of a beach visit the kids (well, my babies anyway) were covered in sand and always in hard to remove places--on their eyelids, in their ears, nose, and hair. Thank goodness for baby powder (one of the best ways to remove unwanted body sand in my opinion).
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