Easter Getaway

Since Paul got a job (yay!) and the girls had a 3 day weekend we decided to head to Myrtle Beach to see my mom and have a little getaway. We picked the girls up a little early from school on Thursday and headed down. We took an hour pitstop at a McDonalds so Paul could take a work conference call but otherwise the trip down was pretty good. Of course the girls had to stay with Gagi which meant Paul, Jacob and I got the condo to ourselves. Not a bad deal (for us at least). Friday morning Paul & Jacob met up with Mom and the girls at the indoor pool not far from her house. They all had a great time swimming and even got to participate in a water egg hunt! We decided to go to the state park for a picnic lunch on the beach. The Myrtle Beach State Park is a great place to go..plenty of picnic tables, playground, showers and bathrooms - all right on the beach. The temperature was comfortable and it was very sunny. I had brought a bunch of sand toys so the kids could play in the sand. I didn't expect them to want to play in the water but that's exactly what they did! Despite the *freezing* cold ocean water the kids couldn't stay out of it! All 4 of them were jumping the waves and wading in the ocean..having a marvelous time! Jacob was soaked to the bone so eventually we had to leave with the promise to come back the next day. That evening Paul and I got a chance to get out for a date night. My oh-so-brave mother kept all the kids at her place. So nice! Saturday we went to the beach first then the indoor pool to swim. Again..a wonderful time was had by all! This time I let them were their bathing suits to the beach. And again the freezing cold water temperatures didn't deter them from playing in it. They loved it! Sunday we left in the morning to head back to Nana's house for an egg hunt and Easter lunch. Unfortunately Julia wasn't feeling well so we didn't stay too long. The older girls had a great time hunting eggs (sadly, because I am a slacker, this was the only egg hunt they did) and Jacob just loved running around. All in all a nice holiday! Very relaxing and a great way for Paul to begin his new job! Here are some pics: