After getting some very delicious cookies in the mail and eating them, (Thank you Kristen!) we headed out for our vacation!
Here are all the Kelley cousins at "Camp Marriott" (Minus Shayne and Maya :( of course!)
Dale picking on his little scout...
Dale at "Camp Marriott"
Dale being picked on by Tom! (for all you moms wondering at what age your sons will stop wrestling..see photo below)
Dale picking on his little scout...
Dale at "Camp Marriott"
Dale being picked on by Tom! (for all you moms wondering at what age your sons will stop wrestling..see photo below)
Great Grandma Kelley and the Kelley cousins....
Several of us set out to hike to "Viewing rock"....even though we had a trail map, the signs were off the trees, so here we are trying to figure out which way to go...thanks to scouting, Steve came prepared with his compass, so we at least were pointed in the right direction...
The kids on the hike, (we left Greg with Aunt Alison and Grandma Kelley, he still wasn't 100% and definately not ready for a strenuous hike)
"Look how high we are..."
"I'm king of the mountain!!" (How cute is he?!?!)
Lake Merriweather in Goshen Scout Camp reserve....(How lucky were we to have all this to ourselves for the weekend!?!?!)
Canoeing...Shawn and Alex had their own canoe!! I was so nervous, but they did well..! (they zig zaged all over the lake!)
David and Greg with Aunt Wendy and Uncle Steve
After we left Goshen, we drove to Myrtle Beach South Carolina. We saw lots of things, but because my camera only works sporadically, I only have pictures for some things! One place we went was to the Ripley's aquarium...I loved it, especially the underwater tunnel that allows you to be up close and personal with the marine life!
A shark overhead!
Dale and the kids in front of the fish tank
We spent one day in Charleston. We met up with Dale's parents who happened to be in the area.
We stopped at Boone Hall Plantation....
money well spent...we learned...
We saw an aircraft carrier...
And a submarine, and planes on the carrier (see above pamphlet)
We went to the "Battery Park" in charleston and strolled around with Dale's parents...then we went to dinner. It was Tuesday and apparently the place we were eating (similar to Chipolte) had "kids eat free on Tuesdays"...whoever made up that marketing scheme didn't know about families like ours! With Shawn still officially 12, we had 5 free meals! Love deals like that!
Then we headed back to Myrtle Beach....
When I was a kid and we lived in Myrtle Beach I remebered playing in a "castle" on the beach that my dad had taken us to. After a little searching I found it. We took the kids to Atalaya Castle in Hunington Beach state Park. It is no longer just open to the public so we couldn't let the kids run wild like I did. But we did enjoy looking around and learning the origins of the "castle" . (A winter home for a wealthy sculpturist and her husband from Conneticut built in the 30's)
The "Castle" has great lighting and lots of people were taking photos...I wish I were a better photographer, great shots were everywhere...!
The kids enjoying the beach....
Dale on the beach near Atalaya Castle
When we arrived home we celebrated a new era in our family...we now have an OFFICIAL teenager!! Happy Birthday Shawn!!
Several of us set out to hike to "Viewing rock"....even though we had a trail map, the signs were off the trees, so here we are trying to figure out which way to go...thanks to scouting, Steve came prepared with his compass, so we at least were pointed in the right direction...
The kids on the hike, (we left Greg with Aunt Alison and Grandma Kelley, he still wasn't 100% and definately not ready for a strenuous hike)
"Look how high we are..."
"I'm king of the mountain!!" (How cute is he?!?!)
Lake Merriweather in Goshen Scout Camp reserve....(How lucky were we to have all this to ourselves for the weekend!?!?!)
Canoeing...Shawn and Alex had their own canoe!! I was so nervous, but they did well..! (they zig zaged all over the lake!)
David and Greg with Aunt Wendy and Uncle Steve
After we left Goshen, we drove to Myrtle Beach South Carolina. We saw lots of things, but because my camera only works sporadically, I only have pictures for some things! One place we went was to the Ripley's aquarium...I loved it, especially the underwater tunnel that allows you to be up close and personal with the marine life!
A shark overhead!
Dale and the kids in front of the fish tank
We spent one day in Charleston. We met up with Dale's parents who happened to be in the area.
We stopped at Boone Hall Plantation....
money well spent...we learned...Greg, "About Jesus" (WHUUU???!!?)
David, "that slaves were brown and came from France" (Double WHHUUU!!???)
Melissa and Shawn, "That slaves hunt at night for extra food"
Alex, "same thing Shawn and Melissa said"
After correcting some of the History lessons learned at the plantation, we headed into Charelston, we stopped at Patriots Point....
We saw an aircraft carrier...
And a submarine, and planes on the carrier (see above pamphlet)
We went to the "Battery Park" in charleston and strolled around with Dale's parents...then we went to dinner. It was Tuesday and apparently the place we were eating (similar to Chipolte) had "kids eat free on Tuesdays"...whoever made up that marketing scheme didn't know about families like ours! With Shawn still officially 12, we had 5 free meals! Love deals like that!Then we headed back to Myrtle Beach....
When I was a kid and we lived in Myrtle Beach I remebered playing in a "castle" on the beach that my dad had taken us to. After a little searching I found it. We took the kids to Atalaya Castle in Hunington Beach state Park. It is no longer just open to the public so we couldn't let the kids run wild like I did. But we did enjoy looking around and learning the origins of the "castle" . (A winter home for a wealthy sculpturist and her husband from Conneticut built in the 30's)
The "Castle" has great lighting and lots of people were taking photos...I wish I were a better photographer, great shots were everywhere...!
The kids enjoying the beach....
Dale on the beach near Atalaya Castle
When we arrived home we celebrated a new era in our family...we now have an OFFICIAL teenager!! Happy Birthday Shawn!!
7 comments:
What a vacation. I'm so glad to hear that Gregg is better. Thanks for the cookie picture. Glad you liked them.
That is so neat that y'all had a great spring break AND that Geggy is better. I have no idea how to spell it! I was worried about the little guy.
You guys always take such nice trips. I'm sorry I missed you.
GREAT TRIP! I had so much fun being with everyone at Goshen. (Karen, we missed you). Now it is back to the real world. I'd better get some work done on report cards.
P.S. I'm a grandmother of a teenager? I guess it is true. We went to a restaurant on vacation and Cal had a senior citizen card. While paying I said, "He has a senior citizen card and she (pointing to Marguerite) is his mother." She is in pretty good shape to be the great grandmother of a teenager, don't you think?
Hey - looks like a great week. I wish we lived a little closer. There is so much to do back east. I guess I better do some more discovering out this way so I can post some cool pictures.
That looks like so much fun! Great pictures Tammy! It seems like yesterday Shawn was the only baby in the family.
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