A Perfect Little Sunday Morning In Charleston...

And so the vacation continues...

 

On Sunday, July 6, we woke up in our fabulous hotel room right on the beach! So perfect to wake up to the beach right there. All six of us got up and got ready. Alex, Adam, and the kids enjoyed the somewhat continental breakfast in the lobby.

 

And then it was time to get ready for the beach!!

Adam, Alex, and Adrienne took the kids down to the beach. They all wanted to play and have a blastie while I went to breakfast with friends.

This boy LOVED his first TRUE beach experience this weekend.

Very serious. Very hard at work.

 

Love these two playing together....

 

 

 

My whole world in one frame.

She is in crazy beach mode apparently.

The boys!

How sweet is he? That hair. His tan. His diaper peeking out. His little shoulder blades.

And she is still working.

 

Thankfully Uncle Adam stepped in to helpd.

 

Team work!

 

 

I am so so thankful that Aunt Adrienne took all of these pictures. I am so thankful that she took a nap as well!!!

According to some, she just might have a sleeping disorder :)

Me, I would kill to be able to sleep :) (JK)

 

Meanwhile, across town....

 

I had a DELICIOUS, grown up meal with some of my favorites!!!

I went to the Okra Grill with Alyisa, Lindsay, and Lee. Alysia and Lee were headed out of town and Lindsey had family stuff to do after we ate.

 

Alysia needed to say goodbye to the sweet babe.

Clearly the momma is loving this!!

And clearly the momma is loving all of the attention her sweet babe and belly are getting.

This girl. This girl right here. We have this connection. For years and years. No matter how many days or weeks between phone calls or months between visits, we still have each other. She had me at "I will be your friend" back in 2005. We never looked back.

I love these two. Two of the best people I know :)

Love you girls. Thank you for such a perfect breakfast!!!!!

 

 

Alysia and Lee got on the road back to Florida and I headed back to the beach to be with my beauties!!!!

 

The perfect start to this perfectly Southern Sunday.

Off to Charleston....

On July 5, 2014, we woke up bright and early as usual. We were still at Uncle Adam and Aunt Adrienne's. We got our clothes packed and the car loaded.

 

While Daddy went over to see Grandma and Grandpa Jackson one last time, Uncle Adam played with the kids and I got the car loaded. There really is an art to loading it.... A week's worth of clothing, toys, beach items, gear, food.... no problem....

Cleary he had the kids handled...

His timing was perfect. He got back as I had just finished getting the car packed. We loaded up and headed to Isle of Palms (an island outside of Charleston). We made it. Our room wasn't ready so we got changed in the bathroom at the hotel. Our timing was so amazing. Alysia and Lee were in town visiting Lindsay. It was so so awesome to see some of my best friends. I hadn't seen the in over a year!!!

 

We hung out on the beach for awhile. Then it started raining. We were able to get into our room at about that time. As we were getting into our room, Uncle Adam and Aunt Adrienne got there as well! They came to Charleston to spend the night with us. We got a big enough room at our hotel that they were able to just hang with us. It was perfect! And, not to mention, we had an oceanfront balcony room.

 

We got ready for dinner. Josh and Diane and Callie and Jamie all met us for dinner. The kids hadn't been around Jaxson, Diane's little man in a year and a half. You'd never know it.

So cute.

You can tell these two are related in this picture :)

Jaxson Raymond....the most handsome little man.

I can't get over how old he looks.

FRIENDS forever.

Special moment with Uncle Adam...

 

When you're the best of friends.....

We went to Coconut Joe's which was right next to the hotel. There was a wait for the dining room so we headed to the upstairs bar. Everyone loves when you bring kids into a bar.....

During the wait for the table, Diane's sweet baby Hollis decided he was over the visit. We totally got it and weren't stressed that they needed to head out. It was so so good to see them...

Jamie and Callie met us as we were sitting down. We had a delicious meal and had so much fun just being together. After dinner we headed to the bar on the other side of our hotel. We could actually see it from our balcony. There was a singer man.

Clearly Charlotte was OBSESSED with his music.

She was a dancing queen.

My beauty. It was perfectly windy by the ocean.

This handsome boy danced off and on.

A quick family picture between drinks and dances.

This girl...

I'm obsessed with these two.

How perfect is his nose??

 

I could have just sat and taken pictures of everything.

 

I was so thankful that Jamie and Callie came out to hang with us. I've just missed them so much. They are literally one of the very best couples I have ever been around.

Alysia, Lindsay and Lee had gone out for a dinner that was arranged for Lindsay's birthday. Afterward they came to meet all of us. Here are my ladies and I. I love them all so much.

Once the kids were just too tired to function, I took them upstairs. Here was the view of our table we were sitting at from the front door of our room. It was a perfect room....

Since I was getting the kids to bed, these two beauties came up to hang out with me.

How beautiful are they???

This was the pregnancy announcement that I put on Lindsay's FB page. She didn't know how to tell the FB world so I said I would tell FB for her :)

We had the best day. So many best friends. So much fun. Such good food. After everyone left, Alex, Adam, Adrienne and I sat on our balcony and talked. Something that we do a lot when we are together. Something that we are good at :)

 

Awesome awesome day.

 

The day went way tooooo fast. It was one of the days that I wished time could have stood still.