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.