Hilton Head June 14

The time for summer vacation this year fell at a critical time. We had just finished our last week with Sarah, Amara's party was over, and we had a week off till Carissa was staring as the girls replacement sitter. We decided on Hilton Head--largely b/c we had a great time at the beach in OBX last year, but the water was too cold, we wanted to go a bit more south.

We were not disappointed. We got there at 7 in the morning and the hotel already had our room--but it didn't matter, the ocean was ready for us and was warm and perfect.  For the next 5 days, we visited the beach and pool after breakfast each morning. We also explored several restaurants with fun new food options, shopped, and just had a wonderful time together.

Lucky for me, I have LOTS of Hilton Head vet friends who referred us to several places. Great seafood, a pizza joint, even places to take the kids for live kids music shows and Amara sang on stage!

The pool was by far everyone's favorite though--we spent several hours a day there and when asked, Amara preferred that to ANYTHING else to do. We got snow cones by the pool each day and the resort had a craft hut where the kids got to do various crafts that gave them a much needed break from the sun several times in the week.

We were all sad to leave, me especially--I had enjoyed watching our girls explore and grow, the meals out, even the driving (well, not the part in the night when they couldn't sleep and were frustrated, lol), but it was a great island with lots to do and lots for us to grow with as a family.