First Beach Trip of the Year

It has been getting warmer and warmer the past few weeks, with a few cold, rainy days mixed in, but it looks like summer is on its way here, so we decided to take advantage of the last few weeks we will have in South Carolina and go strawberry picking and then to the beach.

I wish I had gotten a picture of all the yummy strawberries we got because they were perfectly ripe and huge!  We found some the size of my palm!  I was able to make 12 pints of freezer jam, which will be gifts to our friends and my parents when we leave Beaufort in June. 

The second batch of strawberry jam setting up

 

After strawberry picking, we made it to the beach late morning and the weather ended up being beautiful!  There were thunderstorms predicted almost all day, so the kids prayed the night before that God would give us nice weather and He did!  I love being able to point out  to the kids when God specifically answers their prayers.  It is such a testament to how much He loves us to answer such a simple prayer, but one that meant so much to them.

 

We packed a picnic lunch of PB and honey, Cheese puffs, and bananas for Daddy and the kids and a turkey and cheese mini-pita with a Kind bar for me.  I think they enjoyed feeding the sea gulls more than eating the Cheese puffs themselves!

 

 

 

 







The water was still freezing at first, but I swear kids have no nerve endings, so they were out there in the water all day.  I will admit that after the initial "Oh my goodness, that's cold!" wore off, it was really nice to just sit in the shallow waves and enjoy the sunshine.

 

 

The kids wanted to bury Marcus in the sand and they made him a "baby belly."  He kept saying how heavy the sand was and I joked that he should have to carry it around all the time!

 

 

We finally pried ourselves away from the beach late that afternoon because the kids were singing in the choir that night and we needed to get back to get showers and dinner before heading to church.  About 5 minutes into the drive back home, I looked back and saw this...

 

 

He was trying sooo hard to stay awake, haha!  I looked at Mason and he was already out.

 

 

I looked back over at Hunter and in the time that it took me to take the picture of Mason, he finally gave it up!

 

 

Normally Taylor is not one to sleep in the car, but the ocean must've worn her out as well because she was curled up asleep too.

 

 

I know we are going to miss this place when we move, but we are excited to experience some new things in Boise.  But for the last month or so that we're here, we plan on taking advantage of all that the Lowcountry has to offer and making memories with the kids so they'll always look back fondly our time here in South Carolina.