This year we packed 10 people into the Hilton Head condo - the whole family, including "the marrieds" as Shannan and Evan are now called, plus the fabulous addition of Amy and Candice.
We laughed and laughed and laughed all week. Caisa documented the classic quotes on her blog, but just to get you in the right frame of mind for these pictures:
•i'm such a good helper i can't stand it. - sam
•i feel so bad for those kids at the pools in the shirts and hats. they're never gonna be popular. who wants to play with the kid who is fully covered? not me. - candice
•kelli, are you really a money bags? b/c i could be your maid. - candice
•i really am. i'm almost completely retarded. why do you think i got married? there aren't a lot of job options for me. - shannan
•caisa, you opened your legs to the 'vrooooom'? - candice
•i've never heard a fart go pop. - candice
that's a song! your fart goes pop! - sam
•i do understand that rory and loralie don't know my name. - sam
The trip started in Atlanta, and this is what happens when you get picked up from the airport in a car with NO trunk space. It was highly entertaining . . . for everyone except for Kelli.
Right from the airport we headed to Turner Field - it's not summer without fitting in a Braves game!
After Friday night fireworks at the game, we headed off to Hilton Head. Our activities were predictable and the photos probably could have been pulled from the last four years of posts, but that's only because we know what we like! Sleep. Sun. Diet Coke lunch break. More Sun. Shower Time. Dinner. Sparklers. Dessert. Movie. Repeat. Evan doesn't quite have our sun stamina yet, nor does he appreciate going to see classic movies like Monte Carlo. It really should be a requirement for invites on family vacations. I'm not sure Shannan accurately prepared him :) But we choose our friends well and Candice and Amy (who broke the two vacation limit curse) fit right in.
We consumed cans and cans of Diet Coke. Towards the end of the week we calculated the number of ounces just from cans purchased at the grocery store (excluding eating/drinking out), and it was a scary, scary number.
We ate and ate and ate. We have to get our Southern favorites when we can - which might have included two or three stops for Mellow Mushroom pretzels.
Of course we played with sparklers - celebrating the Fourth of July all week long.
We took a trip to Savannah where we finally ate at Paula Deen's Lady and Sons Restaurant. Oh that biscuit!
And walked around beautiful, historic downtown Savannah - Love the big, old trees with Spanish moss canopying cobblestone streets and parks with fountains.
And took a fun riverboat cruise.
Sadly all good things must come to an end. We finished the week hamming it up for the camera with our traditional balcony pictures.
I wish I could sit here - with a good book and Diet Coke - all year long. Until next year . . .
3 comments:
It sounds so fun!
I'm coming next year. I'll try to be extra quotable.
I was one of those kids that had to wear shirts in the pool if I wanted to go swimming from 10-4pm. Luckily it was just in backyard or else I wouldn't have any friends today.
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