Our Family Vacation
Kiawah Island, SC
June 2008
Cole, Blake, Morgan and I out on a bike ride - Thurs. morning - thought I would spare you the photos of myself on the bike!
My brother Will and his two kids Jaelyn and Drew. We arrived on Saturday evening around 6pm and put on our suits and headed to the beach. There was no time to waste and we started the vacation is style!
Sam drug these boogie boards around when we went to the beach. He really liked the pool and by the end of the week he was swimming independently with the help of water wings. He got braver and braver with the ocean too! He would march full speed ahead until a wave came crashing in! We saw crabs one day and he loved it!
Our house is the 2nd one (tall one). Scott and Sam are on the deck if you look close. I am walking back from the beach crossing the golf green via a little boardwalk. We were sooooo close the beach and pool and many other island activities. Will's boss let him use the house for the week. It was so generous of he and his wife. We are very grateful!
Yep, we saw lots of wildlife. We saw gators most everyday. This is the closet we got - he was almost 6 ft long - that was close enough!
The view from our deck.
The family. We had so much fun. It was relaxing to spend time with some of my favorite people.
My brother Scott, his wife Chris, Blake (15), Morgan (13), Cole (10).
My brother Will and his wife Jill, Jaelyn (5-tomorrow), and Drew 2
Dan, Me, and Sam (2).Honestly, when we set out, I had no idea what to expect. Was is really and island, what would we do? Well, it is really an island off of Charleston SC and it was gorgeous. The atmosphere is like the movie "Dirty Dancing" - we rode our bikes everywhere, walked a lot. There was a whole activity and nature center called Camp Kiawah. Our house had everything you can imagine from bikes to beach supplies to tons of games. We generally hung out at the beach, ate lunch, went to the pool and then got some dinner. We shopped one evening and out to dinner one evening. We also spent a day in Charlestown - it was a beautiful, historic city, full of charm. We had a wonderful, memorable family vacation.
