Spring Break 2011

We traveled down to Myrtle Beach for our 8th year of Spring Break fun! This year, Gramma, Granpa, and Aunt Anna joined us. We rented a pet friendly house a block from the beach in Murrels Inlet. It is a little bit slower in that part of MB. We had a lovely time together, even though Colin was ill for most of the week. The trip down started off with a huge delay, Cracker Barrel you stink! Service was horrible and our simple breakfast order took an hour for us to get. When we finally got back on the road we hit a wall of traffic since everybody and their brother from NY decided to head south for their Spring Break too. Our trip took us 10 hours. Luckily Rufus and Colin did a fantastic job with the extended car ride. Upon arriving at the house we quickly settled and the rest of the crew arrived safely during a downpour. We had dinner at O'Keefe's Irish Pub. It was a very friendly family place downside was there is still smoking allowed in some restaurants in the South. Sunday morning we all managed to get ready for Palm Sunday church service, we attended a catholic church near our house. It was a long service and Colin wasn't feeling well. Afterwards we took a drive down to Brookgreen Gardens and we were able to catch the plant sale, and took Aunt Anna through the gardens. Monday we spent our day at the beach, Colin was feverish in the afternoon-evening so we made plans for a doctors visit for Tuesday ASAP. Monday evening we had dinner at The Original Benjamins Calabash Seafood and when we finished up we walked along Barefoot Landing to people watch and window shop, mostly to walk off some of our dinner. Tuesday we got an appointment for the afternoon with the doctor, Grand Strand Pediatrics (we were pleased with the visit). Tuesday we split up, guys went fishing and gals went to the zoo and butterfly garden at Brookgreen Gardens. The butterfly garden was lovely and Colin seemed to enjoy the trip too. The afternoon was spent indoors for Mommy, Daddy and CJ since his medicine kicked in and helped him get some much needed sleep. Wednesday we (forgot what happened-fill in later)
Thursday we had to say goodbye to Gramma, Granpa, and Aunt Anna in the afternoon so we all spent the morning on a beach walk together. It was a wonderful way to say goodbye to them. We were sad they had to leave early. Friday we (forgot what happened-fill in later)
Saturday Colin, Mommy, Daddy, and Rufus spent the morning on the beach. Our activities consisted of flying the Buzz Lightyear Kite, digging in the sand, looking for sea life in the water, and wading up to Colin's waist. We had lunch one last time at River City Cafe and then hit the road. Our road trip took us along the path of the destructive tornadoes we missed on our drive down. Thankfully that stupid Cracker Barrel delay allowed us to be south of the storms traveling north. It was really sad to see all the destruction along 301. Our family made a stop for CJ's dinner at a Denny's and later that night both Eric and I got food poisoning from the salad. This episode of FP caused us to miss Easter Sunday church. Hopefully God can forgive us, we were kinda busy between the bathroom and trying to sleep it off. Next post will have Easter pictures. Colin is demanding bubble time, gotta go!