Beach Week 2012

We're back from our week in South Carolina!  We had a great time relaxing in the sand and the sun with our friends Matt and Jen.  I have too many pictures and stories to do just one blog so I'll start out with the beginning of the week and take it from there.  If you want a more concise 'highlights' blog, go read what Jen posted at Bluegrass to Palmtrees.  I kept forgetting to bring my camera so pictures were taken sporadically until our last day there when I brought it everywhere.

We rented a condo in Wild Dunes on Isle of Palms, just outside Charleston.  Here is the view from our balcony - if you squint you can see Jen sitting under the umbrella.

We arrived Saturday afternoon and Ellie got right into vacation mode.  She checked out her new surroundings,

and started relaxing with her Daddy.

 

We quickly discovered that Ellie, unfortunately, is terrified of the ocean!!  Not the water, really, but the crashing waves, we think.  Luckily, she is very happy to sit in the sand and play with drippy castles and small pools of water.