Beach Trip May 2012

 We loaded up our 5 man crew jammed packed in the Honda and headed toward North Myrtle.  The kids were more than excited to get away on a vacation since we haven't gone anywhere in 2 years!!  Finley had no clue where she was going (we forgot that she doesn't remember ever going to the beach) so that just made it even more exciting! 

 We drove almost all the way there and then stopped for a picnic lunch at the Myrtle Welcome Center.  The clouds started rolling in so we quickly got to the condo and unloaded and then ran to the beach to let the kids stick their toes in the sand (we were so quick we didn't grab the camera).  We don't have any pics of Finley's hilarious reaction to the water.  She wouldn't stick them in and scaled Matt.  She finally relented and figured out that it was fun.  Channing, of course, loved it!!

 We then found that TGI Fridays had kids eat free, so that is where we went for dinner.  Matt got his plate and Channing quickly swiped this enormous fry off his plate!  (We saw this later on :)

 We got them all to bed.....poor Carly picked to sleep with Finley - the queen took over the bed!!

 Chloe and Harper slept in perfect sync!

 And then around 11:00 pm, it started!!!  Little Miss Channing started puking.  And she proceeded to puke for 4 hours - about 15 times!  She was such a good sport about it.  Here she is waiting for new pjs, a bath, and new sheets (she covered all of them).  I stayed up with her on the couch after that.....but it was quite nice snuggling with my baby!! 

 She woke up ready to go, so we hit the beach!  The only way we could get a family picture :)

 Some funny mural at the condo. 

 Channing is a beach bum!!  She LOVED the sand and the water - which of course is dangerous because she would just run out to the ocean. 

 Chloe was ready to start constructing sand castles!

 Finley was so proud of herself that she was being brave in the water!  She loved the beach too!

 Surfing!

 I told Carly to smile and she quickly started posing!

 The triplets!  I didn't realize that they had bathing suits that matched this closely so of course everyone thought they were triplets.....and don't worry every single person asked us!

 The annual burrying of the bodies!

 Out to eat - night 2!!  No sickness this night!

 Beach day 2!

 Lifeguarding at it's finest.  We will not own beach chairs for a long time, but so well worth it!  We love watching our babies play on the beach! 

 Harper decided that Channing needed sand in her hair!  As usual, she didn't care! 

 Little Miss Lifeguard

 Cutie! (Chloe)

 Another fun picture at the tacky mural!

 Family picture again - Channing playing peak a boo :)

 And then round 2 of the puking began!  We were on our way to Broadway at the beach.  We stopped at Walmart to get some after sun lotion and then Finley exploded!!  So I ran in and got lysol wipes and her a new dress (yes, I bought her a purple one to make her feel better).  We had to dismantle the car seat and clean everything up.  We got her back in the seat and she did it again!!  So we took everything out and cleaned it all up again. 

 So our adventure to take her to the purple store was canceled and we headed back to the condo.....and she puked in the car in the parking lot there (luckily she got it all in the bowl).  So our fun night out taking Channing to get her first ice cream cone was canceled!!  She hurled for 4 hours and about 15 times too.  She would be puking and would not admit she was sick.  She just kept crying because she wasn't sick!!  After those 4 hours, she fell asleep and was fine the rest of the trip. 

 Her soaking after we got back to the condo!

 I grabbed some cones from Walmart so they got to eat ice cream from the balcony. 

 And then around 4 am, round 3 began!  He was the best sick one though.  He would just puke and then fall back asleep.  He was pitiful!

 This was Finley the next morning after her puking!  She was large and in charge as usual. 

 She was finally able to go to the Purple Store!  The walls, floors, and everything in it was purple (her absolute favorite color).  Carly and Chloe have been wanting to take her there since they knew we were going to the beach.  She got a purple crown.  She was so happy!

She fianally passed out with her pocket book, hippo, and her purple crown in hand.  They were all so tired on the way home!  Harper got sick before we left and then was fine all the way home.  He then got sick when we got home :)  Despite all the sickness we still had a great time and alot of fun family memories!