Beach Days!

The week of my birthday, CR, my roommate from college, and myself got to take a trip to Myrtle Beach to enjoy a little fun in the sun! I had a conference down there for work, so I decided that I would like to take CR with me, since this may be the only beach trip he gets this summer. Thankfully Diane was coming to visit (my roommate from college) that weekend, and she wanted to go along with us to the beach that week. They got to enjoy more sun than I did, but we had a great trip. Below are some of our doings and sites!

The sun and fun has worn him out! Bless his heart! The only way he would sleep during the day was in the car. He was too afraid he was going to miss something to nap. Imagine that!

CR catches a catnap in the car on the way to Broadway.

Look out! A shark! This was at the aquarium of course! CR was a little nervous through this part.

Checking out the fish at aquarium.

This is the coolest thing we saw while waiting in line for the boat ferry! It is 2 inflated plastic balls that you can get in and play in on the water. They reminded us a lot of hamster balls. They look like a good workout, as it was not easy (so I am guessing from what I saw) to stand up. I want to try this sometime! The things they come up with for fun!

CR and mommy on the boat: a free"ferry ride" at Broadway. This was awesome. We jumped on here after dinner and headed to the other side of Broadway to the aquarium! This sure beats walking that far or having to search forever for another parking spot!

Happy Birthday to me! We got a banana foster after a wonderful seafood dinner at Landry's at Broadway!

The crew at Broadway! We went there to celebrate my birthday. Yes, CR had taken in all the fun the could stand for one day. Bless his heart, he was a trooper though.

CR's footprint in the sand. He marked the beach up a lot that night with his feet, as he ran the entire time we were down there. Needless to say, he slept very good every night since he was too busy to take naps and went full blast all day! Too much to see mommy!

Mommy and CR having fun by the pool. See I did get to enjoy the sun some! We had awesome weather the entire time!

CR loved splashing in the tide pools on the beach. His clothes were soaking wet when we got back to the room.

More sandpit fun!

CR and Diane having fun in the sun! Thanks Miss Diane for playing with me all week!

CR covering Diane's feet in the sand.

CR's favorite "pool". It was a shallow wading pool with with a waterfall and sandpit. This is the first pool I have ever seen with a sand pit in it. The course sand was really nice for getting the dead skin off your feet.

Alligator man chilling on the beach!

Evening stroll at the beach. CR loved playing in the sand and at the ocean more this year than he has before.

CR enjoyed looking out at all the sites from the balcony.

CR is enjoying our stay in the hotel. Although he missed his dada, he had a blast at the beach.

The nice relaxing view from our room/balcony. This place was awesome (Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort). There was plenty to keep them busy while I was in conference sessions.

Hopefully we will get to take another beach trip as a family this year, but this was fun! Thanks Diane for going with us! It was great to hang out with you and get caught up on your life in Hawaii and move back to the mainland (yippee!). Hopefully CR didn't scare you away from having kids!