Holden Beach Vacation

After our fun week in Hilton Head we drove up the coast to Holden Beach in North Carolina. It is a long drive (almost 6 hours) and unfortunately during that time Reece decided that he absolutely HATED the car. So it wasn't exactly restful.
We stopped about halfway at Sonic (yum!) to have a picnic and stretch our legs. Just look at my cuties...

 Hailey is the easy one to entertain in the car now. She watches DVDs and loves to do crafts. I made these before we left and she loved them!

putting the correct amount of stickers in the box

I cut out the pieces and she glued them to make a picture

Sunday morning we hit the beach! Hailey was so excited to look for shells

And play in the water with Poppi and Kristin (this was right before we heard about all of the shark attacks). Hailey loved the beach as long as she could be in the water and wasn't thinking about being sandy. She isn't a fan of the sand but loves to jump the waves and look for shells.

This was the week where it was 95+ each day so we always tried to go down to the beach early before it got too hot. I would only stay for about an hour or so with the kids then bring them back to the house for lunch and a nap.
We also celebrated Ryan's parents 40th wedding anniversary while we were there. We went out to a nice (well, as nice as you can get with a 3 year old and 3 month old) dinner.
I really wanted a cute picture of us at the restaurant because they had a great view but this is the best we got...

Hailey got some new rainbow sunglasses and absolutely loved them. Can you tell?!

We were so lucky that we had access to a pool the week we were in Holden Beach. One, because it was SO hot, too hot for the beach, but also because Hailey LOVED it.
She got to show off her swimming skills for Mimi and Poppi. She loved throwing her diving toys to the bottom for Poppi to get. ;)

One night we went to get ice cream and play putt putt. Hailey had been asking to play again ever since Ryan took her in Hilton Head. She asked for strawberry ice cream and ate about 3 bites. Ha!

Then it was time to play! Hailey wanted to do it "by myself". She would hit the ball once then run, pick it up and put it in the hole. Ha! Reece and I watched for a few holes and then went back to the house.

"No Daddy. By myself."

Yay Hailey! Hole in one! ;)

Ryan ended up having to play with Hailey's little club!

I promise Reece was there too! I just don't have as many cute pictures of him on the beach or pool. It was just too hot.

Wearing my sister's sunglasses. The things they do to me...

 He was quite happy in his Yankees outfit

 This one says "born to play baseball with my daddy"

With his Mimi

And Hailey and Reece got lots of early morning cuddle time with Poppi (the other early riser)

Since the whole Epley clan was there this year (including Ryan's two sisters, one of which lives in the Dominican with her husband) we took a few family pictures

We had a GREAT vacation with both sides of our family! I love making memories with these people!