Beach Vacation...Lots of Pictures!

This past week we took a much-needed vacation to Kiawah Island with Nate's family. Of course, I took way too many pictures in my attempt to capture every second of it but I'm glad I did now that I'm looking back on them...enjoy!

We had the best weather all week long...sunny and mid-80's!

Drew hanging out in his tent on the beach...Thanks to Casey for letting us borrow Lily's sunglasses...he didn't seem to mind that they were pink:)

Drew got to spend some quality time with his Aunt Kelsey

His favorite place on the beach was in his Omi's lap...

...Second only to sleeping on her shoulder

It's not every grandma who will sit right down in the water with her grandson. Drew is lucky!

Walking on the beach!

Drew also enjoyed hanging out with his Opaw.

Evening chat with Nate on the beach

We headed over to Folly Beach for some seafood and walked out on the pier. This is the second "date" Nate and I had in college...yes, we drove all the way to the beach and back in one day! I think I knew what an adventurous guys I was with at that point!

Eating fresh shrimp...the best!

We all went into Charleston and ate at the Hominy Grill...delicous Southern food!

All of us at dinner on the patio

After dinner, we walked around Charleston for a bit. Charleston is one of my all time favorite cities to visit! I have such good memories here from college when many of us would road-trip-it down south and stay at Folly Beach. Also, it is just beautiful! The architecture of the old southern homes...

...the cobblestone alleyways and hidden little gardens...

 ...stopping for coffee and dessert at Kaminsky's, this cute little dessert place. I downed the best Oreo milkshake ever!

Even though this picture is blurry, I think it is cute of DeeDee and Darryl!

Meanwhile...Nate and I got to go on a few bike rides thanks to the abundance of enthusiastic babysitters we had available. Kiawah has lots of bike trails that wind all over the island.

I kept waiting to see an alligator since at practically every marsh crossing there were signs to "Watch for alligators" but I never saw one. Probably best since I tend to have an overactive imagination about being eaten by wildlife.

The beach, however, is the absolute best place to bike ride!

And this guy is getting so big I can hardly believe it! Here is his worn-out beach baby look. As I said before, we were lucky to have so many hands to help us take care of him. Nate and I got to spend a lot of time together just riding our bikes, hanging out on the beach, and going out for our anniversary. And I can honestly say that Nate's family is like a second family for me. They are just so much fun! We all had a great time hanging out and they got to see Drew for a solid week, which he seemed pretty happy about as well. I am so glad we planned this vacation and we will definitely have to do it again in the future.