Young Summer Vacation

This year the Young family went to Hilton Head for our Summer Vacation. Every year I look forward to this time spent away with family. It gets everyone away from distraction and focused on each other. We had quite an adventure this year. The kids encountered their first horse shoe crab and sand dollar. Luke and Elli took turns 'one-upping' each other the entire trip; from who can swim under water the longest,  to jumping in the water, getting in the ocean and playing tug-of-war with their toys. I love watching them play. They look like twins together! Luke was very brave this trip and fearless in the ocean. If I didn't grab his hand while in the ocean he would've went in any way, in fact he did go in any way. He loved swimming with Daddy to the deep-end and jumping over the big waves.

This was the summer of rain and that was no exception for this trip. We set up tent on the beach one of the days and not too much later we saw dark clouds in the distance. Most people started packing up but we decided to stick it out. We made it through! Then it was calm until we saw another storm in the distance. The next one came with some massive winds. We each had to grab an end of the tent so it wouldn't fly away and keep in mind we still have Luke and Kate out there. A lifeguard came up to us and said she would highly recommend us taking our tent down. By that time it was too late. I started freaking out of course and decided last minute I better head back to the hotel for cover. I'm sure I looked funny running with stroller, bags and toddler in tote in the torrential downpour.

Kate did OKAY this trip. She did not like to sleep in the pack-and-play or anywhere really. She woke up often through the night and her longest nap was for maybe an hour. When we got back home she was back to her normal routine of 12 hour nights and 2 hour naps. While we were on our trip I wondered if she was teething or something but I think she just wanted to sleep in her crib the whole time. Little stinker!

Here are some pictures from the trip! Luke's favorite thing to do at the pool; 'pinning' in circles:).