This past April we decided to take a road trip and head on down to Myrtle Beach, SC for spring break. As you can see from the some of the pictures, we had a blast! We packed in a lot of fun for our 4 night stay. That's not to say there weren't a few bumps in the road along the way. I'm a Lipply, and us Lipplys' are known for our "bad luck". Our "bump" happened our first night in Myrtle Beach. Jarrad and I had decided that on our way down to SC would stay the night about 3 or so hours away from Myrtle Beach, so we wouldn't be very tired on our first day there. Well, on our drive down our kids were AWESOME!!! Like we couldn't even believe awesome and the kids wanted to drive all the way there. So, we thought, what the heck, let's keep driving we'll find a hotel once we're there. Yeah, needless to say, our luck ran out there. Every freaking hotel was booked and it was 10:30pm and we've been in the car since 6am. Long story short, we ended up the nastiest hotel ever made. It was called the Value Place. I would've rather slept in the car...seriously...it was horrible. I curled up in a ball and tried not to move the whole night. Dang that Lipply luck!
Thankfully, that was the worst part of the vacation and at least we got it over with first! The rest of the time was incredible! It was so nice to be able to go on a vacation and not have to take a stroller, pack-n-play etc. We got a 2 bedroom condo that was huge and incredible views of the ocean. Each room had its own private balcony. Our vacation included a trip to Hard Rock, a dolphin cruise, a round of miniature golf (which I won) :-), a trip to Planet Hollywood and lots of time spent on the beach and playing in the ocean.
In the last picture you see Jayden holding a turtle. In our resort, they had lots of ponds where you could fish for free and didn't have to worry about buying a fishing license. We knew this ahead of time and brought the boys' fishing rods. The only problem was there seemed to be more turtles than fish. So, Jayden and Talan both caught turtles. Jayden brought his back to show me and then took him back to the pond. Not exactly what he wanted, but at least he caught something.
None of us wanted to leave Myrtle Beach. Jayden and Talan both asked if we could live there. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, but I know they will have great memories of this trip. I love family vacations!
