Camping at the beach

We had a great time camping in Myrtle Beach with our friends.  Lots of kids, lots of stuff and tons of fun!!!

There was tons to do at the camp ground.  There was a HUGE water slide called the HIPPO SLIDE.  

We all had fun on this slide.  Well Casey took one look at it and said NO WAY.  Landon went down it one time and said NEVER AGAIN!

Drew and Shelby loved it and went down it what seemed like 100s of times!

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Every day, all the kids (well not Drew, Casey and Landon) went to kids club for 2 hours.  They were supposed to be some type of spy on a mission.  They all seemed to have a great time. While they were at camp, we tried to keep everyone else busy.  

One morning while we were riding on the paddle boats, we saw some of the cutest little ducks.....During these mornings, we went for walks and paddle boating, and mini golf.

We also swam in the pool and played on the beach!!  We also enjoyed using the paddle boats, riding bikes and playing putt putt.

We floated right next to these baby ducks but only for a minute.  The mommy and daddy let us know that we were to close and needed to move.  Ducks make a lot of noise if you bother them.  They will also splash you with water!!

After the big kids got done with camp each day it was time to hit the pool and the beach.  

We loved getting to see our friends, Ms Mary and Mr. Lynn, who live at the beach.  We had dinner with them on Wednesday night and then Ms Mary came and went to the beach with us on Thursday.

Landon loved just digging in the sand and Casey loved filling buckets with water.  On Friday, Steve built/dug a huge bunker for the kids to play in.  That thing kept Landon busy for almost 2 hours!!

Shelby had a great time learning to wide waves.  She got pretty good at it!!  Drew, Steve and I also had fun doing this.  I was reminded that salt water and contacts just don't mesh!!  Go figure!!

Another favorite activity was to play water wars.  This is a great water balloon game.  Drew made a friend named Faith on afternoon and I think they played water wars for about an hour one day.  Casey and Landon also loved water wars but they needed help each time.  

The evenings were spent just playing on the playground, hanging out and sometimes swimming in the pool or riding bikes.  

We also played LOTS of putt putt!!!  Landon cracked us up playing putt putt.  Every time someone putted and missed he ran onto the green and put his ball 2 inches from the hole while saying "I show you!  I show you!"

Did I mention that it was hot?!!!  Well it was hot!!   Check out 2 of my guys....they look cool don't they????


Now we are back to the real world with work and VBS and broken bones.  Just for the record, breaking your ankle 2 days after vacation is better than doing it 2 days before but still not recommended!!