"Mini Golf Capitol of the World"

So apparently Myrtle Beach is the "mini golf capitol of the world." I have never seen so many fun places to play miniature golf in my life! We were planning to do this earlier in the week, but we ended up waiting until our last evening in Myrtle Beach to play. The girls had been begging to go to the "mermaid place" all week. It was called Captain Hook's and it was all Peter Pan themed and so cute! (if Pirate stuff can be cute, that is!) We picked up a pizza and ate at a picnic table before going in. We could tell rain was coming, but since it was our last night we really didn't have any choice but to go ahead and play. Jonah was hysterical playing miniature golf. We took the stroller in, thinking he would just sit back and watch, but that was not about to happen! Brian ended up trading his club in for this little miniature club for Jonah. He absolutely loved hitting the ball and running after it! We just had to make sure he didn't pick the ball up, or he would instantly throw it. Brian had to rescue the ball from the water and the bushes! We made it to about the 13th hole before the rain came. It didn't just rain a little...it started pouring! There were so many people and we were in the middle of the course, so we just kept playing in the rain. The kids thought it was great fun! We were all soaked by the time we left, and it was definitely a fun memory that we will always remember! As soon as we got back in the van, I called Poppa Jim to tell him we might have another left handed golfer in the family...he loved it!

After hitting the ball, Jonah would run after it, screaming "ball, ball, ball!"

Look at that stance!

At one point I told Brian to see what Jonah would do with the ball if he got it out of the hole...this is how that ended up...with Brian digging the ball out of the bushes! Needless to say, we didn't try that again!

This makes me laugh! Jonah thought it was pretty funny too!

Jonah's overalls came in handy! He was seriously so excited about this whole putt-putt thing that we had to hold onto him to keep him from getting hurt!

Here comes the rain...

Last Day of Vacation Fun

After our early morning shell hunt and cleaning up and packing, we headed out to do some fun last minute things before we had to leave the next morning. First, we went back to Boardwalk at the Beach to let Mackenzie do the inflatable water balls. She begged and begged to do this the first time we were there, and we said no. But, when she left her tooth under her pillow, the tooth fairy left a certificate to go back and do that instead of $ this time. (What an AWESOME tooth fairy!) We fed the crazy fish again, went back into Johnny Rockets for milk shakes, and then took the girls to Build-a-Bear. Yes, we caved...I have got to learn to say NO and stick with it. I know that I do! But, they were so excited and wanted to go so badly! I told them we could go in and get Myrtle Beach shirts for the bears we already had...but we walked out with two new pony's wearing outfits. Eeeek! Well, that took care of their souvenirs for the trip, I guess! After that, we went back to the resort and I laid down for a while, before going to the beach to fly a kite and then play miniature golf that evening. I fought terrible headaches most of the time we were gone. Other than that, we had a great last day in Myrtle Beach! 

I don't think this was quite as fun as she thought it would be. In fact, she was asking to get out before her time was even up. I think it was a lot more work and took more energy than she realized!

Johnny Rockets again! This time we got hats to wear.

We have been saving the bee kite all summer that Madison got from Lucy for her birthday, so we could fly it on the beach. Then we went and almost forgot about it! So, we made a quick stop to fly the kite...but the wind was blowing so hard that it didn't work too well. It was still fun though! We also collected some sand in a baggie to use for a special secret project we are going to do soon.

Finally, a picture of Jonah actually looking at the camera and smiling at the beach!

I love these beautiful kids of mine so very much!