Myrtle Beach

After Nathaniel's graduation we headed to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. But, before we could go, we had to have a little "Guitar Hero" time at Nathaniel's apartment.

Mom did pretty good after she got the hang of it. But, unfortunately she got booed off the stage. You just need a little more practice mom.


We finally arrived at the sunny beach on Friday night. So, it really wasn't that sunny since the sun was setting. But, it was still gorgeous!

The next day we loaded up our wagon and walked to the beach. My grandparents have a beach house. So we get to stay there whenever we go to the beach. Thanks MeeMaw and C.O.

Andrew forgot his sunglasses. So, he borrowed some from mom. They remind me of something that Elton John would wear. Every so often, while we were sitting on the beach, I would hear dad giggle a little. And then I would realize he was looking at Andrew.

We had plenty of time for some frizby throwing.

But, we mostly just relaxed under our 3 umbrellas. We don't want to get skin cancer!

The evenings were the most entertaining times as we drove to dinner. "Why?", you may ask. Well, it was Black Biker Week 2007. (Just so you know, I am not being racist. You could buy t-shirts, 3 for $10, that said Black Biker Week on them.)

Now, this couple here is dressed very modestly. But, that can't be said for most of the women on the back of the bikes. I think some of the locals call it "Butt Week" if that gives you an idea of what we saw all the way to dinner.

Saturday night we ate at one of our childhood favorites, The Chesapeake House. They have the best hush puppies in the world. But, the real reason it was one of our favorite restaurants is because you can take any leftover food and feed it to the turtles and crocodiles (or alligators- I don't really know the difference.) You can see a little turtle up on the grass in this picture. And then you can see an alligator head popping out of the water. He was a picky eater. He would only eat the hush puppies. (Which, I agree, that is really the only bread that I would eat as well.)

On Sunday night, we went to a Japanese Steak house. We got a little bored while we were waiting. So, we took a bazillion pictures. We ended up with a pretty cute family picture.

Mom and I

We finally made it to the table!

Just so you know, I am now taking applications for sister-in-laws.