Summertime is calling our name

Quick Summer Recap:

ice cream at the pier

 arts and crafts

sparklers and a pool party on the 4th

Sunset Beach 

feeding baby dolls

swimming so much that our dreams are full of swimming

running head-first into the ocean

time spent with our precious grands and great-grands

grilled corn and smokey burgers

staying up late

learning to walk in flip-flops

edisto beach {camping}

i've had dreams about taking my children camping near the beach...

collecting shells during the day, wearing ourselves out in the surf and sun and returning to our cozy campsite at night to build a fire and cook dinner outdoors. an entire weekend where we never had to go inside. not once, unless you count the bathhouse. 

a weekend with bugs to fill my boy's bug house, and s'mores, and good friends, and a pancake breakfast. the best part was sleeping cuddled up together in the tent, all four of us, listening to the frogs at night and waking to the cicadas in the morning (yes - this is their year).

my two little bed bugs, exhausted and happy on their very first camping trip.

Hello Irene

The kids and I drove to Isle of Palms today to see what the waves looked like. Rain was coming down and the clouds were ominous looking so we stayed in the car, and I'm no surfer (surprising, I know) but the waves were truly rad. The schools are closed, the air here feels electric, and there is excitement everywhere. Best of all there were kids in the streets holding surfboards in hand, headed for the beach.

Some people are taking Irene very seriously. This is Meeting Street today via