Dad couldn't make this trip with us because of school but it was the perfect week to give him time to get lots of flights and work done. Don't worry Scott did get to drive a very nice red Audi all week, went out for sushi with buddies, and got to finish the week with the fishing trip where the guys caught a hundred pounds of fish (I would tell you what kind but I can't remember). That night they all went to someones house for a fish fry and he said the fish was amazing.
Week in Hilton Head Island, SC at the Marriott Surf Watch resort
SUNDAY:
- Drove 7.5 hours to Hilton Head Island, SC. Stopping at the worst Arby’s ever. Only to find a Wendy’s at the next exit. When we drove through Jacksonville, FL we contemplated making a stop at Costco.
- Got very excited about our rooms. The kitchen and bathrooms had granite countertops. All of the appliances were stainless steel. The master bathroom had an all stone walk in shower. Complete with four different shower heads. Five if you include the hand held attachment.
- Took a walk on the beach.
- For dinner we had Velveeta mac and cheese.
- Got lost in the dark going to the Piggly Wiggly.
MONDAY:
- Went to the beach with our buckets, shovels and camp chairs. The girls enjoyed playing in the sand.
- Walked into the water. Adi tripped and sucked up a little ocean water. She didn’t like that. Ayzie was fearless while in the water. Anna saw a huge jelly fish come in with a wave next to Megan and Ayzlyn. Quick actions were taken to get Ayzlyn out of the water and we all ran back to shore. (Megan never saw this jelly.)
- Went back to our hotel condo for baths. Ayzlyn went down for a nap with Anna. Megan and Adi went to the ‘color and cookies’ activity.
- After nap time we got our swim suits on and headed down to the pool.
- Megan marinated fresh chicken strips in a ginger teriyaki marinade. We all went down to BBQ the chicken together. We ate our dinner of BBQ chicken and salad on our balcony.
- Around sunset we walked back to the beach. There we took pictures on the beach while the sun was setting. Ayzlyn loved the sand and covered herself and her sister.
- For our girls night movie we watched ‘Tangled.’
TUESDAY:
- Took a short drive to visit the Harbor Towne Lighthouse. We all walked to the top. At the top we could see the harbor, ocean and the famous PGA golf course.
- Everywhere in Harbor Towne were red wooden rocking chairs. It was very picturesque.
- Found a pizza place for lunch that didn’t serve any pizza.
- Returned to our hotel for nap time.
- Walked out to the pool closest to the beach. While we were there a man was playing cover songs with his guitar.
- Back in our hotel room we mixed up a batch of chocolate chip oatmeal cookie dough. The dough never made it to cookie form because Anna and Megan went to town eating the dough.
- WEDNESDAY:
- Played down at the pool. There was a pool party with DJ Alan. Complete with good music, games, and fun. We even danced to the YMCA in the pool.
- Anna and Megan got tattoos on their ankles. The airbrush kind of tattoo. Anna’s tattoo didn’t last long when she rescued Adi after she tripped in the kiddy pool.
- The pool party served hamburgers they BBQ’d. We all shared two cheeseburgers.
- A sweet pregnant woman backed up into the car scrapping off a good size of paint from the bumper.
- After the sun set we walked to the fire pits. There we roasted marshmallows to make s’mores.
- After the s’mores we took a walk to the pond/lake on the resort property. Along the way we saw 6 frogs. We took a break on a hammock and watched a mother duck protect her ducklings while they were sleeping.
- Megan was the last one on the hammock and somehow fell off in a very non-elegant fashion.
- Back up in our room we moved the pull-out sofa bed in front of the TV. Together we got a lot of pillows and blankets. We watched another girly movie, ‘27 dresses.’
- This was an earlier bed time night. Adi and Anna went to bed. Megan took Ayzie for the night in her room.
THURSDAY:
- There was a ‘Severe Weather Watch’ due to all the tornados coming through the South.
- Before the weather got bad we spent the morning/early afternoon playing in the pool. Ayzie really enjoyed the warm water as she floated along in her yellow float ring.
- The weather front started to come so we went inside for baths and nap time.
- After nap time we left for shopping at the outlet mall. We found new shoes for the girls and a game of bingo.
- For dinner Anna made stuffed French toast with fresh strawberries. Topping it all off with homemade buttermilk syrup.
- In honor of the royal wedding the following morning we watched ‘What a Girl Wants.’ We watched it on the sofa bed again.
FRIDAY:
- Morning routine started early when we all jumped on Megan’s king size bed to watch the royal wedding live.
- We took a short drive to Savannah, GA. Without knowing it we parked in the Whitaker Street parking garage.
- For our lunch we ate at a good wings restaurant. Our table was outside on the deck.
- Anna found a carriage ride to tour the city. We decided to go on the horse drawn carriage. On our tour we saw where Forrest Gump was filmed. We saw the famous bench where Forrest had his box of chocolates. We passed by the ‘Six Pence Pub’ where the movie ‘Something to Talk About’ was filmed. There were other historical places like the home where the first Girl Scout meetings were,etc.
- Back in Hilton Head we jumped in the pool to catch a few more sun rays.
- Our dinner was tasty sundried tomato pasta with sausage. We ate our dinner on the balcony again.
- We made rice crispy treats. Of which ½ were devoured that night.
- Our girly movie for the night was ‘Failure to Launch.’ Again we watched it all together on the sofa bed.
SATURDAY:
- Our final full day was spent in the sun at the pool.
- Anna and the girls took a long nap.
- We all painted our nails fun colors.
- For dinner we decided to order two large pizzas from Papa John’s. We had a pepperoni and BBQ Hawaiian pizza. Delicious!
- Anna fed Ayzie a pepper. It took a few seconds for the spice to hit Ayzie. At Ayzlyn’s expense we all had a good laugh. Then Adi fed Ayzie another pepper with the same reaction.
- Our final girly movie was ‘2 Weeks Notice.’
