Thursday

We woke up this morning around 5:30 to be at O’Hare for our 9 am flight. Everything went smoothly at the airport. We had breakfast at the Publican restaurant. It was pretty good, but pricey. The flight was good. It felt really short. Once we got to Myrtle Beach we took at cab to Dirty Don’s for lunch. The cab driver took us to one close to our hotel, but I had looked one up that was a 15 minute walk from our hotel. The whole time I was confused because I didn’t realize there were 2!

We had to kill like 3 hours before we could check in. Don found a place that looked like a ClimbZone, so we walked there with our luggage. It was about a 5 minute walk. It turned out to be a souvenir shop that if you bought something the kids could climb their climbing walls for free. When we first got there the guy working said they didn’t have enough workers to open the climb area, so we looked around. Then he asked if Lucas wanted to climb, and he did, so we bought a magnet. It was a unique place.

Afterwards it was about 2:30 so we decided to just walk over to the condo place we were staying and see if we could just chill in the lobby. We did for a bit then we asked if we could go in the pool if we were staying there and the woman said yes. So Lucas changed in the bathroom and he got in. There are 2 pools, a lazy river, and some hot tubs. Once Khris, Jess, and Hannalee showed up then it was almost 4. Jess and Hannalee got in and then once the place was ready I went up and changed into my bathing suit.

The pools were all pretty warm and the lazy river was so fast. At 5 we got out to get ready for dinner. We went to Calabash Seafood. It was a seafood buffet. It was pretty good. Lucas really enjoyed the frog legs. After dinner we looked at a shop then we came back to put the kids to bed. It was a bit of a challenge for Lucas to sleep because he has never shared a room with another kid. Once they were asleep, we went out on the balcony. We watched the moon rise, which is something I’ve never done. It was almost full and so red. It looked so cool.

Friday
The kids were up around 2:30 am. I don’t really know what was happening, but they went back to bed and woke up at 7. Khris made breakfast. Lucas lost a tooth after breakfast. Then we all went to the beach. Renting chairs and umbrellas for the day was $55! So expensive. The water was great, perfect temperature. We boogie boarded and we saw a lot of dolphins! Lucas was a bit scared of the waves, but we got him to go out. We saw dolphins swimming very close to where we were swimming, and they were just hanging out! We had lunch at the pool and then we spent until about 3:30 at the pool. Then we walked to the ferris wheel area. We looked at some shops. Lucas bought a portable fan because he was so hot. Then we ate dinner. Everything here has been fried and kind of tastes the same. After dinner we went to an arcade. Then we got ice cream and walked back. Again, after the kids were asleep, we went to the balcony and watched the moon rise.

Saturday

We slept in til 7:15. But the kids were up at 2 am again for some reason. Khris made breakfast and then we went to the beach. The waves were much bigger today, so the kids didn’t want to get in. They did play in the sand a lot though. Then we went to the pool again. We got lunch from the bar next door and ate at the pool. Later we went back to the beach because the tide had went out so the kids could get in easier. Lucas loved it.

After the beach we went to Captain Hook Mini Golf. It was fun but extremely hot! For dinner we went to Sea Captain’s House. It was the best meal yet. The kids shared a bowl of crab soup. Lucas had flounder and applesauce. I had a tuna salad. Don had spare rib. It was all good. Then we got some ice cream and came back to the house. We sat on the balcony after the kids went to bed and had one phone with the Cubs/Yankees game and a tablet with a ufc fight. Cubs won! We tried to watch the moon rise but it never came.