Edisto 2013

This was our 5th year going to the beach!  Hard to believe until you start to look back at the pictures.

This year we were back in the same house!  It was a great house!  Jaimie and Jimmy felt a little more comfortable using this house, although there were a lot of talks of changing beaches. 

The fact is, between accessibility, travel and income loss, this group sacrifices a lot to be together for a week in the summer. 

And the that we have been able to do it 5 years in a row give or take a few of us here and there is pretty amazing!



I don't know what year the bottom picture was, but long enough to know that we all look really good in 2013!





Catherine came with Luke about mid-week and it didn't him and Aiden long to become best friends for those couple of days.  Even needing alone time from each other!  They played really well together!  My room is right next to the boys room, so I got the privilege of hearing some great conversations in the morning.  One being one of the boys asking the other if they are going to be best friends forever and the other simply answers, "yeh." And my favorite was when Aiden needed some help wiping and Luke enlisted Catherine's help at 5:30am!  Catherine quickly called Kim in. 

 

Can't you see the conversation!  They are such good friends Luke was going to get his mom to wipe Aiden's behind.  Don't worry friend, I'll get my mom!  Awesome!  Those two were a lot of fun! 

 

Miss Sass Pants though, now that girl is a ham and a half!

 

 This little girl was so much fun all week!  As much as she is ALL girl, she can hang with the boys and keep up with them!  Just like her mama!  She was so snuggly!  And brave, what?  There's no sitting in a chair watching her play at the beach.  She makes a B-line to that ocean! 

The kids ate at the table on the porch every night, it was just so great having them around!  Hearing the laughing, watching them test the waters both figuratively and literally. 

I had a great morning jogging on the beach and then riding my bike.  It was early, quiet, peaceful.  One of my favorite things about the beach are early mornings.  The other being late nights with the stars! 

We had pretty good weather.  It did rain more this year, but it was your typical late afternoon thunderstorms.  I think there might have been a couple of nights that the storm went through the night. 

Play time on the beach!   

We got a better beach wheel chair than what Jimmy had last year and it made a big difference!  Jaimie and Michael got him down to the water, it was great!  He looked very happy!

Lastly, one of my favorite pictures from the whole week!  Aiden and Luke got water guns!  Rory was always right in the middle of the action, but this time she got in the cross-fire!  Poor kiddos, we laughed and laughed before we opened the door!  They were so much fun!! 


Edisto has a lot of our memories!  There may be a time when we have to find another beach that is more accommodating to our groups needs.  God willing, our group will only get bigger!  But for now, for 2013, it was a great time!