this past weekend, garrett and i left on a three night vacation to the beach. we left the kids with my parents to have a weekend without them to celebrate our 10th anniversary. although a little early, this is when we could fit it in. we were lucky at getting a place to stay for free. garrett has been working with a couple doing some side work for them and they own a place on a private island called debordieu island (between pawley's island and georgetown) that they let us stay in. there are some huge, beautiful houses on the island. we would drive around the island just looking at the houses each time we got in the car. on the beach, there was hardly anyone beside us. it would usually be a couple hundred feet before we reached another family. the scenery was beautiful and relaxing. it was the perfect place to get away from everything. this was probably the first time we had left the kids for an extended time away. having three kids and dumping them on someone isn't easy. even though we had no kids with us, we found ourselves waking up before 8:00, eating breakfast on the back porch and eventually making our way out to the pool or beach. we usually were one of the first wherever we went. we spent our days just relaxing on the beach or at the pool and long walks on the beach. i think this is the first time we had nothing planned. no where to be at a certain time and nothing to do. two nights, we made our way to historic georgetown and had dinner and the last night we just ate at one of the dining rooms they had on the island. all in all, a great vacation. make sure you make time with your spouse to get away from everything. it's much deserved and you just need to spend time with one another.
enjoy some of our pictures from our weekend. sorry none of us.
our view outside of the back of the house
the back porch
garrett and i tried to have some fun on the back porch with our cell phones and the camera
this was one of the houses at the end of the beach. it was being worked out. definitely huge!!
on one of our walks on the beach. we saw all sorts of wildlife on our weekend.
this was a house garrett liked the most. some aspects he likes for our house we will build some day.
a view from within the living room of the house
these are some shots from an old bridge they use as an observatory/fishing place now in georgetown
and apparently they have trouble with people dumping cats there as well
(this was one of the funniest things we saw)
