The Beach

My parents were unable to join us in Seattle for Christmas as we had originally hoped, so instead Jon and I took a long weekend and made a VERY long trip to South Carolina to join them on the beach. We stayed with them at their rental house aka "Black Magic" right on Folly Beach. We felt right at home with mostly cool, cloudy, and even rainy weather, but definitely enjoyed the sunshine the days it showed up. We ate a lot of good food, played WII, read a lot, slept a lot, finally beat my parents at Euchre (two games in a row!), took a carriage tour of Charleston, and walked on the beach. It was SO good to see my parents and we can't wait for them to visit us in Seattle for the first time this Spring!

This is how you look after flying overnight to Detroit, sleeping in the airport on the floor for four hours, waiting for maintenance to fix your tiny plane, and then finally making it to the beach that afternoon.

Mom and Me.

Downtown Folly Beach; quaint? hicksville?

Black Magic

Dad being naughty at the Crab Shack. See all the garbage in the bucket?

We missed you, Neal!

***Attention!!!*** This is a VERY IMPORTANT public service announcement: My lips and the corners of my mouth were severly chapped, cracked, and bleeding during the first three days of this trip. Not putting anything on it so my body could try to fix itself was a HORRIBLE and PAINFUL idea. I called my dermatologist and the nurser recommended using THIS... It's a MIRACLE cure. I will never put anything else on my lips again!