Greenville, South Carolina

We spent the end of our trip at Jim & Cherie's house in Greenville, South Carolina. LeAnn has all girls, Cherie has all boys! My kids loved both! Jim & Cherie have a zip-line in their very awesome back yard. Kaitlyn & Michael both took a turn. Their uncle Jim didn't allow them to think about it too much before he sent them zip-lining off the tree house! They were very brave!! I did it after them and I was WAY more scared than they were (although Jim did put some WD-40 on the line right before I went that definitely sped things up!)

Cherie & I went and got a pedicure together and some lunch at Panera Bread. It was a lot of fun!

We drove back to LeAnn's house and spent the night there before flying home. Steve & I had fun talking with LeAnn & Lance until almost 2 am about our Terry reunion this summer and much more! 6 am came WAY too early!

We first flew to Houston where we had a short layover then home to Salt Lake. Our last plane was an "interesting" flight! We had 3 hours of no air conditioning. It was SO hot! Turbulence the entire time. We were worried the flight attendant was going to lose it! Several drunk people on the flight. They drank all the alcohol that was on board! It's never a good sign when the flight attendant announces that there's been an injury on a flight on the same course because of the turbulence and so we all need to make sure and have our seat belts on! Then at the end of the flight she kept going on about how the flight was bad, but to remember that she did a good job! When we finally got into the airport we found that someone else had taken home one of our suitcases. Luckily they were staying at The Little America so we were able to pick it up from their hotel.

We had so much fun on our trip!
When we got home we asked our kids what their favorite part of the trip was. Without hesitation, Michael replied, "Playing barbies with Megan!"
Kaitlyn's favorite thing was jumping off LeAnn's stairs into the bean bags.
I feel so blessed to have married into such a great family. I love visiting the "South". It's such a beautiful place!! Thanks to LeAnn's & Jim's family's for making us feel welcome as always! We love you guys!

City of Charleston

I LOVE the buildings in Charleston. It really takes you back to that time. Here are some of my favorite pictures I took in the city:

THE BATTERY

RAINBOW ROW

Folly Beach

This is the house we stayed at by Folly Beach. It was a one minute walk to the beach! It had 5 bedrooms. We got spoiled and got the Master! It was a nice place, except the kitchen was TINY!! Really nice kitchen, but only one person could fit in there!

We had so much fun with LeAnn's family and Jim's family. sMy kids LOVED being with their cousins.

We played lots of games including "Scum" the card game & "Cat & Mouse".
The little kids all slept in the same bedroom. Kaitlyn slept next to, never mind-ON-her cousin Mary!
There were some of the most beautiful trees I've ever seen outside the house with a tire swing. The guys were all playing outside throwing the football when Steve spontaneously decided to bet Dave $100 if he could throw the football through the moving tire swing. Dave did it on his first attempt! Steve's response was, "That was amazing, but I'm not giving you $100!" Poor Dave! Steve, Kevin, Brad, Dave, Justin, Jim & I spent the next hour (at least) trying to throw the football through the moving tire swing. Justin was the first to do it! I owe him $2!! We all ended up doing it!
Steve & I had fun staying up late with the Terry's including our nephews Brad, Kevin, Justin, Dave, and meeting Brad's wife Lindsey and their new baby Addyson. I'm a Great Aunt now!!

CRAZY people at the beach on a FREEZING day! Justin, Kevin, & Dave boogie boarded! I think they only caught one or two waves and then we headed inside!
Love the black socks guys!!


FREEZING on the pier...

Charleston, South Carolina

We were just a little excited to be at the beach!!

We drove about 5 hours to Charleston, South Carolina from LeAnn's house in Georgia and spent the next three nights at a rental house at Folly Beach with LeAnn's family (minus Lance--he had to stay for work) and Jim & Cherie's family (minus Jared who is on a mission in Uganda).
We had fun taking pictures and looking for sea shells.

We are so mean...but it's just too cute!

Georgia

We spent the first two nights of our trip at LeAnn & Lance's house in Athens, Georgia.

LeAnn's girls take a dance class at their house from a college student. Michael & Kaitlyn joined in and had a ton of fun!

I don't know why this picture keeps turning, but we went to a beautiful park in Georgia for lunch and our kids had Taco Bell for the very first time. :)

Shoe Laces!

After months of practice, Kaitlyn can tie her shoes by herself!! At her parent teacher conference last week with her Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Guest, Kaitlyn chose it as a personal goal to learn how to tie her shoes. Mrs. Guest promised her a prize if she learned how to do it by March. Great job Kaitlyn!!