12 years ago I married my best friend!
Each year for our anniversary, we do something fun together - to celebrate our marriage. Thankfully, Mark had the weekend off from work, so we were able to get away :) This year we decided to take a day trip to the beach! Here's a look at some of the fun we had at the beaches of Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Forest Beach: We loved the board walk to this beach!
There was a nice little sprinkler area to play in before you get to the ocean.
Our drive was about 2 1/2 hours, so were very excited to get to the beach!
There was a chance for storms, but luckily we missed them!
The waves look fun!
You should have seen that wave!
Jonas is learning to ride the waves!
We found a live sand dollar and it quickly became Jonas' new best friend.
His front was brown and the hole in the middle moved like it was breathing.
The back had tiny fuzzy "feet" that helped it move around.
They became hard and prickly when you touched them.
Jonas really liked to hold onto the sand dollar.
After having fun for a while, he had to bring him
back to his home in the ocean.
Good bye, friend!
There were two people near this part of the beach that got stung by jellyfish, so
we decided to move down the beach a couple of blocks....then Mark got stung by a Jellyfish too! It really surprised us that it was right there. We didn't see it but Mark sure felt it. It wrapped it's tentacle around his ankle and he said it hurt like bad rope burn or an electric shock! We had no idea that we would get that close to a jellyfish or that you are supposed to use vinegar and salt water to lessen the pain. After he recovered a bit, we left that beach to go explore some more of the island.
We found some cute shops to walk around and look in.
Then we stopped at Rita's for some frozen custard. Yum!
Jonas had his topped with chocolate sprinkles!
The second beach we went to had a great park that we played on before hitting the sand.
Crazy Climb
Twisty Slide!
Walking to the beach again!
Jonas had his fun new toy that he calls his "grabber thingy"
He's stuck!!
We watched a young couple go fishing off the shore. The lady caught...
A Sting Ray!
This was the bottom
...and the top. It was an amazing sight to see!
We can't wait to go back to the beach so we can play in the sun all day!
again. :)
We had a wonderful time at the beach!
