Beach Weekend with the Holby's

Jenn and I had been talking for a while about trying to plan a long weekend beach getaway and surprise the kids with it. We schemed together with our hubbies and decided to go to Isle of Palms at the end of July. We stayed in Charleston, and just did the drive over on Friday and Saturday to IOP. The kids knew there was a surprise coming at the end of the week, but they didn't know it was a trip or that it involved their buddies. I packed secretly, but by the time we had the car loaded with them all it in and the Holby's van behind us, Anderson pretty much had it all figured out. By the time we got to Columbia all of the boys knew we were all going to the beach together. They were pretty excited. So were the mommies and daddies. We needed a break too! Here are the pics:

Sandy boys

Bro-bro's forever
Cheese

Trying to get a picture of the girls together was impossible

Aubree loves the beach

All the boys working hard on the hole

Taking a break from digging

On Sunday, we drove downtown and went to the battery before heading home. Anderson loved the cannons. He climbed all over them even though the signs said "Please don't climb on the cannons"

Another attempt at getting a pic of the girls

Daddy's Girl

We thought it would be cute to get a picture of all of the kids (in birth order) but that proved to be a lot harder than we imagined. Here's what we got!

This was about the best one we could get

Our attempt at a family picture... turned out a little dark

We had a lot of fun and the kids did too! Next post will probably be from a teary eyed MOM of a kindergartner... My baby starts tomorrow!