It's sooo much fun to get away and just be together. Our excuse to leave the lovely Hoosier state this year was because of Dance Nationals in Myrtle Beach. (Please read the below post alllll about dance and to watch Elijah's AMAZING championship video!) We left on Saturday night and drove all night and arrived in MB around 1pm on Sunday. We checked into our beautiful and spacious condo, took a nap, and then headed to the Evan's house to help Haley (One of Elijah's closest childhood friends) celebrate her 16th birthday. It was a such a blast to hug their necks, catch up on life, and have some awesome fellowship over some of the best food (prepared by Haley's daddy, Jeff...who was home on vacation that week.) By the time we got back to the condo, we were all exhausted.
The next few days were filled with doing the tourist thing; eating great food, going to the beach, seeing the sights, and relaxing. We ate at Planet Hollywood,
spent lots of time at Broadway at the Beach, saw the fourth installment of Pirates at the 3-D IMAX theater, ate some great ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery, and beached it up at North Mytle Beach.
Wednesday and Thursday were spent doing the dance thing. But in the evening we had time to do some sight-seeing and shopping. We went to this great candy store, called It's Sugar, and spent quite a bit of time looking at everything they offered. Talk about a fun place. It was HUGE and there was so much to see! We picked up some of our favorite treats while looking at some "treats" that didn't seem so sweet....like bacon-flavored mints, ranch-flavored gum, and dill pickle-flavored toothpicks. Fun stuff...but we'll stick with the sweet stuff!
Friday night we went back to the Evans' house for some more of Jeff's homecooking. He introduced us to Shrimp and Grits and it was the most FABULOUS thing ever! I was in heaven! He made a fabulous apple crisp and topped it with vanilla ice cream. It was fun hanging out them. Jeff has one story after another and he is a hoot. He's like one giant kid in an adult's body. Then there is Kristin...this strong, amazing, fun woman whose kids adore her. Isaac was in Sydney's class when they lived here. It was great reconnecting with him. Then there's Haley. We just love this girl and hated saying goodbye to her.
Love this family!
Saturday consisted of beach in the morning and then finals dance competition in the evening. Sunday morning we were up early and on the road.
It's good to be back but we sure had a great time!
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