We sure enjoyed spending a week at the beach with Granna and Opa! Here is all the fun we had!
We gathered sand dollars! Carried bucket after bucket full of water out to hole.
Dug and played in the sand.
The boys were so good at entertaining themselves, but of course......
.........the adults joined them, too!
Trenton-4 and Bennett-2
Sunday we celebrated Father's Day. Trenton picked out this card for Opa.
And this card for Daddy. He insisted on opening and "reading" Daddy's.
The splash swords were big hits in the water. They boys attacked waves or
we played sword fights together.
One morning we had a good view of the shrimp boats.
Having the tent set up offered a perfect, shady spot to watch the fun.
Granna made this.
Trenton and Daddy going out to play in the waves. Bennett reaching for me to take him out.
Grannna took this one as we jumped waves.
Snacks......don't leave home without them!
Father's Day dinner at SeaJay's
We ate outside overlooking the marina.
Then we walked down to the marina afterwards to see the boats.
We thoroughly enjoyed driving the Red Bug everywhere we went on the island. The boys got a kick out of them and would ask to go Red Buggin'.
We had fun flying kites in the evening hours.
It was neat to see holes/sandcastle made from people that day. We played in their abandoned creations.
Wading in the water.
The boys would watch a movie each night before bed. If we were watching the college world series on TV, they set up their little TV.
We climbed trees in the historic district.
Trenton with Opa.
Then, we biked from the historic district to the Horton House following the marsh.
We were proud of Trenton who rode the entire 4 miles all on his own! Mommy ran the 4 miles next to him in case he needed something.
What a gorgeous trail to bike on!
We finally made it to the Horton House where Granna and Opa met us on the Red Bug.
Back to the beach and riding waves. They were best at high tide.
Trenton and his boogie board. Bennett fascinated with the horseshoe crab we discovered in the wading pool once it became low tide.
It was obviously dead. We examined it closely. They boys loved nature at its finest.
Here is the wading pool, still full from a recent high tide. The tide changes drastically on Jekyll due to its location between Florida and South Carolina at the fold. It is at the "bite" as the call it.
Building sandcastles with Mommy. Brought me back to my childhood drip castle days. :)
Bennett sure loved digging and getting dirty!
Then destroying it with McMissile
The is always something to do at the beach!
We spent one day at the pool instead.
Our little burrito. Then we went to the turtle center one afternoon.
Looking into the rehabilitation tanks with Daddy.
Comparing Trenton's head to the turtles.
Playing crossing the street game to see just how dangerous the terrapin turtles have it on the causeway.
Other learning activities......if only we could read!
Watching the veterinarians perform a surgery.
This terrapin had been struck by a car and had a shell fracture.
Sitting outside the center afterwards.
Another evening at the beach. The boys spotted two deer just feet above us on the sand dunes.
They were pretty. What a sight in the sun's light!
Doing balloon rockets during low tide.
Relaxing and enjoying the cool, breezy part of the beach.
We brought Trenton's bike down there, too.
One evening we headed to driftwood beach where the beach has eroded so trees have fallen.
And we brought our nets to catch crabs this time!
They were crawling all over the logs.
Trenton caught the first one!
Trying to convince the boys to also catch fish. All they wanted were crabs here.
Bennett caught one, too, with Daddy's help.
Enjoying the evening.
Fun family time!
Another day of bike riding. We love all Jekyll's biking trails. We went by the beach, through the maritime forest, into the historic district, alongside the marsh, and back into the residential area in the morning. Then, again to get ice cream that evening. So fun! Loved the 20+ miles of biking exercise!
Stopping by the original red bugs to play.
The Jekyll Club
And this is how we rode. Daddy had Bennett in the carrier and Mommy had Trenton on the trail-behind.
That evening, Kevin and I got a date night! We saw this beautiful sunset.
And enjoyed dinner at The "Rah" Bar on one of Jekyll's piers where they had a live band.
