Thursday, July 7, 2011

VACATION!!

We had been planning on going to South Dakota for the 4th of July, but due to the recent flooding we weren't able to go. We decided that since Andrew already had the time off from work we would plan something else. We searched for some hotel rooms and found one in Blufton South Carolina ( in between Savannah, and Hilton Head) and one in downtown Jacksonville, FL. I have always wanted to go to Florida and never have had the opportunity so I was excited to be able to go! We left on June 30th and headed to Blufton. It took us about 5 1/2 hours to get there and we checked into our hotel and headed right for the beach! It was wonderful and Aaron loved the sand and the waves! We celebrated our 6th Anniversary at the beach in Hilton Head and had a great time eating dinner at a hibachi restaurant. We had the restaurant all to ourselves and enjoyed a nice dinner. We headed out on Saturday and made our way towards Jacksonville. We made a stop at Tybee Island and walked around for a little bit. It was busy there, so we hopped back into the car and drove to our hotel. We found the way to the beach in Jacksonville and enjoyed the big waves and blue water! We really had a great time at the beach! We ventured to St. Augustine and did some sight seeing as well as visiting the beach there. On the 4th of July we went to the beach but there were rip tides so we didn't stay too long even though it was our last day there. We put Aaron to bed as normal, but got him up around 9:30 to walk a couple blocks to see the fireworks. We found a perfect location and were able to see two displays on the St. John River. We were sad to leave for home but Aaron was ready to be home. It was a hard adjustment to not drive to the beach, and to have to clean up after ourselves but we are making the adjustment! We are already thinking of when we can go back!