Labor Day 2010!

We were thrilled to get to spend our Labor Day this year in Sea Island! We went down with our Supper club to our friend's, the Brumby's, house on the island and it was a fantastic weekend. There were 5 couples (10 adults), 5 little ones (3 and under - Ali was the oldest) and a few babies on the way - and we all got along great and had so much fun together. It's so nice to have friends like this to go away with and have an easy weekend where everyone is comfortable and fun! The boys had the treat of playing golf at Ocean Forest and despite the chaos that comes with chasing little ones around, it was just so peaceful/quiet there and nice because we had our own pool and really no where we had to be. We didn't even leave the island until the last night to go to dinner - and we ended up getting an impromptu babysitter that night and had a fun parents night out to end the weekend! It really was the perfect Labor Day weekend and hope we make a tradition of taking a yearly trip (somewhere!) with these dear friends!

We were all planning on going down on Thursday night but plans changed last minute - but we had our car all loaded up so we decided to go ahead and head down there and just stay in St. Simons at my parent's beach house, hoping the girls would sleep on our way down. Not the best night sleep I've ever had, but it was so nice to wake up at the beach on Friday morning and be able to do our own thing, eat breakfast at the Sandcastle and just take our time. We went on a morning stroll on the beach and Ali was walking in front of me and would stop and write her name in the sand every few feet. I especially liked this one.....
(in the top right corner it says "Mama" - pretty good for a 3 year old, I think!)

A few shots of the girls running around by the pier after our walk on the beach....

Of course, when we got to Sea Island about noon that day - I took our my camera to find the "Replace the batteries" message pop up....my luck! I'm hoping some of our friends took some pictures that I can add here later!

The rest of the pictures are from my iphone....we headed out to the beach on Sunday and it was completely empty - on Labor Day!! I was in Heaven!! It was so peaceful and relaxing - plus, my parents ended up going down with some of their friend's to their house in Ocean Forest and they stopped by for a visit and played with the girls. I actually found myself sitting in a lawn chair, drinking an adult beverage and relaxing on the beach! Talk about a treat! :)

Steven brought his pontoon boat and took Harry out. Of course all of the kids were fascinated and then wanted to take a trip out! When he first brought the boat out, all of the kids hopped in and I asked Ali where they were going on their pretend trip and she said "Ummm....maybe McDonald's??" Wow!

The girls were screaming with excitement when they saw Mimi and Papa show up and surprise them on the beach!
Ryan taking Ali out on the boat!
Rhodesy and her fun friend, Lee!
Papa taking care of Rhodesy while she waits for Ryan and Ali to get back from their short trip!
Papa and Ali playing! She loved hunting for seashells and we even found some sand dollars!
Ryan relieved to be back from his trip with Rhodes. He said it was so funny taking the girls out - Ali sat still in his lap patiently on their boat ride and Rhodes was about to climb out, moving all over the place on hers...talk about opposites! :)

The four amigos...Best pals!


I am so disappointed we did not get a group shot of the crew - hoping we'll have many of these trips to come and watch the kiddos grow up! Can't wait until our next trip! :)