Vacation of Love, Surf and Sand-Wars

A preview of our FANTASTIC vacation and family reunion to Kiawah Island, SC last week!! This moment was called "Mud balls for cousins!" by Maddie and her young nephews...

Cousins at the beach!!!

WELCOME TO KIAWAH ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA!

Best family reunion ever!!!!

Beach house, cousins, cracking up, boogie boarding, biking, gators and laser golf course wars...

We adore our  family and thank our parents for helping arrange this for the second time!

More photos to come...

of my gorgeous siblings and their spouses...

my groovy extended family!!

my sister, Christie (on left) bought these hilarious moustaches

just for FUN and we had a blast with them!!

 Maddie and my sister, Holly (looked like twins from the back

with all that hair and Holly is tiny like Maddie~)

Mike and his daughter, Lucie

 Me and my youngest sister, Gemini twin, Emily

(our birthdays are one day [plus one decade] apart)

Holly and girls, Scarlett Mame and Elliott Jane :)

 3 generations of lovely ladies!!

and these cuties are my sis-in-law, Lindsey, Christie, me, and Holly (seated)

Erin (sis-in-law) and Mike with Jonah and yawning Lucie...

 Daily beach game: Baci ball; very fun!

 Emily and Jonah "punching" the waves -- he is ALL boy!

 Look, mom, no hands!!

Nick (*and all of us*) LOVE to boogie board!

Thanks to the Michaelsons (BYU friends in SC) who loaned us all theirs!!!

 Beach biking--and on the many paths--for miles

This is a fav fav favorite pasttime while in Kiawah

My bro, Mac and kids in tow...

and he and his wife, Lindsey.

He is a dermatologist and was razzing Ted about his "lobster" skin (Ted never wears sunblock and turns deep, lobster red, but feels no pain; thus, no sunblock)

Great shot of my bro, Mike, with his son, Jonah, riding the boogie board (alongside Nick) all the way in. Now that takes talent! :)

 Our view from the back porch...

too bad it's not that breath-taking...

 The walk to the pool from our (rental) house (Nick and cousin, Ellie)

We are a happy, sun-drenched family!