Just beachy!

This past weekend we went for a quick VA beach trip. It definitely wasn't long enough but it was a good taste of what to look forward to at Myrtle Beach in a month. I have never been to Myrtle but I keep hearing great things about it. We'll see....but hopefully it will be a place that I'll want to visit again.

Back to the VA beach trip....we left early Friday morning and stopped at Aunt Sarah's Pancake House on the way through. Yummy! I used to stop there on the way to the beach when I was a kid. Of course when you're a kid, the place seems so much larger than it is and I hope by stopping each time we go to VA beach, my kids will want to stop there when they get older as well. Here is where we met our other family beach companions, the Grigsbys. Breakfast was good...and then we were on the road again. Traffic wasn't too bad which was nice for a change. We arrive around 1pm and once we all got somewhat settled, we figured it was just easier to go to the pool then to drag all the stuff down to the beach.

We spend an hour or so down at the pool and for some reason during that time, Rob thought it would be a good idea for him and Connor go to into the hotel's hot tub....even after making the statement, "I wonder how much DNA is in that thing!" Anyway, after we got ready we went to Captain George's for some yummy seafood. The wait wasn't bad and overall..it was a really nice dinner.

We woke up around 9am Saturday morning and Connor's eye is very swollen. Yes folks... he waits until vacation to get pink eye! Rob, Kenny, Connor, and I then have to make a trip around the area to find an urgent care so Connor can get some meds. Once we found one and were seen, we were back to the hotel around 12:30pm. I'll just call it a coincidence but Rob and Connor were the only two go to in the hot tub and they were the only two to get pink eye! Luckily, we were able to get a few hours in at the beach before it was time to get ready for dinner. The beach was fabulous and the kids had a great time. Sadly, this vacation was coming to an end and quickly.

We went out to dinner at a boardwalk restaurant called Ocean House (I think). Suggestion....DON'T GO! For some cheese sticks, two BLTs with onion rings, a grilled cheese with fries, and a burger with onion rings...oh and our drinks (teas, sprite, and milk), our bill was $75!! What a rip off! The service sucked which rubbed more salt in the wound!

Sunday was the day to leave and since we felt slighted because we had to spend time at the urgent care on Saturday, we went to the beach for a couple hours before heading home.

Overall, the trip was okay. Connor got pink eye and come to find out, Danielle broke the last two toes on her right foot because she got knocked over by a wave but her foot didn't want to move with her. I'm REALLY hoping all of this happened during this trip so that nothing eventful will happen when we go to Myrtle!!