Spring break "Eggstravaganza"

For spring break this year we decided to take our longest camping trip yet and spend a week camping at Myrtle Beach Travel Park with our friends, The Wilsons.  Bryan, Sam, Jacob and Charlee joined us for their longest camping trip yet as well.  We all started the week wondering if we were going to make it one whole week in a camper with kids. The beauty that surrounded us made things much easier.  

 

 When we pulled up it was cold and windy but the kids were unaffected.  They were ready to play.  Once we were set up we set off on a bike ride to check out the park and see the beach.  

The water was ice cold and the wind cut right though you but it was still the beach, a magical place.  Without sharing every detail of our week I will give you a snap shot of what the week looked like.  

  
Early morning snuggles.  Oh and just FYI, Bryce learned how to climb out of his pack n play on this trip and locked himself in the camper, with the keys inside.  Luckily after a minute or so he managed to unlock the door.  After that incident, Kevin rigged a bed rail we had to keep him in the bottom bunk of the bunk house.  It was freeing to have him gone from right next to our bed but also meant for early mornings because he would wake everyone up as soon as he woke up.  

We had lots of bike rides and mischief.  Of course the Easter bunny came to the campground to visit. 

He left easter eggs to find and he left hammocks for the kids.  

On Easter we headed to Broadway at the Beach for some yummy burgers and a good time walking around.  

On Monday we finally got a touch of warmer weather and headed down to the beach.  We found the perfect way to keep the kids in one place, just bury them.  

Bryce was not a fan and Charlee was smart enough not to lay still long enough to get buried.  

The kids hit the jackpot at the arcade and won over a thousand tickets. They were so excited.  

We spent our evenings by the campfire trying to stay warm and gaining sanity from the crazy busy kid filled days.

It was fairly chilly most of the time and I was running low on energy due to the early mornings, busy days, and late nights, so lots of coffee was involved.  

The kids had so much fun in the indoor pool at the campground.  The walks/rides back to the camper were pretty chilly.  

Grammie and Papaw joined us and we got another fun afternoon on the beach.

On Wednesday we ventured to Wonder Works or as Chase called it, The upside down house. 

There was so much to do and so much to see, it was exhausting!  

We had a hard time finding a place to each lunch because Broadway was so busy.  We didn't think about it being spring break and the fact that everyone in the world would be there. Luckily we finally got some pizza which made everyone feel better.  Grammie and Papaw were troopers to hang in for the day with us.  We headed back to the camper for dinner and after we ate Kevin took Chase and Leah back for some more big kid fun. 

 Thursday evening we took the kids to see Pirates Voyage, a dinner and theater show.  

Grammie and Papaw kept Bryce so we could actually sit and enjoy the show, and what a show it was.  Action packed and pretty good food to go with it. It was actually hard to eat because every time you took a bite you missed some of the excitement.  By the end of the week we were all kind of dragging but we were still sad that the week was over.  

We ended up having so much fun we have already started making plans with the Wilsons for a possible return next year.