First Days on Folly

For fall break this year, our family and my mom and Tony and Ben all went back to our favorite place-Folly Beach! I was really nervous our trip wouldn't happen, but I think we timed it just right and we were really careful (also the people in South Carolina seemed to take masking up a lot more seriously than people here!). It was a different trip than normal but we still had a blast! There is lots of outdoor eating on Folly and we had great weather so we pretty much just enjoyed the beach and ate some great food.

On our way there our family stopped at a national park we hadn't been to before...Congaree National Park in South Carolina. It's basically a swamp with a board walk you can hike on and it had lots of kayaking paths. We stopped for about 2 hours to hike. I'd say it is worth a stop if you're nearby but I wouldn't go out of my way for this one!

Walking along the trail.

It was chilly out that morning!

We had about a two hour drive to get to Folly from there. We couldn't check in to our condo quite yet so we visited the beach then grabbed some lunch. 

Had to get the pier picture first thing!

Lunch at Chico Feo.

We are so sad that the old pier is currently being replaced with a new one. We were able to go out on the old one on Sunday but after that it was under construction. 

Morning walks with Gamma.

Huge pizza slices at Woody's.

Dave tried to learn skim boarding. 

It didn't really work out so he read some instead. 

Mornings are my favorite on Folly!

Mom and the boys found a really cool park on the island.

Since we bummed around on Sunday, we headed into Charleston to walk along Battery Park and see the pretty houses on Monday morning. 

Gotta get the picture with the cannon.

We just walked around (and saw the show Outer Banks being shot!) and ended up at the market. Mom and I got ourselves an ornament and then we went wandering through a couple of cemeteries. 

After we got back that day we went to the beach again. I forced Ike to recreate a picture I took of him when he was a baby. Ugh so cute!

Playing Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. It is not a quiet game.

 

Ike's 8th Birthday, etc.

Last month we got to celebrate Ike turning 8! Hard to believe he's been in our lives this long. He had a great birthday with a couple friends and family!

He's been wanting a chemistry set forever!

We made him a pinata for his bday. Much more work than anticipated!

End result!

Josh's grandparents came to celebrate.

He asked for cake pops again, gotta be difficult :)

Zach and Caleb stayed with us and Ike's friend Ben.

On his new hoverboard.

Had to pose with his 8 balloon!

Overall I think Ike had a pretty good birthday. It's definitely a strange year! Here's the link to his yearly birthday video...Dave had to interject a couple of times. 

On a walk and saw a pretty sunset.

Doing a spelling activity for Ike's homework.

Bike rides with Ike!

Dave was assigned the state of South Dakota for a class project. We visited there with him when he was little so we included some pictures from our trip on his float!

Facts about Crazy Horse.

We reached the end of my garden and flowers at the end of October. But my cosmos didn't get the memo they were supposed to bloom until then! Only had to wait all summer for this to happen :)