Summerville Trip

We came down to Summerville Friday night and while Paul couldn't come until Saturday afternoon and had to leave Sunday night, the girls and I stayed until Tuesday night.

Ruthie was so sad when Paul had to leave. She stood at the door and waved goodbye.

We had such a good time and got to do lots of fun things!

Saturday morning we went to the Farmer's Market and the girls chowed down on some delicious Popsicles and then we went to the pool for a bit before heading back to the house for lunch and naps. Saturday evening GG and PaPa took the girls to chick-fil-a for dinner and Paul and I went a friends wedding.

I met Brook about a month into my freshman year of college and we've been friends ever since so I was so happy to get to celebrate his wedding day! The wedding and reception were outside and it everything was gorgeous but it was HOT! The food was excellent but my favorite thing was that instead of a wedding cake they had Marble Slab ice cream...yummy! 

Sunday we all got up and headed to the SC Aquarium in downtown Charleston. All 3 of the girls absolutely loved it!

Getting to pet a snake...ewwww!

Ellie loved dressing up in the Madagascar room.



Off on a safari!

Up close with the lemurs.

Watching the divers in the big tank.

The divers were VERY interactive with the kids...my girls all loved it!

Ruthie loved these little cut outs. She's such a ham sometimes!

Getting to pet an alligator. Emmie was thrilled!

Ellie did eventually touch the alligator.

Monday Gin-g and I packed up the girls and headed to Folly Beach for the morning. One of Gin-g's friends has a house down there and her grandsons who are 3 and 6 were visiting and the kids had so much fun playing together! We stayed at the house and ate lunch before heading back to Summerville.

She's clearly a selfie pro already!

Hudson, Emmie, Ruthie, Jack, Ellie

Hudson wanted to sit next to Emmie. He told Mrs. Debbie that he "wuved" Emmie. So cute.

Monday night I headed into Charleston to meet up with my friend Susan for dinner at Minero. (In case you're curious I ordered the burrito. It was excellent and it was HUGE!) 

This was when I went to meet Susan...it was soooo hot!

After dinner we sat by the water and talked for a bit (and Susan played photographer for all the tourists) and then went and got gelato. It was so much fun to catch up with Susan and it's always nice to have an "adults only" dinner! 

Monday evening I was on Facebook and saw that my roommate from freshman year had come in to Charleston from NJ to surprise her sister on her birthday. I was super excited because it's been a few years since I got to see Alyson. I texted her and it worked out that she could come by the house on Tuesday morning to visit. I loved getting to catch up with her in person! She was so sweet and brought all of us flowers. She brought sunflowers for the girls which are Emmie's absolute favorite...Alyson now has a new best friend!
I still remember how nervous I was doing random roommate (I have friends who have horror stories about their random roommate) but Alyson was a fabulous roomie and I love that we're still friends 14 years later!

Tuesday for lunch Gin-g and I took the girls to a little tea room in Summerville to eat and it was so much fun! We were in a room by ourselves which was great because the girls could get up and play when they were waiting for their food. They had lots of hats, boss, and purses for dress up and the girls thought that was so much fun! The good was amazing. I had the walnut chicken salad with fresh fruit and I ate every bite. Their cold tea of the day was a lavender lemon tea and it was amazing. It was very light and refreshing and perfect for a 100 degree day!

The girls got their food on these adorable butterfly plates which absolutely thrilled them.

After lunch we dropped the girls off with Fred and gin-g and I went to get pedicures as an early birthday present for me. I LOVE you pedicures and it's rare that I get one anymore. I had a great time and my feet felt so good afterwards!