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South Carolina

We were so lucky to head to South Carolina this summer. It is an amazing tradition that I truly treasure. I, of course, failed to charge the camera before we left....in fact, I even thought about it and decided that we would be fine....we were, of course, not fine. The camera lasted 2 days - so here's a couple pictures from the trip - it's all I have.
I love this vacation - I love seeing Callie interact with a side of our family that we, unfortunately don't see very often. We were missing 2 very important people this year from our family but they we remembered throughout the vacation!
We all traveled together which was an absolute blessing. The kids entertained each other and swapped toys - our goal was for the kids to be so obnoxious that we would get a whole section of the plane to ourselves....that didn't work out!

Digging and playing with grandpa


Callie shares her grandpa's love of the beach - she would have spent every second of the trip either in the water or near the water if we let her


The crew reading with grandpa

 My favorite part of the day - before bed, Granny told all the kids stories - reminded me so much of my own childhood. It was fun to see the kids interact and listen to the stories granny told. 


The Knowles side of the family - minus Preston. He was very missed!

Someone thought it would be a great idea to pack all the kids up and put them in a canoe to see alligators - we failed to recognize that it was 150 degrees outside......I think the kids might have complained less than the parents! It was a hot, but we saw 2 alligators!
We spent one day in Charleston - the kids enjoyed playing int he fountains


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