Hilton Head Island

We just returned from a wonderful week on Hilton Head Island. I think it is our favorite place in America!! I love beach vacations and Hilton Head is beautiful!! The kids had a blast playing in the sand, boogie boarding, hunting for shells and biking. It was a super relaxing vacation and we are ready to move there!!! Unfortunately that won't be happening because apparently it takes a job and money to live on an island--neither of which we have. What a rip! So I guess we will just have to settle for a yearly vaca there!

Another great part of the trip was an opportunity to meet up with two families from our China travel group. One family lives on HHI and the other family is from Salt Lake. We all planned it so we would be there at the same time and it was great to see them and their little girls again. Amazing how much they have changed in the past 16 months!
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Aidan and Cian catching some waves

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Maeve relaxing at Steamer Seafood Co.
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Cian searching for shells at "the drop off." (Really it is just a place that leaves behind all kinds of ocean life when the tide rolls out)
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The boys down by the water, looking for crabs at The Old Oyster Factory.

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Maeve modeling her swimsuit

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Fintan and Maeve hanging out after a bicycle ride

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Aidan and Madeline at The Salty Dog Cafe. This was right after our amazing Dolphin Cruise. We were lucky to get right behind a shrimp boat that was dumping the days catch (or at least the shrimp that were worth keeping). We saw about 20 dolphins gobbling up breakfast!

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Maeve enjoying the waves.

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Maeve and Fintan enjoyed a game of jumping the waves. All work was done by Daddy!

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Cian getting some board time
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The China girls and dads. (Chelsee, Sarah, Maeve)
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The China girls and the moms. It was awesome to see these guys again and reconnect. We are looking forward to our next reunion.

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Cian and Fintan at the Pirates' Cove putt-putt

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Aidan and Cian gathering some shells at Dolphin Head park

Cian's 1st Tooth

Cian lost his first tooth about two weeks ago. We (me and the boys) were on our way to Petsmart to buy some fish (don't ask!) and out popped the tooth! Cian was super excited to find out it didn't hurt and was even more excited to have a visit from the tooth fairy!