Life in the Sun ~ Part 2

MOORE FAMILY CHRONICLES

               I have mixed feelings about our trip to South Carolina. I really did have a great time but being attached to a kid made things hard and a bit depressing. Everyone was skinny, swimming, and drinking (things I couldn’t really do). I felt like I was anti-social. I was always sitting on the outside of the group, taking care of Olivia, and watching what was going on.

               With that being sad, I saw A LOT of things =-) What I loved the most was how the two different clans came together after years of not seeing each other and it was as if there was no time lost between them. Even the “babies” (take that word with a grain of salt- it includes all the fourth generation kiddos) who had never met acted as if they see each other every day. Okay, so Carson and Ben had met two years before but really, that first time they were both about 18months. Being close to cousins’ was not an experience I had growing up and definitely don’t have now. I really appreciate being able to be a part of that. Even I felt like I had known that side of the family my whole life.

EVENTS AND ADVENTURES IN SOUTH CAROLINA:

               We spent the first night in a hotel by the airport. Saturday morning we picked up our rental cars and headed in to town. What seems to be a tradition when heading to the east coast, we spent the afternoon shopping. No not at shops only known in the south, we went to the outdoor mall. For some reason it seems like they have way cuter clothes over there! We got to Charleston Friday night and the reunion shenanigans started later the next week so we had some time to kill.

               We spent mornings at the beach (by we, I mean everyone but Olivia and I-way to hot out for us) and headed inland for dinner. I did attempt to get some sun at the beach but I only lasted 20 minutes and came in pretty pink. Sunday Philip and Savannah showed up!!! They aren’t family but at this point they might as well be! I’ll try to figure out how to add their website to my blog so you can see how amazing their photos are. As the week went on family started to show up! Their rental house had a private pool so we spent a ton of time over there- in the pool, at the beach, but mostly…eating. =-)

               Now for the whole point of this trip…The Grandparents 50^th Wedding anniversary! There was soooo much food and it was soooo delicious! After we ate the Grandparents exchanged rings, and then we watched a video Bill made with pictures of their life together! After the video Heidi and I convinced Grandpa he needed to finally have his first dance with his wife. It was pretty awesome!!!!

               We spent the last day at the farmers market in Charleston. It was nothing compared to Seattle’s but it was still neat to see. Olivia got over heated pretty fast, so I ended up not seeing all of the booths. It was pretty warm that day and there is no air conditioning at an outdoor market!

               Overall the trip was pretty amazing. Thank you to the Moore’s, Yockey’s, Spillane’s, Casey’s and Kenney’s! Hopefully you can all come to Seattle next summer!