Jason, Ian, and I left Thursday after work to head down to Myrtle Beach for the 2010 marathon...or so we thought. Jason was planning on running the half. Little did we know what we had coming. I had heard talks of snow for the upstate...but didn't expect any at the beach.
Well, I was wrong. Not only did it make it to the beach...we got 3-4 inches while we were there. The snow ended up causing the marathon to be canceled. Jason was bummed...but we still had a really fun weekend together as a family.
Friday, we got up and headed to our favorite breakfast place...Nibils. We eat there in the summer...and it is soooo good. When me, my mom, sister, aunt, and grandma were down there in December, Nibils was closed. So, I wasn't sure they would be open...but we called just to check...and they were. We were so excited!
After Nibils, we went to the Ripley's Aquarium. We loved it! I always love seeing the animals of the sea. Ian loved it as well. We got to see all kinds of fish, sharks, and sting rays...we even got to pet the rays!!
After Nibils, we headed back to Mel and Phil's place, a couple at our church who let us stay in their place for the weekend. They also offered to let us ride their golf cart around...so we took it for a spin. We had to go to the beach at least once while were there. We got out there, saw a frozen jelly fish, walked a few minutes, and then Ian was ready to go back to "Mr. Phils" house. He, well, all of us were FREEZING.
We chilled out at the house for a little while, and then we went to eat at one of my other favorite restaurants...the Chesapeake House. They have the most awesome hush puppies, cinnamon rolls, and fish stew.
We then came back to the house...and literally, we shut the door and the snow started coming down...and coming down hard. Snow at the beach was definitely a first for all of us. After we put Ian to bed around 9ish...Jason and I got on the couch with a blanket and watched the Olympics Opening Ceremony in Vancouver as the snow was falling right outside the window. Talk about romantic and how appropriate for the winter olympics! ;)
Jason was waiting on the race officials to make a call about the race, which they were supposed to at 10pm. Finally, close to 11, they canceled the race. Jason was not a happy camper, but it was all good...we got to sleep in and go back to Nibils!! ;)
After Nibils on Saturday, we headed down to the beach. We built a small snowman on the beach...definitely another first for us!
After we built the snowman, we headed back to Sparkle City. The ride back was pretty, but we could see it getting less and less as we drove back from it melting so quickly.
The only other negative to the trip, other than the race being canceled, was that Ian and I have come down with the crud again. I don't know why my sinuses have been so active this winter. Usually, I get about 2-3 sinus infections a year. However, I have had 3 already this winter. Ian coughed the entire ride down, as well as every 3-4 minutes ALL night the first night we were down there. That was WITH cough medicine. I am not exaggerating. It was quite a miserable night for all of us. The second night was a little better for him...but not for me. That is when I noticed that my sinuses were acting up again. Ugh. Thankfully, Jason is better...he had a bad sinus infection earlier last week. Between Ian and myself, we visited several pharmacies on the way down and while we were there to get cold medicines. Hopefully, this mess will be short lived.
So, despite the sickness and marathon being canceled, we had a nice little getaway! I love my boys...and it was just a nice time to get to spend with them. Here are some pics from our weekend:
