Kiawah Island

The kids and I in the ocean.

Ella was very excited about her sand castle.

Sam would dig and just throw the sand everywhere.

John and Ella the first night. We had to see the beach!

When John got a brochure in the mail to go to the UNC refresher course at Kiawah Island I was excited and thinking this would be a good way to see our friends the Finleys and get back on the Carolina coast. John thought it would be a good conference and a way to see people too. It also helped that The Kiawah Island resort has five golf courses. One of those courses has even hosted the Ryder Cup and will soon host the PGA Championship.

Kiawah Island was beautiful! The beaches were not crowded at all. The sand was nice and the water was warm! The kids and I spent our days at the beach, the pool and the playground. John spent mornings at his conference and then two afternoons playing golf and one afternoon with us at the beach.

Both kids had a great time at the ocean digging in the sand. Sam was very adventurous and I often had to tell him to come back closer to shore. He was excited to rent a boogie board and surf the waves. Ella loved the sand but when in the water was a little less adventurous. She would not venture very far without wanting to be picked up and carried. She liked it though as long as she was being held.

John's highlight was the golf. He got to play the Ocean Course and couldn't stop talking about how beautiful it was. I think my big highlight was the first morning we went to the beach. There were dolphins just off of the shore. You could see them clearly jumping out of the water. I have wanted to take a dolphin cruise before to see dolphins and here they were giving me a show for free. It was amazing! We all had a nice time and would like to return sometime.