A Weekend Wrap! (Although it was more like 1/2 a week!)

Stryker left with Granny, Nana & Poppa on his vacation Friday, June 29th for a week! They ventured up to the mountains for a couple nights and then Stryker joined Nana on her week off of work at their home in Aiken. They swam, relaxed, visited the Honour's in Cola and did some wedding rehearsal prep. And while Stryker was keeping Nana & Poppa busy, Mommy & Daddy had some fun adult times together!

Think I packed enough for him???

Friday morning before I left for work, I made sure to get some final angel kisses from my boy! He is the sweetest and I knew I'd miss him terribly!

He & Daddy hung out at the water park that morning until it was time for him to go to Granny's that afternoon. He enjoys this weekly tradition with his Daddy so much! He loaded up with Granny and headed to Aiken to meet Nana & Poppa, then off to Hendersonville they went! With no cell service, I didn't receive any pictures or videos...WAAH! We did, however, talk to our little man over a handful of times a day :)

Friday evening after work, Dan & I joined some friends for a Riverdogs game. Lucky for us, the tickets were for a suite! And good thing too, because it was un.bearably.hot. I don't know how those guys played a whole game! The sunset was beautiful at The Joe though! What a treat for lowcountry lovers!

(Bark & Dan)

Saturday morning, Dan actually took the boat out of storage and pulled it around to the house for us to take out. After determining that it was just too dangum hot to mess with the thing (heat indexes of 115!), we opted to join the Grant Family at the pool instead! We quickly covered the boat back up and headed out to meet our friends. We had a fun afternoon in the pool with Lindsey & Kendall while Ryan & Ethan stayed inside in the AC.

After soaking up all that sun and a taking a nap, we headed to dinner with The Grants sans Kendall. We went to our old favorite, La Hacienda. Nothing like a little mexican food and a margarita to spark a summer evening!

After dinner we headed over to another old favorite for a couple drinks at the bar. And promplty decided a photo shoot was in order :)

My love!

Me!

My BFF & Me

Kisses for him!

Whew! All those pictures and you'd think we were a little vain :)

Sunday, Dan & I split up and headed out to hang with our respective friends. Dan and the guys hit the golf course and my girlfriend and I hit the beach! What a beautiful day at Sullivan's Station 28.5. The wind was blowing pretty well all day so the kite surfers had a go of it! What a beautiful day!

And after every gorgeous summer day, there's bound to be a summer evening thunderstorm. One rolled in Sunday evening and was a beautiful sight! The lightning was amazing and we watched from our porch.

Monday & Tuesday were work days for me, so we laid low. We did get to venture out Tuesday evening to help celebrate Tiffany's birthday. It's always a good time with great friends!

The Birthday Girl!

Wednesday we headed to the beach with friends to celebrate the 4th of July! What another gloriously beautiful day out at Sullivan's! Robert & Cassie, their friends, The Reeds and The Cortes' joined us for some serious beaching ALL DAY LONG! What fun and a classic lowcountry summer celebration! If only Stryker would've been there, it would've been totally complete!

Baby Tanner enjoying his first beach outing!

Our 4th of July Beach Crew

After a day full of sand and ocean (and HOT!), Dan & I headed home to shower and grab some dinner. While we were out, we stopped by our favorite local establishment again to enjoy a few cold ones on our last night alone. We also got to catch the Goose Creek Firework Display from the parking lot with friends. Can't beat that!

Happy Red, White & Blue

Sapphire's Girls

Although we missed our little buggy VERY VERY much, we know he had fun with his Nana, Poppa and Granny and enjoyed the visit with them. And we enjoyed having some Mommy + Daddy time!