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November 22, 2014

Hilton Head Thanksgiving

Amy's family has a tradition of spending Thanksgiving down in Hilton Head, SC. This year my parents rented a house down the street so we could all spendthe holiday together. I drove down to DC to meet up with Brett, Amy and Max!

Saturday, November 22nd

We woke up early and got ready to load up the car for our drive from DC down to Hilton Head, SC!
packing ˆ suitcase
amy b, brett, max
Ready to roll out!
best ˆ packing ˆ suitcase ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ max
brett, max
Load 'em up! Roadtrip!
brett ˆ max
We listened to Serial Podcast on the way down.
radio
amy b, brett, max
Pee break!
amy b ˆ brett ˆ max
max
My favorite little king.
burger king ˆ king ˆ max
max
Knight's helmet.
burger king ˆ king ˆ max
Coosawhatchie!
driving ˆ roadtrip
Never Forget (!!!)
driving ˆ flag ˆ roadtrip
About 11-hours later, we'd arrived!
house
brett
Mission accomplished, Brett hit the couch.
asleep ˆ couch ˆ brett
amy b, dad, max
Pop Pop got to pinch hit on feeding the Max!
amy b ˆ dad ˆ max

Sunday, November 23rd

It rained ALL DAY on Sunday.
My parents had rented a house next to a house that Amy's family rents every year down there...
...so Max got to spent some quality time with...
...his new cousin, Mikey!
Still raining out? Guess we'll just have to keep on playing these video games then!
Family dinner!

Monday, November 24th

Rain finally let up a bit on Monday morning...
...and we all took a walk out...
...to the foggy foggy beach!
I think the ocean's near here somewhere!
amy b, brett, dad, lee, max, maya, mom
Bealls & Battjers!
beach ˆ best ˆ family ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ lee ˆ max ˆ maya ˆ mom
Watched this friendly beach dog go swimming.
dogs ˆ ocean

Tuesday, November 25th

Enjoyed the lovely morning South Carolina foliage...
...with a giant hot bowl of chili!
food
After my delicious morning chili, I walked over to the other house...
max, mom
...and surprised this guy!
max ˆ mom
max, mom
Haha. I see you, Max!
max ˆ mom
Snoozed and read up in the loft.
window
Went to go see a 9:30pm showing of Interstallar!
movie
brett
Reclining seats and the theater to ourselves!
movie ˆ brett

Wednesday, November 26th

After another raining morning...
brett, dad
...the sun finally came out on Wednesday.
walking ˆ brett ˆ dad
Spanish Moss.
trees
That's more like it!
beach ˆ clouds ˆ ocean
amy b, brett, max
All over the beach...
beach ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ max
...there were these tiny little sandhills from some kind of crab?
beach ˆ crab
If you looked closely, they were surrounded...
beach
...by all these little pellets of sand that had been pushed out to make the tunnels!
Neato!
beach ˆ wtf
Anybody know what kind of critter does this? Sand fleas? Who lives here?
beach ˆ wtf
amy b, brett, dad, mom
Fun watching my parents be grandparents!
family ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ mom
dad, max, mom
Sun's too bright!
family ˆ dad ˆ max ˆ mom
amy b, dad, max
Problem fixed with Pop-pop's hat!
hat ˆ amy b ˆ dad ˆ max
amy b, dad, max, mom
Give it back!
beach ˆ best ˆ hat ˆ amy b ˆ dad ˆ max ˆ mom
amy b, max, mom
Got some pool time in before dinner.
pool ˆ amy b ˆ max ˆ mom
max
Cousins!
pool ˆ max
brett, max
All swimmed out and ready for a nap!
best ˆ sleepy ˆ thanksgiving ˆ brett ˆ max
brett
Took turns gaming.
videogames ˆ brett
emily b
Cocktail hour...
thanksgiving ˆ emily b
dad
...while dad got the bird carved up.
kitchen ˆ thanksgiving ˆ turkey ˆ dad
Makeshift table for 15!
table ˆ thanksgiving
max, mom
First (partial) people-food Thanksgiving!
max ˆ mom
It was cute watching Max & Mikey watch everyone at the dinner table. I was trying to be sneaky with my camera...
thanksgiving
max
...but Max knew what I was up to all the way across the room. Haha.
thanksgiving ˆ max
amy b, max, mom
Walking around. Showing off.
amy b ˆ max ˆ mom

Friday, November 28th

max, mikey
Friday was our long travel day home! Woke up early, had breakfast with these guys and said our goodbyes!
max ˆ mikey
Took us around ten hours to drive back up to DC, then I had a 4 hour train ride back to NYC!
train
maddy
Stopped off and grabbed the hound on the way back downtown and made it home just after 1am.
maddy

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