A birthday "surprise"!

John planned a wonderful trip for my birthday. He was taking me to the beach, but he wasn't going to tell me until my birthday. However, after he made the reservations, he realized we would be gone on Thursday night rather than Tuesday (the night I had taken off of taekwondo). He had to tell me early, so I could work it all out with Master Mike. No problem. ;)

So, Wednesday morning we loaded up the car and headed out for the beach. I love the beach! But it truly is not John's favorite place to be, so I was thrilled to be going. And not only did we go to Myrtle Beach, we actually stayed in an oceanfront room. It was beautiful! I love sitting listening to the roar of the ocean; it is so relaxing.

We have not been to the beach in two years and we were all really looking forward to eating at Tripp's, at Broadway at the Beach. I cannot begin to tell you my disappointment when we pulled in to find out it had closed and been replaced by an Italian restaurant. {sigh} Where to now? Well, we wound up at TBonz, which we never eat at at home. I had the best fillet mignon I've eaten in a long time. It just melted in my mouth. Oh! I even shared a small bite with John. ;)

I have to admit sometimes I miss things. I remember leaving the room for a moment, coming back to discover "we" were taking a helicopter flight. I say "we" because only three of us could go and since I've been in one (John too, of course) I stayed on the ground. Now let me tell you, Jesse was going to have none of it. She begged. She pleaded. But her rear end still ended up on the helicopter. ;)

She really did not want to get on the helicopter.

Just before take off.

Everynight we found ourselves in the lobby. We were drawn to a corner of the lobby. There was  couch, two chairs, large coffee table and a TV. And of course, the best view of the ocean! We would watch TV, chat and laugh. It was very relaxing.

We rarely play mini golf at home (though we did go a couple of weeks ago). But I believe we have only played once, maybe twice, at the beach. Chloe wanted to play a round at Captain Hook's. We had a good time and the course was a lot of fun.

This was too weird! :)

Of course, no beach trip is complete without actually going to hang out on the beach.

Okay. Our last visit to Disney, John bought himself some Disney Crocs. I've been giving him grief ever since, because he is always putting them on then going on and on about how wonderful they are. Yadda, yadda, yadda. So, we found a Croc store the beach and he bought me the cutest pair. They are not Disney, but they are still a "fun" color. Thanks John!!

Cute Croc flippies!!!!