Every year, we get to go to Myrtle Beach with Mommy's side of the family, and we love it. Lots of playing the sand, boogie boarding in the ocean, arcade games at the pier, annual shaving cream fight, and making memories together with family. It's one of our favorite things to do each year. This year, we added family olympics to our fun filled week. Aunt Helen & Mommy were the designated captains this year, they "drafted" their teams before the trip (players had to volunteer to play & be 10 years and older), the games & players were decided before the trip...and then the games were played throughout the trip. At the end of the week, points were tallied, and the winning team...Mommy's team (officially known as "Guns 'n Roses 😉). It added even more fun to our week, and we had another wonderful week on our trip!
Karaffa Kids
Mommy has this same picture of Stephanie & me for at least 5 years in a row, but we sure love playing in the sand together!
Brothers
Emmersyn sure loved when Daddy took her boogie boarding in the ocean...she rode so many waves in over and over again.
She LOVED it!
Me (Averie) - 12 years old
Brady - 10 years old
Brecken - 7 years old
Emmersyn - 4 years old
Fun with cousins
(Brady & me with Jackson & Stephanie)
One of the many Olympic events was corn hole. Daddy is playing with 2nd cousin, Kyle.
Another day...another time of fun in the sun.
(*Well, sort of "sun"...it was pretty cloudy throughout the week, but we didn't mind it not being so scorching hot.)
We loved burying each other in the sand...or just playing in the sand.
(Brady & Brecken with Stephanie & Jackson)
Emmersyn loved being buried in the sand every day.
Cousins Emmersyn & Madison
What started as burying one niece in the sand ended up as Uncle Abe burying lots of nieces and nephews in the sand. It's a lot of work, but he loved seeing them all so happy about it!
One day during our week, we have our annual shaving cream fight. We all get cans of shaving cream (thanks to Aunt Cindi), and we run around the beach putting it all over each other...& ourselves. It's so much fun! Afterwards, we run into the ocean to rinse off.
I love it!
Brady has hated it every year (usually sitting under the umbrella refusing to participate), and this year, he gave it a try, and he loved it!!!
Brecken loves it, too!
Emmersyn wasn't quite sure at first, but then she loved it!
Most of the family participants...so fun!
(L-R: Zach, Uncle Art (for the 1st time, but not by choice...haha!), Sam, Brecken, Brady, Paul, Delaney (friend of Kaitlyn), Stephanie, Averie, Brayden, Jackson, Noah, Oma, Madison, Carter, Kaitlyn, Uncle Thomas, & Little T)
Oma & us
Another favorite thing for Brady & Daddy to do...throwing a football on the beach!
I loved riding in the waves as often as I could...
...& loved it!
I even brought Emmersyn out a few times.
She loved it, too!
All smiles riding the waves in...
Sisters
Daddy taking us all out in the ocean. We love it!
Beach time fun with cousins Stephanie & Madison
Karaffa Kids
Emmersyn sure loves being with Brady
And, we all loved playing with and chasing after Little T. Such a cutie!
Little T & me
Emmersyn with her favorite uncle...Uncle Art
Our Family
Myrtle Beach 2018
What a fun trip!
At the end of the week, the members of the winning team each received this Tervis tumbler as their "trophy." (Mommy did receive a crown, too, for being the team captain as well...). So, all in good fun, often times a winning team member would use his/her new cup in the first week following our victory, he/she would send a family text sharing the picture of the cup. This lasted for a few days of fun and laughs...
...& this was the picture we received in a group text from one of the members from the losing team.
😂😂😂
(2018's Best picture in a text)
(Oh, and Brady was not drafted on the Guns 'n Roses Team...so, our family only has 3 of these winning cups. Thankfully, we are nice enough to occasionally let him use the cup. 😉)
