Isle of Palms, South Carolina.

I went in with my sister and her friend Angie (and a total of 7 kids) on a beach house in South Carolina, and we had such a great time!  We were upgraded to a house with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a big kitchen, back and front porches--and the best part, 200 yards in one direction to the beach and 200 yards in the other direction to the pools!

I threw Stella in with water-wings and she took to it like a pro.

Presley was too busy in the pool to get any good pictures . . . Stella getting a feel for the wings.

A quick pose before hitting the waves and sand.

Sand and shovels.

My sweetie.

More shovels and sand.

I have a zillion photos of Presley and her Sports Illustrated swimsuit poses--yikes!

I think she is about to tackle me in this photo.

Running (and screaming) from the waves.

Did I mention she loves the beach??

Not afraid of the waves (thank goodness the shoreline was so shallow).

Again with the shovels and sand (pretty soon she is so covered in sand it is ridiculous).

One of the only pictures of the girls together--digging in the sand of course.

I am sure there is still sand in her ears and various other places.

Pink zinc-oxide sunscreen (I thought it would be more HOT pink, instead after a while the pink just looked like a sunburn).

Presley's turn with the shovel.

Lots of heat and humidity mixed with lots of sunscreen and sand!  It was loud and crazy but amazingly everything went very well--I can't wait to do it again!