I'm really behind in updating things we've been up to this summer, but that's because we've been really busy! Since our anniversary (and for several weeks before that) we haven't been home for a weekend. Actually, for the past month and a half, we've spent every weekend gone somewhere or another. Whew! Anyway, I have several posts that are due, but this one is going to be about our Hanlin/Heath vacation on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina. For those who don't know, Daufuskie is a small island near Savannah, Georgia and right off of Hilton Head, South Carolina. You have to take a ferry to get out there, and you pretty much have to take anything you would possibly need for a week away, including all food, and drinks. And, also drinks. Ahem. So anyway, Jared and I got up crack of dawn early on Friday, June 17th to fly to Atlanta to meet up with Jared's dad, who picked us up from the airport.
We (including the Hanlin dogs) drove over to Pop and Bibby's house for lunch, and it was wonderful to just spend a little time with Jared's (and my recently inherited) grandparents, as well as Scotty and Steve Coleman. After a while we packed up in the car and drove to Augusta, GA (where Mike and Janie live) and met up with the rest of the fam. Jared and I finally got to experience TakoSushi, the most amazing sushi/gourmet mexican food you've had in your whole life. (Well...it's possible I just get easily excited about good food, but it really was awesome.) We head out early for Hilton Head and the ferry, and by noon, we were at the house! Ahhh vacation. We stayed in a beautiful, (huge) beach house with lots of room to hang out and talk, a great screened-in back porch, and our own bathroom!
We spent a fantastic week of relaxing, hanging out at the pool, going to the beach, eating good food, (please see deviled crabs insert)
driving around on golf carts, and playing family sports like volleyball and tennis. We ended the week by driving back to Atlanta and spending the night with Pop and Bibby, and Jared and I flew back to Arkansas Sunday morning. Nothing wild or crazy, but after school and unending shows for Jared and work for me, getting away to relax with family at the beach was exactly what we needed.
