July 4th Week with the Woodhams 2011

We had an impromptu visit to Pirate’s Voyage dinner show in Myrtle Beach.  Super fun!  (And I just may use the website as a sound machine tonight…) Mary Clare sat speechless and mesmerized throughout the entire show! She loved every minute of it, especially the mermaids!

We couldn’t get photos during the show, but had fun in the gift shop after the show.

Happy 4th of July!

F-16 South Carolina coast Patriotic Flyover-always an amazing and humbling site.  (F-16s travel the entire SC coast and record for troops deployed overseas.)

Daddy, “Bubba” and Alston opted not to hit the beach with the girls’ team.            (Poor new brother-in-law, William had to work.)

Pennington Girls

Guess who we found on the beach?  Santa, a retired veteran himself, visits with beach goers and supports the troops every 4th of July during the Flyover.

Ice Cream truck!

Preparation is KEY in the annual 4th of July Calhoun Drive Golf Cart Parade.  (…and our secret weapons this year, the garden hose and baby pool full of water, also helped.)

Ready…

Aim…

Fire!

In our defense, we only attacked when we were hit first.

Fireworks on the beach!

My little firecracker still doesn’t like loud noises, so she, Nonnie and Kacy went back to snuggle on the hammock and enjoy the fireworks from a distance.  A perfect ending to a perfect 4th of July.