Labor Day Weekend in Hilton Head

After an impossible offer to pass up from Molly, Marshal, Kelly (Molly's sister) and Adam (Kelly's boyfriend) to go to Hilton Head with them for a FREE beach weekend... Kyle and I accepted! We have been so excited since this was our first time heading to the beach since our Honeymoon! (almost 2 years ago!) It was such a relaxing and fun weekend... we had a blast!
We arrived Friday night around 7 (took us about 5 hours to get there) and immediately met up with the crew and went out for a delicious pizza dinner. It was known as the best pizza place on the island, and man was it! I ate 4 pieces!
We went back to the room and talked, played Apples to Apples, and then came Ipod Idol. Marshal is the KING and was making us laugh so hard... man his dance moves are SO unique ;) Oh did I mention that M&M and Kyle and I slept in the same room? We SO enjoyed our slumber party too! We also gave Marsh his birthday present... A LONG BOARD! Now him and Kyle truly are twins and spent the rest of the weekend going on long rides together.
Saturday morning the guys went for a run while Molly and I had some girl talk as always. We all then headed down to the beach for a whole day of sun... or so we thought! About an hour after being on the beach, Adam and Marshal decided to go play football in the ocean while Kyle and I walked up to the lobby to watch ASU get destroyed by LSU. (sad sad day). A second later we see Adam run out from the ocean and go to the lifeguards. A jellyfish you say? NOPE... A STINGRAY!
He pulled a barb out from the top of his foot, and a couple seconds later his entire leg was tingling, double the size, bleeding and bruising. It was insane. The lifeguards & everyone who worked there said to put his foot in boiling hot water for 45 minutes to get all the venom out... so we did BUT it was still hurting. Oddly he kept refusing to go to the ER, and finally all the guys came out and told us why. They had planned ahead and booked a private catamaran sunset ride for the 6 of us! We couldn't believe it.

We all took turns going to the front "trampoline" where we could see water underneath us... really nice!

Look at that background!

Cutest couple everrrrr:

The whole group with our captain, Rick!They had ordered food from Publix, booked the sunset cruise and before we knew it we were all on our private sailboat for 3 hours! We had the best time, and being on a boat with no motor was so relaxing just hearing the sound of the water!

Afterwards we headed to the Salty Dog Shopping Center... famous for the Salty Dog Cafe and Shops. We hung out there for a couple hours then headed to bed after an exhausting day!

Sunday morning, Molly & Marshal and Adam & Kelly had to go get the "timeshare talk". Kyle and I are very experienced in these since my parents have a timeshare. They gave us this free weekend and in return you go hear a sales pitch for an hour. Well since Kyle and I were let off the hook on this one, we decided to go for a long bike ride! One thing that Hilton Head is famous for are all the trails that go all around the city, perfect for bike riding! We had the best time! We met Molly & Marshal for a brunch around 10:30, while Adam and Kelly went to Urgent Care to get his foot checked out. Turns out he was put on steroids and antibiotics... poor guy!

We all met up at the pool of the resort around lunchtime and hung out in the sun the rest of the day. The resort even had a string of hammocks that were SO relaxing... Kyle and I fell asleep on one as soon as we layed down on it! Sunday night we went out for Marshal's 28th birthday (it was Monday) to a DELICIOUS seafood restaurant on the water. We had a great time, all of us getting meals too huge for any of us to finish.
Monday morning we woke up and Molly, Marshal, Kyle and I went on another bike ride around the neighborhoods and to a bagel place. Marshal and Kyle are the biggest kids, pushing themselves to the limits on how normal people should ride bikes! We all met Adam and Kelly back at the pool for an hour or so then headed back home to ATL.

Thank you all so much for inviting Kyle and I to come. We had the best time, relaxing in the sun with great friends!