A Nice Break From Our Routine

During Jayden's Winter Break from school we took a road trip to Myrtle Beach. We stayed with my Aunt Florence. She lives in a very pretty retirement community, and it is so peaceful, and quiet, and safe, and friendly. It was a lot of fun and Jayden had a blast! And why wouldn't he? He was busy every day with so many things to enjoy!

Fishing in Florence's backyard:




Gunfights:



Swans:




Castles:



Knights:




Dragons:




Dinner:
(Notice there are no utensils. We drank our soup ["Dragon's Blood"] out of those little bowls and we ate the rest of the meal ["Dragon Meat"] using our fingers.)


Drama:




Kings and Princesses:


Cheering for 'our Knight':




Battles:




Swords:



Sword fights:

(I think the peace and quiet of my Aunt Florence's little retirement community was broken for awhile!)





Farms and farm animals:






(I loved these red cows! They look more brown in this photo, but in person they were red! [Okay, maybe they were more auburn.] They were definitely not brown cows. I think they were called Red Dover, I tried looking it up but I couldn't find anything about 'red dover' but I did find lots of information about red cows.)
(These cows are considered sacred and they are 'sacrificial cows' in Judiasm. The Old Testament refers to red cows in this way: "...bring forth a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish...", and the Epistle of Barnabas equates the red heifer with Jesus. I found that so interesting.)


Old plantations:

(This was very interesting to read about the slave quarters, and how there was even a seemingly hierarchy among the slaves [house slaves vs land slaves], and how some slaves were housed better than others, and how some slaves wouldn't associate with slaves they thought lesser than themselves.)



Nature's beauty:





Catching chameleons:




Long walks:



Lots of posing:







(If you look very closely at the photo below you can see that Jayden is trying to replicate the statue in the background.)




Finding a little friend:


Playing tag with the ocean:




Golfing:




Investigating my cousin MaryAnn's backyard:



Petting snakes and alligators:

(Someone was very cautious!)

Lots of treats:


And so much more!
During my next few posts I will tell you about a few of my favorites during our trip to Myrtle Beach (touring model homes, touring an old mansion, and the 'Spirit of Ireland')!