Weekend Adventures

One of the things about being a military family is that you just aren't guaranteed weekends. Kyle has a lot coming up for work so we made sure that we made the most of the time.

We had such a good weekend!

Saturday morning we hopped in the car and headed to Charleston for the day. It's about a 3 hour drive for us but it was definitely worth it. The weather has been dreary lately so we had to take advantage of the sunshine and somewhat warmer temperatures. We arrived around 11:30 and headed straight for the Aquarium. It's pretty amazing! The view from outside was incredible.

E was a happy camper looking at all of the fish and playing with the fun gadgets they had for kids.

We spent about an hour there and then decided to walk around the city. The weather couldn't have been more perfect. The architecture and history of this city is incredible.

We were getting hungry and stumbled upon a restaurant called Toast. They are known for their breakfast but have delicious lunch and dinner items as well. 

I had a biscuit sandwich, E had pancakes (they are her favorite), and Kyle enjoyed the crab cake sandwich with crab soup. It was all SO delicious! I'm already looking forward to going back haha. 

Afterwards we continued walking and came across the City Market. We usually have no rhyme or reason when we visit a city, we just want to take it all in. The City Market was so cool though, so many awesome local vendors. E was fascinated by everything.

We ended up at Waterfront Park afterwards and it was just beautiful! 

This is Fort Sumter in the distance. We definitely plan to visit when we go back.

It was such a fun day trip and we can't wait to visit again! We ended the night with Chinese food at home and relaxation. The perfect way to end such a great day.

Sunday morning we headed out to the Cape Fear River Trail for a family run. I had to run 17 miles and Kyle opted to run 13.1 (yes he wanted that .1 haha) while pushing E. It was chilly but sunny morning and perfect.

This trail is 5.5 miles point to point so we went out and back plus some to get our respective distances. I am SO glad that we went together because that was motivating for me.

It was a good morning.

Later in the day we had our taxes done and filed! We are so happy to have that item checked off the to-do list. 

Weekends like this are the best to me! 

I hope you all had a great one.