myrtle beach

We headed to Myrtle Beach on Wednesday for the youth world series baseball tournament.  

We didn't know how much free time we would have on this trip so once we got checked in we headed to dinner and to play putt putt before games started the next day.

We had a late afternoon game on Thursday so we got up early and enjoyed the pool/beach.

The lazy river wasn't very lazy.  It was quite fast actually!

We'll never complain about time on the beach.

Especially when there are treats involved!

We only had one game on Thursday and unfortunately we lost (but that would be our only loss for the tournament!).

I thought this was a fun beach themed baseball shirt.

We were done early enough to enjoy the evening so we took the kids go karting for the fist time.

PaPa and Chase drove down to watch the games so they enjoyed the fun too!

We had two games on Friday.  The day started sunny and then quickly turned rainy. 

The team waiting for their first game.

We had to sit out for a rain/lightening delay.  The boys were losing but the delay gave them time to regroup and come back for the win!

She's a good sport!

All smiles after two wins for the day!

The kids enjoyed going back to the hotel each night to unwind and have free time with the team off the field.  There are only a few softball sisters but they enjoy their time together.

Saturday we were back at the fields for a another game and another win!

The rest of the day was spent at the beach with the team!

We had two games on Sunday.  The coach doesn't like the kids to do anything strenuous before games so I went to the beach and everyone else went to breakfast and putt putt.  

Sunday was our last day of games and would determine the outcome of the tournament.  We met up with the team before the game to take some team pictures.  Unfortunately we were missing one teammate who had to go to Florida for games for another team he was on.  

Both games were nail biters, but the boys came out victorious and won the youth world series for their age group and bracket!!

What a fun experience it was!

We headed home this morning but not until Jason and Bryce checked off their last bucket list item for the trip.  

They took a helicopter ride over the beach!  

Bryce spotted four sharks while they were over the ocean.  

Emmy enjoyed searching for sharks teeth on the beach and was very successful.  She said they found 76 teeth!