Look..... it's Edgar!

Well, We're back! =) had too much damned fun. I'm gonna put up some pics but I'm trying to get a slideshow instead of doing them seperatly cuz I've got over 300 pics.. lol =) I might just opt to show the best ones but I took em.. they're all good.. hehe =) gettin deep huh? lmao!

So Lets see.... I'm only gonna point out the interesting stuff cuz I could talk for hours if not.
The ride down was great.. we left when I got off work Tuesday and Mik was asleep 20 miles into the trip and she slept the entire way.. well till the sun came up anyway but we were damned near there by then. We got into South Carolina before we could check into our hotel so we went to Seans Uncle Jims house till check in time. Sean and Mik wandered the neighborhood while me and Christina napped. The neighborhood Jim lives in is crawling with alligators so we got to see like 15 babies and one HUGE adult one. I got pics of both the little and the big un that I'll show later on. It was neat though to stand at the edge of a lagoon and watch all the aliigators play. Found a turtle that tried to attack Sean that day too. =)

Um, was going to go out to eat Wednesday night but the ATM ate Lindas card and of course they all flippped out and ruined the evening so we went our own way for dinner that night. She got her card back the next morning when the bank opened (just like we told her she would). Family Day was Thursday... very emotional day for everyone. It not only was the first time we all seen Billy in 4 months, but it was also the EGA (Eagle Globe and Anchor) ceremony and it was a tearjerker. For those non-marine savvy people out there... the EGA is what you've worked for. It's like getting your diploma. You're not a Marine until your D.I. hands you that little pin, and the feeling of getting it is undescribable I'd imagine. Something to be very very proud of. And we all were very proud of Billy. =) We got to wander around Parris Island all day that day (in the pouring rain no doubt) but the rain didn't keep us indoors at all.. We just grinned and beared it. =) Went shopping in the PX, got all kinds of "gear" lol. I love shopping there... everything on the island is tax free. It's really an experience to see that place. I'd say go see it if you've never but you have to know a Marine to get on it. =)

Mikayla couldn't stop telling Billy how much she missed him either. =) Friday was the Graduation, and it wasn't nearly as emotional as the EGA ceremony was but it was still nice. After that we got to gather our Billy and get the hell out of there. I tell ya though.... seeing all them Marines and recruits walking around and doing Pt and everything.... makes a girl drool for sure.. I don't give ashit what anyone says... there is absolutly nothing sexier than those uniforms... *sigh* I better quit with all that though... might have to go get a napkin.. hehe =) ahhhh. So after we got his stuff from the barracks, we were off. Beach here we come. =)

Mik's first reaction to the ocean was "WOW, thats a BIG swimming pool" It was too cute. And she LOVED the ocean. She got to play in the waves and swim for awhile and then we went walking n search of creatures. We found shells, and starfishes, and millions of crabs, and all kinds of birds, sand dollars and HUGE sand fleas, and sea blobs.. lol I think they were like sea slugs or something but they were just moving blobs of goo on the sand hehe. We found a couple squids and some urchins and these straw looking things... just all kinds of shit.. it was fun. Mik had too much fun.

Shannon was especially annoying this week though.. we were SO glad when they finally left, GOD she got on our nerves. I'm not real sure what her malfunction is.. she just has to bitch.. it's like if there's nothing to bitch about, she has to create something... ugh... thank GOD she stayed somewhere besides with us or she might not have made it back home in one piece. I'm so sick of her.

So Saturday night after a little drinkin and smokin... the 4 of us decided to go back to the beach to play in the nighttime.... Um,, yea that obviously doesn't happen in Hilton head. We figured out why the parking lots close at 8 real quick. During the day... you go down the walkway, then out onto the sand, then prolly 150 feet or more before you get to the water..... at night.... whole nother story. The water came up to the walkway.. it was insane.. I can't even describe it effectivly. I couldn't believe the tide came in THAT much.... it was literally 200 feet or so... it came right up the the end of the walkway and the waves were so strong that you couldn't walk in it or you'd be swept away... GREAT surfing though I'd imagine. the waves were really big and strong, we really didn't expect what we saw. I took some pics but it was pitch black outside so they don't do it the justice it deserved.

Let's see.... what else can I say about our trip? hmm....

I got a phone call while we were gone with WONDERFUL news... I'm not allowed to share it just yet but CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS to that one person who knows who I'm talking about! all I can say is YAY! =)

Mom's doing pretty bad now. She's swelling even more and starting to get choked real easy... I'm not sure what's causing that but it's just one more thing to worry about. =(

I have these horrible bruises on both my arms from body surfing.. hehe is ok though... war wounds are great.. lol I took pics that I was going to use for HNT, but I got my tattoo on my back re-done yesterday and I'm gonna show it off instead I think. We took Billy for his first tat yesterday... he got USMC on his arm.. same style as Seans but Billy's is Green and Seans is Red. They are going back to get matching EGA's on there chest though when he gets home from MCT in a month or so. Christina also got her first tat yesterday. Her and Billy picked one they are going to get together like Sean and I did... matching tats.. hehe it's the new thing. =) Her's is on her lower back and its pimpin cool. I showed the guy who did the one on my back what it looked like and he agreed that it looked like crap so he re did it for me, made it a little bigger and added more color.. I LUV it.. but he told me that re do-ing a tattoo is way more painful than getting it done the original time so I had to sit through that torture.. lol it feels fine today though. =)

(in case you're wondering..... edgar is what we named the boil on shannons leg.. lol we're such assholes. but it was just nasty and she had no problem showing it off so we named it so we could talk about it around her without her knowing what we were talking about hehe)

I think that's about it for now.. I'm sure I'll think of more that I wanted to say after I save this.. lol but oh well... you get the just of our trip. =) So I'll close with Congrats Billy.. We're all so proud of you no matter what you chose for the rest of your life. Luv ya Little Bro! Ooo-Rah!