A few weekends ago we decided to make a last minute trip to Charleston to watch my dad's team play in the ACC tournament. The tournament was originally supposed to be held in Cary, NC but thanks to our lovely Governor and HB2 it got moved last minute to Charleston. Luckily Charleston isn't too far away and one of my best friends from growing up lives there.
We arrived just in time for the semi final game. Beth and Sean met us at the game and we were hooked up with VIP seating. We were playing Notre Dame so it was going to be a tough match. We ended up winning 2 - 1! I guess that means we have to spend the weekend in Charleston, darn! Beth and Sean were so nice to host us in their mansion. Saturday morning we woke up and headed to the farmer's market. We spied some cute firefighters and ate some delicious crepes!
We then headed over to the battery park right on the water to check out some guns and cannons. Finley loved hearing all about the pirates and things that happened during the war from Sean.
Unfortunately it was super cold while we were out there!
We walked around for a little bit and also checked out all the cool houses nearby.
Charleston is just so beautiful! It's one of the few nice places in South Carolina.
Saturday afternoon we were able to go and take my dad to visit my his cousin Mary and her mom Helen, my great Aunt. Helen hasn't been doing very well, so we ended up visiting her in the hospital as she was recovering from hip surgery. We were so glad that we had a chance to see them though!
Later that day we met back up with Beth and Sean and went to this cool park beneath the big bridge.
Finley was dying to play soccer so we all had a fun little pick up game while trying not to hurt one another.
That afternoon Beth also had a very fun Christmas craft for Finley to make. Isn't she the best host ever?
They made these adorable reindeer's out of the palm branches from the palm trees.
We sure made a lot of them! Beth's brother Ryan was also in town for a wedding that weekend so we all went out to eat at this delicious BBQ joint. It was so good!
Sunday morning was a little warmer so we headed to a park near the stadium to play some more soccer. Ryan joined us too and we played another pick up game.
We got to the stadium super early and were able to indulge in some free VIP food before the match.
Unfortunately the team lost in PKs against FSU. We were so bummed because we totally out played them! I guess it just wasn't our week for PKs! We still had a blast on our getaway weekend and were so proud of our Tar Heels! Next, onto the NCAAs!
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