Back To Her Roots
Hollie, Haley and Halice all still live in North Myrtle Beach, so they are slightly more invested in the Christmas surprise than their sister Heather who no longer resides in town.
She is still living in South Carolina but has moved with her husband to a more inland area, where she does marketing work for a real estate company. This did not deter her from coming home to help her sisters make one of their parents’ dreams a reality.
Snapshots Of Time
Hollie loved posing for the camera, while her youngest sister Haley enjoyed being behind it.
The two sisters often helped each other work on their craft. Hollie would do her sisters’ make up and Haley would photograph the end results. While working on the mysterious Christmas gift meant for their parents, the girls’ unique skills and artistic vision were a perfect complement for the scheme they were hatching.
Taking A Study Break
While Hollie and Haley decided to travel the road less taken and pursue success in more artistic fields, Halice decided to follow in eldest sister Heather’s footsteps and enroll in a local college.
She decided to stay close to home and was accepted by Coastal Carolina University, the same school Heather had attended a few years before. Halice decided to complete her bachelor’s degree at the school and then pursue grad school on her path to becoming a physical therapist.
Making Big Moves
The Schoonovers are an essential part of the community in North Myrtle Beach and it seems like they’ve been there forever, but that is not really the case. The 4-H girls were actually born and spent most of their childhood in Seminole, Florida.
However, soon after the move to North Carolina, the entire family felt that they belonged in North Myrtle Beach and that it was meant to be their home. The love they felt for their community made the gift they were making even more special.
Racking Up The Views
The sisters were quite clever documenting their work in the house while their parents were away on vacation and with a little luck, their project took the internet by storm.
Their homemade YouTube video was watched by many, who were just as moved by the outcome as the Schoonover parents were when they returned from their trip. Viewers sent the video to their friends and so on, and it soon went viral, spreading the impact of the surprise far and wide.