Beach Time

I should preface these next postings by explaining that we have been going to the OBX with the same group of college friends for the past 4 years. The group is awesome and we are so blessed to be with them each summer. Most of the guys were EJ's house mates in college. The wives get a long great and the kids act as if they are cousins. Our group continues to expand from the original 5 kids to now 10.

Unfortunately the weather this past week was not ideal for being on the beach (or outside for that matter). We did the best we could and it certainly helped us appreciate the good days.

EJ with the kayak

The whole gang

One of our walks

One morning when we arrived at our usual spot we were greeted with the presence of a dead sea turtle. Later in the week, Mason and I made a sand sculpture in honor of our week's stinky friend.

The Last Day

The last morning promised to be a sunny day so a majority of us decided to stay longer and hang out on the beach. It was my favorite day of the week. Packing was behind us, we were all thrilled to be in warm sunshine, we enjoyed a picnic lunch composed of the house leftovers and we could pretend for just a little longer that our vacation wasn't really over. The showering and changing of clothes in a GROSS bathroom almost ruined it for me, but we still got home before dinner and both kids slept for the last hour of the trip. NICE!

Owen, Bailey, Rebekah and Joshua buried.
Mary Jeanes, Courtney Cassada and me

EJ and Owen