Vacation!

We just returned from our annual beach vacation! We rent a house in the Outer banks for a week and play on the beach every May. This was the first time that it rained for days at a time. We were there for 7 days and it rained for the first 2-3 days, it was cold rain too! Cold and windy! We had to occupy ourselves inside those first few days. But then it warmed right up and we played at the beach.

The house we got was soundfront. The Outer Banks is basically a long skinny island, with ocean on one side and the Sound on the other. We like the sound side, because it is BEAUTIFUL! Here is the view from our hot tub (It was on the third story)! We sat in it and watched the sun set everynight! man, that was pretty!


Here is a view of the back of the house facing the sound.


Boogie boarding is something our family loves doing! Belle especially loves it and has her own board. Here she is striking a pose.


My brother and his wife joined us for a for a few days. They bought a skimboard and tried that a few times. it looked like fun, but I'll stick to me boogie boarding!



Here is my bro holding belle and my hubby holding Pinky!


While Belle played in the water 99% of the time, Pinky played in the sand 99% of the time! She and hubby made big sand palaces. Here is Pinky sitting in front of 'Shell Castle' that the two of them made.


Our beach trip wasn't complete without one or both of the kids being buried!