You might think I've give up on the blog... I mean the last entry was in April... and it was about snow in February! But I still think about it and still take pictures for it. I just need to find time to upload them to the blog. I'll keep trying... at least for now.
Ignoring all the catch-up blogs that I need to do (do blogs really need to be in chronological order?), let's do something recent - the Beach! We went to the Outer Banks for a week with Grammy and Granddad. It was warm and sunny and fun. Yes, some of us saw sharks. No, we did not get bitten. Yes, the shark bite in Avon was a scant 13 miles away from us - on the day we finally decided to take the kids in the water past the waves! The kids had a blast playing in the waves, the sand, the pool, and various historical landmarks. A great vacation!
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| Our "Before" Photo - we'd just arrived, thrown on suits and were rushing to the beach. Molly is a tad excited! |
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| the beach! the beach! |
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| I'm coming too! |
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| waves! (there was constant gleeful shrieking for the first hour in the waves!) |
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| building sand castles and drip castles |
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| crashing wave! |
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| E: "What shark? where?" J: ahhhhhh! :) |
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| the whole group on deck at the aquarium |
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| Hatteras! |
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| view from the top. Where there is a small spot of green amidst sand is approximately the old spot. The lighthouse was moved along this line in 1999. |
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| can you spot Molly and Granddad? We could STILL here her crying even all the way up because she was too short to make the climb. |
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| Hayden loved the view! |
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| about to head back down the stairs |
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| such a cool spiral - and snazzy floors! |
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| not quite tall enough - maybe next year! |
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| taking the pledge to be a junior ranger |
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| cheeseballs + lighthouse |
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| E wanted a picture by herself. |
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| Aliens! (or actually some Futuro house that has seen better days) |
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| I love the beach! |
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| footprints! |
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| thumbs up for the beach by Hatteras |
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| the wreck (The Pocahantas) right by our house! Civil war area paddle wheel boat. |
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| the cutest beach bums |
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| cannonball! |
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| pool was very popular but not super big |
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| Molly LOVED her tube. |
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| ice cream! We heard him several times, but on Friday, it was perfect timing and we finally got some cold treats. |
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| waiting for ice cream |
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| pick your poison, ...I mean, flavor |
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| everybody was happy with their choices |
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| heading homeward. frowns for having to leave the beach. |
