We are back from our trip to the Outer Banks. We were gone for 10 whole days and enjoyed every minute. We decided to go down the weekend before our "official" week started and rented a little house in Kill Devil Hills. We enjoyed checking out a different beach and being on the main drag for a little bit. It was convenient to eating at Mama Kwan's and visiting at Mike & Megan's temporary abode for the weekend in Nags Head. Minus Charlie getting stung by a jellyfish, it was great.
We moved into the main house on Sunday and had a great week... our house really seemed to work well minus the sunny windows (great except for when you have kids that wake at the crack of dawn, literally). We enjoyed the pool, the pool table, the screened in porch and for us, the connecting bedrooms. Like a little mini-apartment!
We hit the beach daily as well as the pool. Charlie went out on his new boogie board with Jon and Matt & Will pushed the trucks up the beach. They would probably have made it as far north as we would have let them. The pool was great for a quick cool down. It was nice to have lots of adults & kids for help watching and entertainment. This trip seemed pretty monumental to me. 5 couples, Melanie's mom and 8 kids. Definitely the largest group I've been with, but also the 1st time (nonetheless trip) for all of Ken & Linda's kids & grandkids to be together since they all came along 4 and 5 years ago. It was so cool to see the kids get to know each other and go off and play with different folks at different times.
One of the favorite days for all of us, was when Charlie & the other big kids took a trip to Manteo for a Pirate Adventure with the dads. It was amazing... they scouted the treasure map, fought off enemy pirates, drank grog and found treasure. They had an absolute blast as did the moms who were treated to a morning at the beach and lunch OUT at Aqua!
Jon and I also enjoyed dinners at some of our favorites: Red Sky & the Pelican. They are the standby's for us. It was nice to get a couple of nights out and celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary on Saturday the 26th.
We are back at home and back in our routine, but thankful for the summer, seafood, cousins, and our time at the beach.
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