We went to the Outer Banks with my family this summer for a week! Corolla, NC was our destination and we had a great time! It was an eventful week - the first day we were there the water was really rough with red flags up for rip tides - which meant no swimming. We went to the beach anyway to put our feet in the water and play in the sand. While hanging around with our feet in the water, Dan and I noticed a little boy getting tumbled by waves and sucked out by a rip tide. No one else was really around down by the water, so we scanned for his parents, but didn't seen anyone. Dan called for the lifeguard and I started running into the water to get him! He was maybe 6 years old and crying while getting sucked out. I screamed for the lifeguard and then went out past the first set of breakers and eventually caught up to him! Thankfully, he reached out for me and didn't fuss with me carrying him back to shore. The lifeguard met me at the waters
edge and then the mom came running and sobbing, once she realized it was her child that was out there. Thankfully the kid was fine! Bleh - it was crazy, but I'm glad he's safe!
We had fun swimming in the pool, playing Kinect (Just Dance 3 and Kinect Sports were the highlights), watching The Help and Tim Hawkins, playing Batman Lego 2 (Max said, "Ohhh, Lex Luthor! He's part of the Legion of Doom!"), doing the Hot Tub, going out to dinner at a wonderful restaurant, eating yummy food and playing Around the World Ping Pong!
Kylie had some sort of stomach bug from Wednesday afternoon until after we left...but all in all, it was a good time!
Dan and Brian dancing to Just Dance 3's Apache :)
Cole, Jack and Max bustin a move on Pump It!
Meggie and Mary Kate getting their nails done...in tankinis...that belong to Mary Kate :)
Jack and Cole
Grandad bowling on the Kinect! He won with 3 strikes in a row! A turkey!
Beautiful girlies - we kept joking that they had an apartment downstairs in their own room - they had all their clothes in their room, their toothbrushes and a tv to watch the Disney channel and the Food Network!
All the cousins with popsicles!
And I love this picture of them from behind!
Max posing for me when I said, "Can you smile for me?"
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The boys watching a Super Friends on the iPad
Sweet picture of Max
And his rather LARGE popsicle from the Ice Cream Man, courtesy of Uncle Dan
Everyone's favorite choices
Hot tubbing!
Fun hair on the boys
Abby's best friend Maddie got to spend 1 night with us while we were there! I had fun out in the waves with Maddie, Abby and Hannah :)
Grammy, Grandad and the grandkids
Sarah, Max and Brian
Our Family
Hannah, Mark, Heather, Cole, Abby and Mary Kate
The Whole Crew
Grammy and Grandad...in ECU colors
Uncle Dan and Max dancing
The girlies back from the beach and ready for lunch!
Napping on the couch with Grammy
Grammy and Grandad in his fun ECU blanket
Sarah and I chatting while others play the Kinect
Hannah and Kylie
Abby and Kylie
Me, Heather and Sarah
Dan set up an afternoon where just the adults went to the beach for an hour - it was so fun to swim without having to count heads and make sure everyone was okay after each wave...granted the waves were really small that day, but it was fun nonetheless!
Fist of Rock!
Around the World Ping Pong with the whole crew! It was sooooo much fun!
The Cheering Section
Uncle Dan and Max :)
