I know we are posting this a "little" late, but we had so much fun, we just had to share!! Jeff and I went to the Outer Banks in North Carolina on a family vacation with my parents, my brother, and my brother's friend and his family! We left on Sunday, July 4 all decked in red, white and blue and began our three car caravan trip to the beach. After what seemed like an entire day of driving we got to the beach and while the "adults" were grocery shopping, all the "kids" headed to the beach! It was a beautiful evening at the beach. That night, my brother, Nick, and his friend, Wesley, found their love for crabbing. Needless to say, I was not a fan of crabbing. We tried to catch a glimpse of fireworks later that night, but there weren't too many to see, so we decided to set some of our own off! :)
The rest of the week we spent being lazy and relaxing at the beach for most of the day and sightseeing and shopping in the evenings. One day we took a day trip to Ocracoke Island to play on the island and get a feel for island life. It was a nice day for everyone who got burnt earlier in the week to stay out of the sun! :) Another night we headed to the go-cart tracks to race around the track with each other and also got to play some put-put golf. Jeff of course beat us all... But he was also keeping score... :)
We had beautiful weather until the last full day there. It started to rain late in the afternoon which actually worked out for us since we were needed to get off the beach and get ready to celebrate Nick and Wesley's 18th birthday. To celebrate, we all headed to Hooters - fitting for 18 year old boys - right? After telling our waitress about the celebrations, they made Wesley hop like a bunny around the restaurant while Nick stood on a chair, flapped his "wings" and spelled his name in the air with his rear-end. While those two were making a fool of themselves the Hooters girls sang to them and the entire restaurant laughed and laughed. It was quite the memorable celebration for their birthday!
We had a wonderful time and were sad to return home... but all good things must come to an end! :)
Here are some pictures from the trip...
Jeff trying to fit into the go-cart... :) I beat him in the race, although he probably won't admit that...
Awe, how cute Jeff! :)
Put-Put Golfing! :)
On the ferry to Ocracoke Island <3
Wesley, Nick, Jeff and Gavin... Silly boys! :)
Jeff relaxing on the beach
So this picture deserves an explanation... We were out at a shop one night and we were looking at key chains and noticed that these key chains would flash a person's name on it. It looked pretty cool! So we started looking for my name, even though usually it isn't found in these kinds of things... and we came across this... we didn't rearrange anything... it was like this on the rack... :) We thought it was cute enough for a picture!! :) For those of you who don't know, Jeff's mom is Cynthia and his dad is Dale... :)
At the same shop, I found these awesome sunglasses...
Jeff even found a fun pair! :)
The ocean was just so pretty! The waves were pretty rough most of the days we were there...
Us relaxing on the beach! :)
Jeff found this awesome little hermit crab! He was still alive and caught in a bunch of seaweed. We tried to save him and keep him as our pet, but we are pretty sure that he died...
The only day that it rained (our last day there) we found a leak in the ceiling in the living room... Jeff and my dad together engineered this contraption to catch the water and keep the floor from getting soaked... They used a pitcher, a giant spatula and a baby spatula... they were certainly creative!
When we went to Hooters, we ordered some chicken wings. Needless to say, the chicken wings did not live up to our expectation. These wings were pretty sad looking, especially if you compare them to the size of wings at the Tavern! :)
Yummy dinner at Hooters! :)
Birthday boys at dinner...
The Birthday Boys and the Hooters Girls...
When these two get together, I am usually afraid of what may happen. My brother usually has enough crazy ideas of his own. When you add Jeff into the mix, they both encourage each other and you never can predict what is going to happen... The other customers in this store were not really sure what to think when they saw these two in their new hats... :)
Like I said, these two are crazy enough alone... together, it is even crazier! :) This picture was taken the morning we were heading home...
The happy couple posing for a final picture at the beach before heading back home...
Family picture time!!!
I took this right as we were walking back to the car... The beach looked beautiful! <3
