Wednesday, July 4

Ocean Isle Beach 2012

SOOOOOO there are million pictures here but I wanted to make sure they all made my blog book so here they all are! 
Again, we had a blast at the beach. The kids went crazy in the hotels we stopped in on our way there and back but the drives really weren't bad at all. They did awesome in the car for 20 hours. We learned that Courtney doesn't sleep from 2-5am in the car. She just wants to play, silly girl. 

We made aprons, t-shirts, beached it, rented boats and jet ski's, walked the pier, got sick, got stitches, loss toe nails, had a marshmallow eating contest, made smore's, got really burned, got the hot tub sandy, made sand castles, collected sea shells, went to BRAVE, made bracelets, colored,  Brian got to sleep a lot, Courtney got to sleep a lot, painted toes and fingernails, we ate WAY too much yummy food, and just had the best trip ever! We love family vacations, especially at the beach. 
And last, the only family picture we got of us all was on our way home at The University of Alabama in front of a cemetery, of course for boots! 

Sunday, July 1

Car sick...

As in I am sick of being in the car. We drove out to north Carolina last week to spend the week at the beach with most of my family (We were missing one of my brothers and his family).

So 20 hours in the car wasn't too bad and my kids were really good. I learned that Brian and I don't like to drive that long and we get tired and grumpy and are short with everyone. Let me say thank goodness for iPads, iPods, and DVD players... I guess I can throw crayons in there too.

Road trip highlights: boots pointed out every cemetery on the trip and took his seatbelt off to roam the car every 15 minutes.
Natalie is eye spy (and Justin bieber) crazy. Btw, his new cd is awesome.
Courtney is the queen at demanding books, toys, and her key item this trip was the baby wipes. She played with them all the time. "WIPE!"

More blog to come but we are home... At least what will be home for a few more days!

 OHHH AND Happy Canada Day!! I am spending it alone while everyone sleeps! Happy Day to my LOVELY HOME AND NATIVE LAND!