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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Ocean Isle 2008

We just returned from our annual family beach trip. We have been going to Ocean Isle since I first started college.....just a few short years ago :). It is always a great time together as family and now that we have kids it is so much fun to watch them playing in the sand and water.

This was the first year that the boys, especially Austin, wanted to boogie-board. Both he and Jacob would go out (with us, of course) to where it was almost over their head and ride the waves in. I can't tell you the number of times that they both were completely wiped out by a wave, but they were real troopers, would get right back on the board and go again. They loved it!

This might be the first time in the history of the beach vacations that I didn't get badly sunburned, at least one day during the vacation. Several of us got a little "minor redness" but we have all gotten more skin cancer aware as we have gotten older.

All the boys (my dad and brother, John, Austin, Jacob, and Riley) went fishing one evening. That was a definitely a highlight for Austin and Jacob. Austin got a fishing rod from his Uncle Josh for Christmas and has been anxiously awaiting his chance to use it. Unfortunately they didn't catch any fish, although Austin had already asked me if I would be able to cook all the fish they were going to catch for dinner that night :).

Grammie & Granddad bought these matching t-shirts for the boys. They say "Who's your crawdaddy?"

Austin, our famous boogie-boarder

The Three Amigos or maybe I should say, The Three Stooges

Jacob, living on the edge with his crazy hair

Monday, July 7, 2008

Fourth of July Mini-Vacation

John doesn't get much vacation with his new job, so we have to take advantage of every opportunity that he has a day off. So, we decided to head to Myrtle Beach for the fourth. My parents joined us and we had a great time. I was really worried that the beach would be so crowded that we wouldn't be able to walk, but it really wasn't all that bad and the condos we stayed at had several pools and 2 lazy rivers for the kids.

Austin and Jacob LOVE the beach. They woke up each morning and would both run to the window and say "Look...the beach...come see," almost as if they were seeing it for the first time. It was cute. They spent most of their time digging in the sand. They seemed to be more interested in the sand and water than anything else. In fact, when we were out on the beach watching the fireworks, they were playing in the sand and running back and forth to the water. Every once in a while they would stop and look at the fireworks but the fireworks definitely weren't the focus of their attention.

My mom and I spent some quality time at the outlets having a much needed shopping break :). My wonderful husband and father had a ton of patience with us (and the kids) and volunteered to take the kids to a movie while my mom and I continued our shopping extravaganza.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Beach 2007

We took our annual break to the beach. Ocean Isle Beach, NC is the place we go. We had fun this year, despite the fact that vacations are no longer ... vacations. We were up every day at 7 am and in bed early. Two little alarm clocks, we like to call them.

We go with the entire Parsons clan, to include Riley, the boy's cousin. They all really enjoyed the water, and Dad almost read his book.