Friday, September 18, 2009

Corolla Beach

Well it has been quite a while since I posted and I am so sorry for that. I really do not know where August and September have gone. So I am going to post a few different ones over the weekend. This one will have lots of pictures and a little long, but I didn't want to leave any of the pictures out. I hope you enjoy. This year we left on August 9th and went to Corolla Beach in Corolla, NC. It's part of the Outer Banks. My family rented a beach house for the week. We had lots of fun. Here is how we all felt by the end of the week. Caitlyn and Caleb show it well.

The kids love going to the beach and playing in the sand. Caitlyn had built a sandcastle and decorated it with seaweed.

Chloe was so excited to fly kites at the beach. I couldn't believe how easy it was to get the kite in the air. I had lots of fun as well.

Here are my little divas posing on the beach. They love to pose, can you tell.

Don't worry I haven't left Caleb out, he poses as well as the girls. It's so funny.

Here they are all playing in the sand together.

One of the days during the week, some of us went to the Wright Brothers Museum down in Kill Devil Hills. Dale went along with my mom and dad and Caitlyn and Caleb. Jamie, Brandon and I think Derek went as well. The picture below shows all their excitement. (they actually did like it)

Here is my dad(grandad) with Caitlyn and Caleb.

Isn't this the sweetest. They truly do love each other.

We went out to eat one night for seafood and out back of the place they had games to play. That way your wait doesn't seem as long, even though I think they had forgotten us. Here Caleb is working on his golf shot. Watch out Tiger Woods here I come.

We went to the Currituck Lighthouse and climbed to the top. I had carried Caleb all 268 steps I think to the top and my sister Tricia carried him down. He thought it was great, even though he was holding on for dear life.

This is a shot from the top of the lighthouse. If you look closely on the dock you can see Leroy with Ryan and Alex. Leroy has the white shirt on. They had went crabbing when we climbed the lighthouse. I zoomed in on them with my camera.

Here we all are at the top. We made it!!


I took a picture of mom(grandma) from the top. The girls thought that was funny.

Caitly definitely is like her father and doesn't like heights. She stayed right next to the back and would barely move. Chloe loved it and did great climbing up and down. Caitlyn did ok going up but coming down was scary to her. Dale carried her down.

This is when we first started climbing.

Amy and Tricia (my sisters) and Caitlyn starting out.

We had to wait in line for a little while before we got to climb. Perfect opportunity for a photo shoot.

The Currituck Lighthouse

Caleb loved playing on the beach with his little hot wheels. He takes them everywhere.

We went walking on some kind of trail, not sure the name of it. Caleb did great, but he was hot when we finished. All went well, except him falling off the little boardwalk. All was ok, he didn't get hurt Thank God. He just cried for a second and then was fine.

Chloe and Ryan playing the Leapster.

We went out on the beach 4WDriving. Doesn't Chloe look so beautiful in this picture. I love how the wind is blowing in her hair.

We went out and saw the wild horses on the beach. This was one of the highlights of our trip. We loved it. Look how they walked right up to Chloe. I had told her to stand still and then the water came in and it was COLD.

Here is Dale and Caleb by the horses.
This is some of the family.
A picture I took of the kids off the nature trail. They plopped down on this bench, and I noticed later they did so from youngest to oldest. How cool.
Caleb and Jay being silly with the fake teeth.
Well I know this post is long, but I hope you enjoyed catching just a glimpse of our vacation and the fun we had with my family. Stay tuned in the next day or so with some pics of the last couple weeks.

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