Beach week

I've been MIA for a little while for a few reasons:
1. We went to the beach for a week with my family!
2. I went on a last minute business trip to California and got to see Nanny!
3. I started the school year in a crazy kindergarten class!

First, let me tell you about the beach.

Growing up, my mom's side of the family went to the Outer Banks for a week every summer for 10+ years. We had so much fun with all the cousins. We stopped going awhile back for reasons that I don't remember but I've always wanted to start it back up with family at any beach, really. Going to the beach for a week with family is so fun and brings back a lot of good memories.


A couple weeks ago, my family went to Ocean Isle beach. We love North Carolina beaches.

We took turns cooking meals for everyone. We read on the beach, spent a lot of time swimming in the ocean despite the fact that it was "shark week" the previous week, the boys went fishing and golfing, and we played with Abby and Aaron a lot.




Having nieces and nephews to play with is such a joy! We love them so much.

And with my determination (which was probably a little annoying to everyone), we took staged family photos on the beach that ended up being pretty cute. I hope we start doing this every year. I love looking back at annual family phots and seeing how we've all changed or grown.



The day we got back, we realized that marked the end of our summer fun-in-the-sun.