Outer Banks Trip

Okay, so last week we went to Duck, NC for the week with the fam! It was fun and the kids did great on the ride there and back. Mimi drove with me last Friday to Pop's apartment in Petersburg, VA and we stayed overnight there. On Saturday afternoon, we drove to Duck. It was only about 3 hours from there.

The trip consisted of everyday at the beach (beautiful, hot weather), some shopping and eating! Brennan slept in a different room almost every night. Owen wanted Pop to hold him almost the whole time we were there. Shane was his usual happy, crazy, funny self. Ryan came down late Tuesday night as he had to work. We came home late afternoon on Friday so we had this weekend to relax here before starting up the crazy life again. Brennan loved being off from school and didn't want to come home. The house was huge but not updated. We were right on the beach so we didn't have to pack up the whole house to go to the beach as we do in NJ. We are already planning for next year!

Looking at back of house; this leads to beach

One of my favorite pics of Shane

Beautiful boy

Swimming in the deep part with Pop

Flying a kite

 

Singing

Eating crabs on our last night

Yesterday, I made the decision it was time for Brennan to give up beeshie. I know, this is way too late but I was afraid for my lack of sleep! It was a selfish reason. So he cried a lot while going to bed last night but Ryan stayed with him and gave him the confidence he needed to sleep without. He fell asleep soon after and slept through the night. Today we got him a Mario game for Wii and he gave his beeshie to Jillian. We'll see how tonight goes!