When we moved out here I couldn't figure out why SO MANY people had OBX bumper stickers on their cars. I finally found out that the letters stood for Outer Banks, North Carolina. So of course I had to see what all the hype was about!
We rented a beautiful house with 9 other Dental School families and became professional beach bums for a week.
The drive down was surprisingly fun- thanks to Raffi. Bry and I even busted out "The Wheels on the Bus" and "Old MacDonald" (about one hundred times- who knew Old MacDonald had elephants and snakes and dinosaurs on his farm?)
The house was great. Really beautiful, tons of room for everyone, and it was like a 3 minute walk to the beach.
Ivy LOVED the beach. She just giggled with joy the entire first day.
Anytime we're near water Hyrum has to cast his fishing pole (even if it's a puddle). He's gotta keep practicing his form right? His Grandpa Webb should be proud.
Our little glamour queen.
I wish you could have seen Hyrum's cute little legs chugging along trying to keep his kite in the air. It was adorable. Bry and I were both surprised how fun it was to fly the kite... something about the inner child... maybe we should try out a hula hoop sometime.
When we weren't at the beach we were doing some serious touristing.
This beautiful lighthouse was closed for the winter. It would have been awesome to see the view from the top. Who's idea was it to have SPRING BREAK in March?
We walked through a "wet land" and onto this peer. It was fun teasing Hyrum about "little boy eating alligators". I'm sure he'll seek his vengeance when he's a teenager.
Bry had surprising natural talent for the drums and guitar when we played rock band. What isn't he good at?
Look at those adorable faces. These were very rare moments of calm.
We were VERY lucky to have warm weather for the first half of the week. But, the cold weather was a great excuse check out the aquarium and do a little shopping.
This guys was hilarious. He reached into the ray tank and pulled out this Horseshoe crab for Hyrum to touch. It was a cool little creature.
Hyrum wouldn't touch the crab, but he loved the snake. Uncle Golden anyone?
Very rarely is something worth all the hype, but this place really is special. I can't even fathom how fun it would be in the spring and summer when everything's open. I can't wait to go back. Maybe we'll even get a bumper sticker next time.
The kids have started sleeping in on the weekends and what kind of mother would I be if I stopped that trend? So, they're not in their nice Easter outfits (we'll have to do a fashion photo opp in the future).
Our backyard isn't the softest, most luxurious place to find eggs. I like to call it the mud pit. Bry has a break in a few weeks and we are planning on sodding and planting and pretending like we are master gardeners even though we kill everything we touch. So exciting!
