At the beach

After some early morning reading...


...it was off to the beach!


Fully sun protected of course!


Matthew too.


We went to Kittyhawk to see the Wright brothers museum.





It was really fun to run run run!


Yay outer banks!


Sophie and Oliver arrived in time for dinner!








A little rocking before dinner:


...and some writing practice before bed.


A great day despite 1 out of 4 napping!

North Carolina

We are on vacation! After our flight last night, we drove to the outer banks of NC today. Ally and Stephie of course had lunch first.


Packed up and ready to go!



Haley and Matthew rode with the daddies.


Almost there!


Our house:


Dinner time:


We brought LOTS of food!


We had time for a short walk to the beach.


Cold but gorgeous!


Much more to come tomorrow. Sophie and Oliver are on their way!

No one sleeping

Woken up at 4am by her lil sister. No one sleeping on "vacation.". Sounds about right!

Stephie's new doll bed

What did Papa make for Stephie???

So cute!  A doll bed that matches Mommy and Daddy's bed that Papa built as well.  Pretty!

Don't worry, Haley got something too.

Tissue paper?

No, silly, how about some awesome Hello Kitty rain boots?  Thanks guys!!!

17 months old!

Daddy did an amazing job with Haley's 17-month-old pictures!  Haley continues to be quite the little explorer and climber.  She can now combine two words, "NO Mama, NO Dada, NO Yaya!"  She loves eating berries and grapes, but her absolute favorite food is corn on the cob with LOTS of buttery spray.

 She also loves splashing in the baby pool...

 ...and taking baths...

 ...especially if the end by drying of in a lady-bug or sailboat towel.

 Another favorite: emptying the diaper bin.

Happy 17-months to Haley!  You are loved!!!

Gossip girls

Wait, you missed the memo that it is orange and pink day?

These girls didn't!  Even Haley!

The arboretum is a great place to catch up with the girls.

Lots of giggles...

Little hat thief!  That one is Stephie's!