OBX a day at the beach

Garrett and the waves Olivia in the sand
Bella Boo, such a beach babe!

Eden, Olivia, and Grayson watching Garrett go out ont he boogie board

One the way home we went to the beach and had a great time. We packed out lunch, played in the sand, jumped waves, and Garrett and some of the kids rode waves on the boogie board. It was a lot of fun, but the waves were huge. There was a hill right before the edge of the water so we were up a bit so the kids played on the sand hill a lot. I went in the water for a few minutes, but got knocked down so much i was over it.

Eden was a little sand crab, before daddy took her out on the boogie board, she loved it!

Grayson and daddy hittin the waves Olivia and Isaac having some fun at the beach.

Haley and Isaac playing in the sand while shawn watched the ocean......

The Hatteras Lighthouse

The last time Olivia, Haley, and Isaac were at the Hatteras lighthouse was when a Olivia and Isaac were just learning to sit up and still eating baby food. The also ate a lot of sand that day. It was before the lighthouse was moved. We went to see it today but did not walk up it, the kids kept saying they wanted to, but we knew they wouldn't make it.

Ocracoke in the rain

Here they all are walking in front of me. We decided to walk to the Pirate store instead of drive, because it is very small there and a lot of people were driving around.

Olivia and Mommy hanging out in the rain!

Garrett and Robin happy to be in the car after walking all day in the rain!

So on wed it rained on and off all day. We rode the ferry from Frisco to Ocracoke Island. It was fun, we ate ice cream, walked to the pirate store. So here are pics of us in the rain and of all of my pirates.

Arrgh I'm Grayson

Pirate Garrett

Pirate Haley

Pirate Eden

Pirate Olivia

OBX Camping

SO we went camping in Frisco, NC last week for a couple of nights. It was a lot of fun. Our family stayed in one tent and my sister's family and step dad stayed in the cabin right beside us. The cabins are small, they only have beds and AC, yeah it was nice. But we had to walk to the bathhouse. And with kids, that was quite often. Everyone had a great time. The first night we roasted hot dogs, and had smores, with April and her friend Jenny. I will add pics from the other days in diff posts. Just too many to have in one post. Enjoy!

Ice Cream Kids

We were at the grocery store the other day and picked up some ice cream. The kids picked it out. We got American idol diva, brownie and choc swirl, and the vanilla. Eden only likes vanilla. The ice cream was buy one get on free, so we did. We don't usually get it but we have been wanting ice cream a lot lately and we don't need to go out all the time. We also picked up some ice cream cones. Eden spotted them and tried to pick up the boz to shwo Grayson, and the other boxes fell over. Then we tried to pick those up and the choc syrup beside them fell over. It was time to leave!

Here are a few shots of the kids enjoying their ice cream.

And one crazy picture of Garrett, I am not sure how it happened, but it made me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants.

Bucket boy

Look at me..... i need a bath

The kids decided to help Garrett wash the car the other day. Grayson went a bit further than that. He wanted to get washed too, so he stepped in the bucket and decided to stay in it. Afterwards we went inside for baths and some inside play. We took some funny shots too. The kids love to help wash the car, I am not sure how much help they really are, but hey why not.

Eden finishing up her masterpiece for mommy Grayson building a tower

Olivia eating a snack...with a huge smile!

Smith Mt Lake

Here is the view from our condo at the lake. It was beautiful. We swam right but the mt (in the background) Riding the jet ski

This weekend Garrett and I went to smith mr lake here in VA. It was awesome. We rode on the jet skiis (our friends), went tubing, played mini golf, and ate out. It was so much fun. It was an all adult weekend not kids. We are sore but it was well worth it. Here are some pic of the lake and us on it. Our friends jumped o the cliff, but we were a bit nervous.

Courtney isnt sure why Garrett is doing that

Swimming with water filling up my ears

Courtney getting ready to jump of the cliff into the lake.