Well, we are finally back home again and everyone (dogs included) misses our vacation but we are all happy to be back! Get ready, this is going to be a long post with 2 videos and a ton of pictures. Last Saturday Corbin headed up to Chapel Hill for the UNC football season opener with his friends Mark and Matt. Mark's wife Kristin and I headed to the Zoo for the day. Ben and Gwennie had a blast checking out the animals (and each other) Gwennie loved to walk over and pat the "baby", Ben (baby to Gwennie) was having a blast watching her hand him toys and give him kisses. It was pretty hot all day so we only made it to the Zebras, Ostriches and the Elephants. We also had a nice long stop at the Carousel for lunch so all in all it was a fun day and the kids were wiped out during the car ride home.
Sunday we piled the whole family (Corbin, Myself, Gwennie, Ginger and Ruby) and all of
our stuff into the car and headed to the Outer Banks for a well deserved vacation. On our way out there we stopped by to visit with Harold, Allie, Nathan, James and Bennie (the dog). It was so nice to get to meet the boys in person. I can't believe how big they are now and Allie/Harold have settled into parenthood very well. They both are so calm and the boys are so sweet. They both just love to stare/examine their surroundings and are happy just about anywhere. Gwennie gave Harold and Allie a nice preview of what their life will be like soon enough....times 2!! Gwennie loved their sun porch, the stairs, Bennie (who was not to keen on an 18 month old chasing her) and especially giving the boys their pacifiers.
After our visit and some lunch we piled into the car again and headed to the beach. This was Gwennie's first time in the sand and she was like a cat to cat litter! She loved the sand and playing in the ocean. We at first thought that she would cry when the waves knocked her down but she just got up and laughed and went on her way. Between Gwennie and the dogs, I am pretty sure we took 1/2 of the beach home with us! Ginger and Ruby loved rolling in the ocean and were covered in sand for most of the week. By the end of each day the dogs and kids were so tired that they would all pass out around 7:30 and no one would make a peep until the next morning (which the adults enjoyed most of all!).Here is some video of Ginger in the pool. She hates to jump in but as you can see the dog toy was more important than her fear of jumping! She loved using the stairs on the pool so we tried to make her jump off the end and you can see how that turned out...
Gwennie also got in on the action and loved to wash the sand off of her feet. We thought it was great (less sand in the house), but after she refused to leave the shower we realized we had created a monster!
On Thursday we headed home to unpack, drop off the girls and do a quick load of laundry before we headed up to the mountains for our annual Kanuga Parrish weekend with our church. Unfortunately I forgot the camera for most of the events (other than a quick snapshot of Corbin/Gwennie heading out for a hike). I wish I would have taken a video of Gwennie jamming out to the bluegrass band. She was an absolute riot and everyone came over to tell me as much.
Sunday we stopped over in Sparkle City to visit with Aunt Lynne and Uncle Bill. Unfortunately again I forgot the camera! We checked out their beautiful new house and went to visit Bill doing work on his farm. Gwennie loved playing with Belle and next time I will be sure to bring the camera so everyone can see how peaceful and nice the farm is.
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