Outer Banks II

A second trove of snapshots from our beach vacation.

We spent some hours on the sunny sand that week.

Sand crabs:

Plays hard; sleeps hard. 

Anna sharing a moment with Uncle Scott.

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Feeding the turtles on our way to ice cream

Date night!! (Thanks, Nana!) 

...which included a pre-dinner walk by some gorgeousness

So in this first one, I came into Peter's room to find him looking out the window and prattling away with a running commentary. Not knowing I was there, he went on and on. So sweet and funny. 

Second trip out for ice cream, this time with Nana. 

 

It took a good 4 days to get Peter willingly into the pool. 

The biggest draw was the water guns and the splashing games. 

My sweet little people

Thunder clouds last night there. 

It's been great, Corolla. Hope to see you next year. 

The Outer Banks

Chronicles of our Travels:
[Warning: Way too many pics in this post.]

OUR TRIP AND ARRIVAL

We rolled out a little after 4am, kids still in their pjs. Of course no one went back to sleep on the road. So we made an early breakfast stop as dawn was breaking.  

Time to get the wiggles out. 

We hit town just before noon and hit the beach (since our house wasn't open yet) where the Trabandts were already camped out.  

Shots from the next day:

More of these little cuties

THE BIRTHDAY
We celebrated Anna's first birthday with a run to the famous Duck Donuts. 
Her first sugar, and she was a fan. 

Birthday Kiss

Peter was all too happy to help open Anna's present

The steal:

FAMILY PHOTO SHOOT

We took turns with the camera on an obliging dune, in effort to give each other great family photos. I thought one of the families proved more photogenic/cooperative than the other. 

The beautiful Trabandt family

Ours

This one was classic. And quite representative of Anna's attitude toward being held by anyone not her parent. Still waiting for that phase to pass. 

After, with Anne and Scott on their date night, I grabbed a few more shots of these cuties:

More OBX coming;
TO BE CONTINUED...