Spring Break 2011

I cannot begin to tell about all the fun my friend, Amy and I (along with our kids) had on our Spring Break trip. We rented a house in Emerald Isle, NC - it's about half-way between the two of us. We had a BLAST!! I created a smilebox album to share but please know this is no where near all the pictures we took plus it's a little slanted with pictures of my kids but it doesn't mean I don't love hers!! :) Our first night was a little exciting with the possibility of a tornado and we did loose power for a while but we had fun hunkered down in the bottom floor bathroom with one candle, two flashlights and the ipad - thank goodness for the ipad! The kids played games on it and kept their minds off of what was going on outside. Praise the Lord we only got high wind and rain with some thunder and lightning, nothing like what other parts of the state got. We kept updated on the weather from Amy's sister Nikki who works with weather for a living! She kept texting us as changes were made and when we were safe to leave the bathroom. One thing we learned from this week is that the state of NC does not have tornado sirens!! From there on out the weather was pretty good - a few rain storms but you expect that at the beach. The weather was in the 70's most of the time and we got a little sunburned to prove it. We had so much fun during our week together that we started contemplating and decorating a beach house we plan to buy together...names we've thought about are Dream Big and Amy and Joy's Idea!! We also sampled some of the local eateries and our favorite was probably Amos Mosquito's. A neat atmosphere and great food. The kids enjoyed making s'mores at the table! We had plenty of seafood, too, and also enjoyed meals at home. The best meal at home was definitely the grilled kabobs. YUM! Amy did a great job grilling those.
Well, I could go on-and-on but I won't. Enjoy the pictures!

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