Whew this is a lot of blog catchup!!!
We went to the OBX in the summer of 2018--if I recall correctly this trip was just a couple of weeks before Ruth was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. That was a pretty rough summer after that and I was so grateful we had this time together right before she received her diagnosis. This was also the first time we met Mary Beth's (then girlfriend, now wife) Julie so that was pretty momentous!!
Also--guys, we have got to stop taking "just out of the pool" pics as our most recent family pictures!
This was our first time in the OBX and it was so fun! We had some hurricane-ish weather the last couple of days but nothing like the previous year in Destin--just enough that the temperatures dropped and it was fun walking along the beach in a jacket.
Also please note that the day that Chris, Rosalind, Neil, and I went for a long run in the morning was literally the hottest day that we were there, and the temperature dropped about 15 degrees through the course of the morning, so sometimes the early bird is just a fool.
Beach snacks!! Rosalind passed me one of these puppies and I was like does heaven get better than this?
Speaking of heaven, this was the trip of ALL THE BABIES for me. Matthew, Iris, and Idris all crammed on my lap in this pic and I couldn't be happier!
babies!!!
more babies!!!
my own baby!! (asleep in the laundry room IIRC)
baaaaaabbiiiiiess
I'm glad my sisters have such cute babies.
i mean seriously...
Getting ready for church on Sunday--my mom snapped this one and I love it.
Rosalind gave me the best curls I've ever had ever ever ever in my life (Rosalind, come do my hair every day!!) Also I really miss my long hair...
Probably shouldn't haven taken a photo in church but Iris was so cute (and Chris did such a great photobomb)
Guys apparently I really went all in on the photo-taking (I love how none of us actually had our own kids in church).
Then after church Paxton somehow MAGICALLY got these pictures which I love so much, and it's seriously a testament to his skill that he managed to coax this out of a handful of grumpy hot children who wanted nothing more than swimsuits and sand.
Speaking of Paxton, he deserves more heroic accolades because I can't even guess at the number of games of chess he played with Luke & Isaac that week!
One day Neil & I went parasailing with my dad, Elise, and Paxton. I have a video on my phone of my dad's delighted yell as he lifted off the boat that I will never ever delete and watch fairly regularly. My dad is seriously such a fun guy.
Can't remember why Neil was riding up in the elevator but apparently we thought it was funny...I'm guessing he was cooking something by the pool and then went up to the kitchen?
Jordan and Ruth arranged for an awesome seafood boil one night--it was very decadent and we all just lounged by the pool talking to the seafood boil guy while he made us dinner.
Speaking of seafood, we went down to the beach one night to hunt for crabs expecting the little teeny ghost crabs from Destin.
Narrator: THEY WERE NOT TEENY.
And more sea life!! Thankfully nobody got stung by this particular guy (we've been down that road before and it is Not Fun).
Let's transition to beach stuff, shall we? Here's Matthew eating his umpteenth million Oreo, filling only, put the cookies back for someone else.
Nathan fell asleep next to me one day and I was like "oh, so cute, he's worn himself out playing" and then when we got back to the house he threw up all over his feet. Poor guy!! Addie had a stomach bug the first day and it slowly went through everyone else (most of us had it on the way home at the end of the week...at least we got through the week!).
Some fun cousin games...
And tons of pool time!!
And loooots of hot tub time...we spent hours out here at night once the kids were all in bed.
I loved this little corner of the house so much--it was a highly coveted spot!
Rosalind celebrated her birthday while we were there and I loved this banner so much. Haha Chris!
Chris makes DANG good cupcakes.
Mom & Dad hanging out with Caleb & Pierce
Dad working away as always--he is without a doubt the hardest-working person I've ever met in my entire life.
And the best grandpa!!
Jordan and Neil getting ready to unleash some kind of goodness at the pool kitchen.
Masters of the grill!
Kids all ready for a movie--they are all so little here!!
And Elise holding court--I'm not sure what was going on but they were all super intent and Abigail is raising her hand, haha.
Such a fun week!!
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