Beach Week With Our Buddies

Yesterday we got back late from our family vaca on the Outer Banks with your buddies the Taylors.

Eva was much braver with the water this year and loved the waves.

Solomon the Brave chillin'

Elias the Charmer in his "beach cage."

The trip over all was really great, but we did have some bug trouble inside and out. Thanks to hurricane Irene, the mosquitoes were KILLER. We've never seen anything like them! Below is Solo's back where we counted 26 bites from ONE day!

If we weren't inside or close to the ocean they were eating us alive. We called them "Tiger mosquitoes" because of the pain in their bite, their large size, and their stripes. (i'm not kiddin') To get to the beach or the car we would dress in long sleeves and hoodies and wrap the kids completely in blankets and run. I'm sure we looked ridiculous, but it was better than being bug prey! My girl Trish said it well, "This is like living in a horror movie!" Below, Eva has 10 on her face from one trip back from the beach.

Thankfully, the wind and the heat increased during the week, so the bugs were less during the day.

And we all still had fun.

The kids: Solo (2.5yrs), Dre (2mos), Eva (3yrs), and Eli (7mos)



Memories made: Shopping for bad food, scoring The Rug, "No honking allowed,"

"Em's answer is 7inches," Trish sleeping with the lights on, Sharkbate Caleb, more mini storage shows please!, ol' lady and kitty, "there's a roach with the baby formula," trying Duck doughnuts (peanut butter FAIL, everything else was delish tho),  and Eli saying "mama" for the first time (we heard him!).