Our Family Vacation 2014

The week after Labor Day we had the blessing of being able to take a family vacation and see our family in NC as well. Because of my expecting Bethany, we had not been able to travel to NC since last Christmas!  We were able to spend some days at the beach and see family too. This was probably our most fun family vacation so far as the big girls are getting older and a lot more interactive playing with each other and us.

 

Our Family, September 2014

 

  This is how Bethany spent 95% of her time on the beach! Unless I was taking her picture or we were going for a walk, this was her favorite spot, and she slept SO well on the beach.
We headed to the Outer Banks for a couple of days for Brent to get a little bit of photography time in on the trip.
 
We saw the lighthouse at Bodie Island and the Aquarium at Roanoke Island.

 

                                     

 

We got in a little beach time on the Outer Banks too. Here are the girls ready for Bethany's first trip onto the beach.

Brent McGuirt Photography

We also got a chance to see our friends, the Walkers' while we were at the Outer Banks. They were finishing up their trip as we arrived. Thanks to you and your family for your hospitality!

We then headed to Topsail Island for part of our trip. As part of the trip down there, we had to ride a ferry across the river. This was Bethany's first ferry ride. 

Bethany's first ferry ride

 We saw most of Brent's family while we were at Topsail. Hope to see you soon, Brooke and Jared.

Nana stayed and visited for a couple more days. She went to the aquarium with us and treated the girls to Chuck E. Cheese one evening.                                              

                                    

 We had so much fun during our days on the beach. As the girls are getting older, they are enjoying more and more things to do on the beach.

 

 

 We played football (or as Bekah calls it "flipball")

 We played in the water and swam and swam.

 

Brent mostly took the girls out in the water but he did take beach duty with Bethany a few times for me to go out with the girls too.

 One of the things I enjoyed most this time on the beach was building sandcastles with the girls. Rachel seemed to enjoy this a lot as well. I missed a picture of our largest castle- the tide got to it before I did!
We took several walks on the beach...

 and the pier.
We also tried to catch fish and Bekah tried to get close to a seagull...no success with either of those!

 And took some great naps on the beach...

 

 Found some great shells. I had two really good beachcombers this year!

 And let Mom and Dad take lots of pictures of us!

 We even got to see family we hadn't seen since Christmas. We saw Grams, Mimi and Pop, Grandpa and CiCi and Family and Big Mama and Big Papa and got to introduce them all to Bethany Joy.

 

We had a wonderful time as a family and visiting our family on our vacation this year. As we close out summer, we are looking forward to a fun and very full Fall!

Our Family Vacation, September 2014