Sunday Sight Seeing

On Sunday we went to the Wright Brothers Museum and Memorial. The cottage that we stayed in was right across the street from the memorial and I tried to post the pic showing you the roof but it seemed to have problems loading. After we left there we went to Jockey's Ridge which is one of the largest sand dunes. Cody was the only one that did not walk to the top of the dune. For he was having difficulty walking. He had stubbed his toe on Samie's heel. From what the travel guide said the sand dune is half the height of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. And it was like walking in the desert with all of the sand. At the top you could see the ocean and the sound side of the peninsula. And the breeze was really nice. They say anyone could fly a kite on the dune because of the winds. We didn't have a kite or we would have done that too. We did go to Kitty Hawk Kites after though. I will post pics from Monday tomorrow.

Back From the Outer Banks!!!!

We just got back from the OBX yesterday. I tried to get back online while on vacation to update blog and I couldn't. So I will have to post several different posts to get caught up from our trip. We had a lot of fun the weather was nice for the whole week we were there. The kids got to ride their bikes and swim in the ocean. I will post more pics and tell a little about our trip over the next few days. I am glad to be home though. We came home yesterday and we had our family reunion today, so I will also be posting some family pics from that.
Let me tell you about the pics above. These are from the beach on Saturday after we arrived at the OBX. On this day the waves were extremely rough. They ended up taking me and Casey under twice right in a row. I didn't think that Casey would go back in the water after this, but she ended up being a real trooper and began to love the ocean. The last time we were at the beach was for my mom's 50th birthday and that was in February a couple of years ago. The time before that Casey was only 6 months old so she has never experienced the waves of the ocean before. And I tried to tell her that the waves were stronger the first day we went than they normally are. By the last day at the beach she was riding the waves on the boogey board like a pro. :)
Since the waves were so strong on Saturday the kids decided to play in the sand and Samie made Casey and Caitlin into little sand mermaids. They attempted to make sand castles but that didn't last long.

Vacation Finally

Well, we are now on vacation. We drove to the Outer Banks today. It was suppose to be just an 8 hour trip but it ended up taking us 12 hours. First off we stopped in Wytheville Va to check the oil in the truck(this is just 40 min. from our house) Once Eric got out of the Suburban and we ended up having a flat tire. So off to Walmart we went. We were there for 2 1/2 hours getting 4 new tires and getting the oil changed. By that time we were all starving to death. So we stopped at Shoney's to eat. So by the time we got on the road it was something till 11am. We started out at 6:20am.
Now I have never been to the outer banks so I printed directions from mapquest and I borrowed my brothers gps. Well they didn't agree on part of the trip and we went by what the gps had. MISTAKE!!!!!! It took us off of the main highway and through 2 towns. Which ended up being 25 miles more than what mapquest had. While traveling through the first town it started to pour the rain and lightning. We then crossed a bridge which looked like was over the ocean. As we were crossing the bridge you could see the lightning hitting the water. It was cool looking but to think about us being over the water during that was kinda scary.
Any way we will be back before the reunion and I will hopefully be posting as the week goes by.

On a totally different note: I am asking for everyones prayers again. My aunt Norma (Nunu) isn't feeling too good and is back in the hospital. Her blood count was low and she had to be given 2 more pints of blood (she just had 2 last Friday) and her white blood cells are extremely low and she has been put on reverse isolation until they come back up. So everyone going to see her has to wear a mask. On top of all of that she has been sick and in lots of pain. So I just ask that you pray that the Lord will give her comfort from the pain, and build her blood cells back up and give her the strength that she needs to get through this difficult time. Thanks.