Family Vacay

Earlier this year at Jackson's preschool's auction, we bid on a vacation house with another family, and we won! We weren't sure what we had gotten ourselves into, but it was such a good deal. Well, we hit the jackpot! After doing some research we found out that we won a weeks stay at a seven bedroom house right on the beach in the Outer Banks. You also needed a four wheel drive to get to the house, because there are no roads - strictly beach driving. Hmmm . . . we'll just figure that one out later.


The house was located on the northern part of the Outer Banks called Corolla, and they are known for the wild horses that roam the beach. We were hoping to see them, and almost every day they came to visit.


This horse is standing right on the path that we took to walk to the beach. And we all know that where there are horses there is horse poop. Jackson thought it was so funny to "dodge the horse poopie" on our daily walks to the beach.


We decided to book it for a week in October, and pray that the weather wouldn't be too cold. Again, we hit the jackpot! The first couple of days it was hot, and some of us (not me) actually got in the water. Later in the week it was cool and windy, but we were still able to walk and play on the beach.


Jackson even attempted to boogie board.


It didn't end well, but at least he tried! Maybe next year we will try again and have a happier ending.


We went with four other families. That makes 8 adults, 5 little boys, 1 little girl, and a 5 week old baby. With a house that big, each family got two rooms, and it worked out perfectly. The kids all played well together, and so did the adults!


Sand castles were built . . .


waves were jumped . . .


and memories were made.


We left a couple of days early to head to the next part of our vacation adventure, but that deserves a separate post. On the way out out of town, we stopped by Duck Donuts for a quick breakfast. Oh my yummy! We had some delicious donuts while enjoying this view . . .


It doesn't get much better!