I had to start with a picture of our pea. She is getting so big and is such a love bug. I can't get enough of her. This year we spent a week at Outer Banks, NC for Thanksgiving with friends. We rented a beach house with a handful of other families and spent our days on the beach. We were also able to check out a couple of the historic lighthouses in the area. The one below is the Currituck. Here are some facts...
Number of steps: 214, Height to focal plane of lens: 158 feet, Height to top of roof: 162 feet, Number of bricks: approximately one million, Thickness of wall at base: 5 feet 8 inches, Thickness of wall at parapet: 3 feet
Of course the boys couldn't get through Thanksgiving day without a turkey bowl. Even the little ones wanted in on the action.
Clint and I had a chance to get to the beach by ourselves...it's not what you're thinking! We took a two man kayak out for a spin and only tipped twice. It was such a rush...although I have to admit I now know why they have the term, "You swear like a sailor!" I know...I couldn't help it!
This lighthouse is Bodie (pronounced "body") Island Lighthouse. Here are some facts...The current Bodie Island Lighthouse is the third that has stood in this vicinity of Bodie Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and was built in 1872. It stands 156 feet tall.
Here is a shot of the 10-bedroom beach house. We packed in 7 families (14 adults and 24 kids!!)
Madison LOVED the water. She was a natural on the boogie board and even took a spin in the kayak with Clint.
Clint doing a little skim boarding.
We had such an amazing time and the week went by way too fast. We are looking forward to next year!
12 comments:
Wow! That looks amazing!
Looks like a great trip...it always goes too quickly. Great to see you were able to enjoy the beach and even get in the water despite it being a little chilly.
Hope you see y'all back to the OBX soon.
If you need any help planning your next trip, please keep us in mind: www.OuterBanksVacations.com
I love the pic with Maddy and Clint. So cute. I love your gray hat too, where did you get it?
Looks like a lot of fun!!
What a fun week!!! Your family is darling.
It looks like you guys had so much fun. Seeing your beach pictures makes me miss the beach. Hopefully you got a little bit of sleep last night.:) It was fun and we need to get together more often!
I love the wet suits at the beach! Clint and Madison were brave to go out kayaking in those waves. What a fun trip! We really hope to be able to join in on the fun next year, or some year soon!
Oh and skim boarding with full body suite on would be nice. No sand-burn or rash or whatever you'd call it when you really eat it on the sand.
Fun!~Fun!
SOOOOOO fun!!!! I love your posts! You always have a way of making me laugh!!! You are so gosh darn cute!!!! I can't WAIT to see you over the holidays!!! Love you tons!!!!
Love,
Breyn
ha funny that your pictures of maddy are the one day that crazy girl was actually in a wet suit, the rest of the time i couldn't believe her out there in just a bathing suit just loving life.....
Ok- that looks AM-AZING!! What a fun turkey day! Loves!!
looks brilliant. who did you go with? Anyone I know?
We climbed the Boston Light I was sure I was going to puke, The stairs were scary, thin and only had one rail. Loved the view though.
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