Vacation…from one beach to another

It’s been a long time since I posted here. But I have an excuse. Mind you, not a very good excuse but an excuse. I was on vacation. And you know how it is. It takes several weeks to prepare for a vacation and then several weeks to catch up on everything when you get back. I need a vacation from my vacation!

Anyway, I thought I’d share some pics from my vacation. I realize it will probably not be interesting to you unless you are part of my family or a friend, so just humor me. It’s not as bad as one of those old home movies you used to get stuck watching while visiting old friends, right?

We went to the beach. Ironic since I live in Virginia Beach but this was a different beach. It was 5 hours south close to the SC border in a small resort town called Oak Island. Here’s a picture of my son Ryan driving us there. he’s not too happy about me taking his picture when he can’t duck and hide.(he he)

Here’s the 3 story beach house that we stayed in for a week. it was nice and roomy with 5 bedrooms. I was there with my kids and my inlaws. There were 12 of us all together. Fortunately we all got along great and had a fun time.

 Here is the view from that 2nd floor porch. I spent a lot of time sitting in one of those rockers watching the pelicans fly by and reading. I managed to read 3 books and even got about 4 articles written. What I wouldn’t give to permanently  have that porch and that view !

Here is April, my little mom–to-be. She’s 8 months pregnant here.

My nephews, Randy and Jason went out deep sea fishing with their dad and caught a truck load of fish. Jason, who is 13, caught this 48 pound monster! My son Ryan went out with them one day and caught (and released) 2 sharks. He thought that was cool.

Sigh….I didn’t want to come home. But I do feel like I’m better able to handle all the pressures and responsibilities I have to deal with. Which is the purpose of vacations anyway, right?

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