Two weeks ago, our family had the opportunity to go on vacation to North Carolina. It was so much fun, a little crazy at times, but an overall, big success! Eric's family actually used to lived in North Carolina, for about 7 seven years, so we all met back there for some beach fun. It was awesome to see all the brothers and sisters, cousins, and nanny and poppy.
We first started off our trip on Saturday, June 25th. Our flight left at 700 in the morning. We had two flights, our first one was five hours with a layover in Alanta, Georgia, and our second flight was two hours, from Alanta to Raleigh, North Carolina. Honestly, the idea of a full day of flying with two babies absolutely mortified me, but the twins did a lot better than I thought they would. Before flying, I went to the dollar store and got any new toys and snacks, I could think of that might possibly entertain them. We had books, a flashlight, hand held fan, stickers, markers, fruit snacks, you name it! Eric braved connor and did and amazing job at keeping him entertained. I think Mckenna, actually enjoyed flying. She loved looking out the window and pointing at the clouds and everything. She also loved having hours of one on one time to sing, read bookd, color, and snuggle. Once we got to Raliegh, we went to our hotel and got settled in. We later met up with Alison, Eric's sister, and had dinner together, and later met up with the rest of Eric's family. One of the highlights of that day, was also getting to see Jeff again, Eric's brother, who just got home from a mission. The last time we saw him was when he left for his mission, which also happened to be the same time as our wedding. lol. It was great to visit and see him again.
The next day we headed off to Rocky Mount, NC, Eric's hometown. We attend the ward Eric grew going to, and I even got to see the house Eric grew up in. He also showed me his old high school, and around the town. After Rocky Mount, we went to my sister in law Ev's parent's house for lunch. They served us an amazing lunch and we all to visit and play. We then headed off to the condos, where we would be staying for the next week.
The condos that we stayed in were AMAZING! I wish I took pictures. It has always been a dream of mine to stay in a condo on the beach, and thanks to Nanny and Poppy, that dream came true! It was so nice because we all stayed on condos by eachother on the beach. It was perfect because we could visit eachother whenever we wanted to. We also had plenty of space for the kids to run around, and had a kitchen to where we could feed our kids. It was also just a short walk to the beach, which made it so nice with toddlers to come and go as we please. Thank you so much Dave and Ruth!
The beach was so beautiful and fun. I have never been to the beach on the east coast. It is a lot warmer than the Pacific ocean. The waves where also bigger where we were and it was just so pretty. The kids LOVED the ocean. They could sit in the sand and dig for hours. Connor also loved the water and kept scaring me by randomly running towards the ocean. That kid is so fast! Me and eric had a lot of fun boogie boarding, and there even was an ocean kayak.
During the week we also got to go to a cool little aqaurium on emerald isle that the kids loved. On another day, we took a pontoon boat on the bay, and found a sand bank where we went looking for shells. I also got to try some authentic north carolinen bbq. It is nothing like the bbq that we have out here. It has a spicy kind of vinegar taste, sounds weird, but it was soooo good! We also hit up a Bojangles whenever we we able. I have never heard of Bojangles before, but apparently its the Mcdonalds of the South. It has the most amazing fried chicken ive ever had, way better than KFCs! Getting hungry just thinking about it!
Anyways the week was great. We loved being able to see everyone and just visit. Our kids had a blast playing with all of the other kids. The ocean was amazing..... I miss it and everyone! Here is some pics!
Beautiful North Carolina! Soo green!
Eric's house he grew up in and home town. I think its beautiful!
Auntie Allie, Ev, and Me
This is actually Eric's twin Art. Really funny, if Eric and Art were together the kids could tell them apart. However, if Art walked by without Eric around the kids would think he was dad and reach out for him. They would get really upset and start saying dada and reaching for him if he didnt pick them up right away. Poor art got double duty this week!
Nanny and Poppy and all the grandkids
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