Maleah's reaction to the Ocean

Maleah was not fond of the ocean as you can see in the photos. She would cover her ears and bury her face in my shoulder. She did not want me to put her down for anything. I'm happy to report, by the end of the week, we couldn't keep her away from the ocean.

Sunset

This was our one and only nice sunset for the week. We didn't make it over to the sound side for watching the sun set. This was taken off the deck of our house. Most of the evenings were either overcast or raining.

Our beach house

After a night of restless sleep, we awoke at 2:45AM and we were on the road for the Outer Banks at 3:45AM. To our liking and surprise, the kids slept for about an hour after hitting Clearfield. Our first break was in Berkeley Springs, WV which is about 2 1/2 hours away. The traffic was very light the whole way to the beach so we made it to our beach house in 10 hours. We hit the Wright Memorial Bridge at 1:00PM where we consider ourselves on the Outer Banks. It still took us 1 additional hour to get to our beach house.

This year we chose the Oceanfront house "Chateau Sur Mer" through Hatteras Realty in Avon, NC. Along with Brian, the kids and myself, my Mom, Dad, my sister Justine, and Brian's Dad and Step Mom enjoyed the house with us this year. This will be the last year that we will be visiting "off season" since Connor will be in school next year at that time.

Are we there yet?

Ask Connor and I swear that he could tell you how many hours are left until we leave on our very long trip to the beach. Connor's not the only excited one though, Mommy and Daddy are pretty darn excited too. We've been watching the weather and it's calling for absolutely beautiful weather Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

I've been told that we will be in for a shock when we see the prices of food... $5.00 for a head of lettuce. OMG, is this happening because of it being off season or is it really that expensive to ship food to this remote region of the earth?

I can not wait to bury my feet in the sand, have the sun shine down on my face and have a cold drink in my hand.