OBX - day one

finally getting to the vacation. hey it's only been two weeks since we've been back. - our much-awaited OBX vacation was cut a bit short. perhaps you've heard of hurricane irene? yeah, the saturday we were supposed to check in to our awesome rental house was the day that the outer banks got pummeled by dear old irene. we had to just sit tight and hope the rental agency would give us the ok to come down (note to self... next time, buy the darn travel insurance.) after days of wondering if we were up a creek without a paddle, we finally got the a-ok around 5 p.m. on monday. we quickly packed up the car and caravanned down to north carolina with the norcrosses. it was a brutal drive and we arrived in OBX at 3 in the morning. of course, all four kids slept the whole ride so they were ready to party and the adults just wanted to pass out. somehow we managed to get a few hours of sleep in.

day one was a lazy day, as we recovered from hurricane-related stress. it was also the best day at the beach. the beach definitely took a hit from the storm, but at least it was clean the first day. all kinds of debris washed ashore soon thereafter, leaving a strip of grossness along the shore for the remainder of our time there.

the kids selected beach toys from our house's garage and we made the super-quick walk to the beach.

caroline did not appreciate her daddy taking her into the water and spent the remainder of the beach time huddled in my lap. lilly was not impressed that this wasn't her beach (ocean city) so she and krissy went back to the house.

but ginny and Q had a grand old time playing in the sand.

(also a note - caroline is allergic to something. several times recently her face has swollen up all weird around her eyes and nose. this was one of those days.)