Summer fun

This summer was by far my favorite summer.  Dave enjoyed North Carolina as well.  Here are a few last pictures of the summer.

Enjoying chicken Kabobs one morning before he headed off to work

Went to the u-pick farm again.  This is a peach tree.  The trees looked so sad.  I just have to say, my grandparents had beautiful orchards!!

Found a cute little Italian village that had Gelato!

The kids got their face painted

We went to a rodeo!  I was so happy to go to one.  I miss them during the summer!  It was a small one on someones farm ha ha.

Abagail and I

Dave and I at Pullen Park

Mango eating things he shouldn't

Cami, her kids, and I at Mellow Mushroom.  It is a pizza place.

Tamera, Nakita, me, Megan.  A neat family in the stake.  They invited me to lunch and girl time before I left!

Brock

Lunch at Bahama Breeze

Sunday Game night!  I miss this!!

I hope next summer is as fun as this one was!!!  Met some great friends and went to a lot of neat places!

Outer Banks

For my birthday Dave and I headed to the Outer Banks!  It was somewhere I have always wanted to go.  It was a very short trip but very fun.  We took off Sunday morning and left Tuesday around noon.  Dave was so sweet and took Monday off of work which is very hard for him to do.  It meant so much to me.  We stayed in Kill Devil Hills.  Our hotel was right on the beach so we were loving it. 

 Dave on the beach.  Don't worry his feet and the sand are the same color!  

 We had to take our dog.... it turned out okay.  Mango ate so much sand, it was awful!  Mangs and I hanging out at the beach.

 Craziest thing!  A drive though convient store.  So naturally we had to try it.

 Waiting for our order

 Went mini golfing

 Dave and I before I kicked his butt!!

 I won!!

The next morning Dave decorated our hotel room while I took a shower.  I was so surprised. Sorry I don't know how to do a collage.

 I was spoiled by him and my mom

 How cute is he ha ha

 Mango chillin

 Dave was loving life

 Went to the Outback Steakhouse for my birthday dinner

The family I nannied for was in the Outer banks so we were able to visit with them a few times.  It was a lot of fun!  They stayed in Duck which was a bit away.  We had cake and ice cream Monday night with them.

 The Cake Dave got me!  So oceanie :)

 Tyler and his friends.  Tyler is in the middle

 Dana, a foreign exchange student from Belgium, Mike's sister Dana

 Enjoying cake, ice cream, and rootbeer floats

 Tyler, Dana, Me, Dave, and Mike

I am so lucky to have met such amazing people.  I love hanging out with them!

 Me before we left. 

I just love Dave.  He made this trip so much fun!  I got a pretty good catch!

South Carolina

Maddi, Brooke and her kids, Cami and her kids, and I went down to South Carolina for a few days.  It was such a great trip!

 Mango helped me pack!

 He always looks so innocent!

Maddi and I stayed with my Uncle Bobby (my grandma's brother-in-law).  Cami and Brooke stayed with Brooke's cousin on the Air Force Base.  The first evening Maddi and I went with Bobby to a Italian restaurant and then to Folly Beach.  We hung out of the pier for a bit.  I love that beach!  I have so many wonderful memories there!

 Bobby and I

Maddi and I

The next day we met up with everyone and went on a carriage ride through downtown Charleston.  I love looking at all the beautiful homes!!

 I LOVE the porches

Calhoun house

 Briggs and I

 Us after the carriage ride

 The kids cooled off in the splash pad

 Maddi and I in the shade!!

 I am a sucker sometimes.  I bought a flower made out of leaves that some young boys were selling.  

 My cousin Raymond stopped by to visit and let us borrow his crabbing gear.  He is so sweet.  Wish we could have visited more!

We got up bright and early the next day and headed to Folly Beach to catch us some crabs.  Hurricane Irene last year did some damage to this part of the beach so it was a little different than the other times I have been there but we still had a lot of success.

When I was getting some of the kids ready to start and dolphin jumped out of the water 3 feet from us!  It was so neat.  I have never seen one that close.  We then saw 5 others further out.  Parker and I also saw a baby shark in the very shallow part by us.  It was a neat day!

 BT getting ready to catch some crabs

 The kids waiting patiently.  

There were actually a lot of crabs!  I am an dork and forgot the NET!!  One of the most important thing when crabbing!!!!  I felt so embarrased.  We caught one crab with the bucket and let the kids get pictures.  After that we just let them eat the chicken and pull them in until they ran away.  I tried to justify that it turned out okay because this way no kids could get pinched.....

 Brody was really good at this.  He had 2 crabs on his a lot of the time.  He was so sad that we didn't take one home and cook it...

 I LOVE the beach!

 All of us getting ready to take the LONG walk back.  It was a lot of fun!  I think the kids had a blast.  Brooke stepped on a shell and it tore through her flip flop and broke in her foot.  Cami had to dig the shells out.  I felt so bad!  I couldn't believe how brave Brooke was.  All I can say is it would have been a really bad thing if it had been me instead!

We then drove up to Myrtle Beach.  We stopped at Friendly's.  They ate dinner but Bobby and I were going to eat dinner so I just got me a treat! I LOVE Friendly's!

 Bobby took me to a REALLY good and expensive steak house.  I don't know if I should say this but...I think they beat out Maddox!  After Bobby took me to The North Carolina Opry.  It was a great night.  Bobby sure spoiled me while I was there.

The next day we went to the beach.  Maddi and Brooke headed back the night before so it was just Cami and I that stayed.  Cami and I rented some chairs and an umbrella.  I was in heaven.  Of course we both bought the US magazine to get the scoop on Emily and Jef!

 Me enjoying life!

 Cute Abagail.  She was loving my purple nail polish

 Parker, Abagail, and Adam

A few of the girls in the office met up with us at Myrtle Beach to hang out for the day.

 Erin, Cami, Chanel, me, Maranea

and their kids

It was a great trip!