Family Vacation

Last week the Buckwalter family came to Emerald Isle. We had a great time connecting, playing on the beach, and eating! It seemed especially sweet this year since some of us hadn't seen each other in a year and we now live so far apart from one another! We savored the time we had together! Thanks guys for a great week!

Baseball

Silas loves baseball...actually any kind of ball really. He especially is drawn to baseball...and he loves to throw. He actually has quite an arm for a little guy. When the Buckwalter family was down last week, we all headed out to the baseball field/park for a little game. Silas wanted so badly to join in the game. Here is a little peak into what was happening on the sidelines.

Three's Company

There are times when the three of these guys seem like they can hardly get along at all and other moments when it seems like they really do love each other. We captured of few of those 'love' moments...

Sand Dollars & Sand Crabs

We discovered the Point, the tip of the island, where tidal pools form and shells and sea creatures live in abundance. It is our new favorite place to go! On Tuesday afternoon we were walking through the tidal pools at low tide and I reached into the water and pulled up a sand dollar. Excited, we continued our shell hunt. Mark found a few more pieces of broken sand dollars and then later a woman walked up to Mark and Sarah on the beach and handed them another whole sand dollar! That same day we came across a baby turtle going for a swim in the ocean and caught some minnows and a hermit crab. The kids are enjoying learning about all the ocean life and Mark got a kick out of capturing the yellow sand crab below!

Morning Walk to the Sound

Beach Bums

Morning at the Beach

Kite Runner

A few weeks ago Moses and I ran out to the hardware store. Along the way I passed a sign for a kite store - it was a windy day so we put the hardware on hold and went to the kite store. Here are a few images with the kite that we bought.

Sarah Rides A Bike

After Moses got his bike there were many fights arising over who got to ride it so we finally broke down and got Sarah her own bike to ride! Needless to say she is loving it! The first thing Moses and Sarah do in the morning is jump on their bikes. We have been taking bike rides around the neighborhood and starting a neighborhood bikers gang with the other little kids in the neighborhood. It is quite fun! Here are a few snapshots of Sarah on her first night of getting the bike (in her princess pajamas of course)!

Mother's Day

Queen for a day...well not exactly. On Mother's Day I celebrated by mothering. Mark had to work all day and it was rainy outside so we played dress-up! It wasn't exactly what I had in mind but we had fun. Earlier in the week we had gone to the field of flowers on the other side of the island and took some Mother's Day pictures. Again didn't go exactly like I had anticpated (I had pretty high expectations) but we did mangage to get a few great shots! Enjoy the pictures!