Jockey's Ridge Sand Dunes

The weather was perfect, so we stopped by the sand dunes to play around a bit.

 

The kids loved playing in the soft sand!

 

 

 

More Wright Bros. Memorial

watching the planes take off from nearby airport.

 

Here was where we could see where the 4 sucessful flights of December (14th?), 1903 took place. Caleb ran out to each marker to see if he could run faster than the plane flew. (The markers showed distance and time of the flights).

 

 

Currituck Lighthouse

 

While we were there, we checked out this nearby lighthouse (just the boys went while mom waited with sleepy Lucy)

 

Even James walked all 214 steps on his own!

 

Getting to the top was a lot higher than it seemed!

 

It was totally worth it though!

Beach Trip

Happy Thanksgiving! We spent our Thanksgiving week in the Outerbanks, NC! We stayed with some friends in a beach house right on the beach! The weather was actually really nice.

 

 

 

One of Caleb and Lucy's favorite things was collecting huge beautiful seashells along the coast.

HOTEL night!!!

 

Yes, here it is! You are looking at what might be one of the greatest games ever made, but in the British version!!! Bryce and I were happy to discover (ok, maybe Melanie was a bit more excited) that our friends knew and owned Hotels! We had to play as soon as we heard! Although we were playing with pounds instead of dollars, and the Le Grande was called something like Le Toille, it was still the same! It was so great! Our friend Jason totally dominated and Bryce and I were left to auction off our properties in the end, but it was still great. We'll definitely do better next time, and yes, there will be a next time . . .

Soccer Stud

Caleb finished his soccer season on the GREEN MACHINE TEAM last week. Bryce and I had fun coaching when our team actually showed up!

 

Caleb really improved a lot over the 8 weeks and is sad that the season is over.

 

Lucy and James had fun messing around at the games. I don't know if it was harder to keep them occupied, or keep the team focused on the game!

 

Twilight Party

So Melanie went to her first Twilight Party! Based on the fun series by Stephanie Meyer, a friend put together this fun party decorated with red and black balloons, candles, beads, refreshments, everything! Everyone came in costume as a character from the book. We played games and debated who was really better for Bella, Jake or Edward. The debate still continues . . .

 

Melanie went as Alice. We had 2 Rosalie/Emmett couples, Volturi, Jessica and Mike, and of course, Bella!