A Little Taste of Paradise

Last month we experienced a little bit of paradise over on the east coast. We have some really great friends here in our ward that are kind, generous, fun, friendly, etc. They have a great beach house at Emerald Isle, NC. It's a beautiful place and they have shared it much with so many people. They were so sweet to invite us to come out with them to "hang out". The great thing about this place is we stayed right on the beach but just about 1 mile away is the Sound where they have a boat. So we would spend the morning playing, running and enjoying the waves. In the afternoon we would go over and get in the boat and ride over to another town or just to a sand bar and get out and look for sea shells (which there were gazillions of them.) One day we just spent the time water skiing and then back over to the beach. Unfortunately I kept forgetting to take the camera with us on the boat. I'm proud to say that I was still able to waterski after all these years. The whole trip was just what I needed. The girls had a great time and they were so good that it made the trip that much more relaxing. The only downfall was that we were enjoying ourselves so much we weren't paying attention to the time so we ended up not even thinking about dinner until after 7pm. We are so grateful for these great friends - they probably don't know how much we really appreciate them.

Here's the view right off their deck.

Tim and the girls. We loved how warm the water was - even with it being a little cool outside.

The Pier! (Not like the piers I remember at Newport or Huntington.)

Maya and Olivia loving our friend's dog, Cocoa. Although McKenna calls him, "Toto."
Building sand schools? Only my girls would think of that. One of our Late Night dinners.
"Bicycle built for two."

The Guys!

I love this picture.

Maya, never misses the opportunity to pose!

McKenna really enjoying the vacation.

Getting the boards ready.

Tim

Alexa, first time on a boogy board.

"Carolina Charm" - the house we got to stay in.