We left Wednesday night for a long weekend getaway with the Taylor side of the family at Nags Head. It was a fun time with 8 kids - all 5 and under!
Lena and Ella were so happy to see each other when we got there.
Part of the crew hanging out
Thursday morning the boys got up early and started working on the TV at Mason and Jessica's beach house
Trying to get the satellite to work
Then we headed to the beach for fun in the sun with cousins
Ella filling up her bucket
The boys wanted to play in the water but the water was so cold they didn't get too far.
The Taylor compound - two tents, an umbrella and 18 people!
Picking up seashells with MeMa
Anna Grey was tired and fell asleep laying on Scott
Playing in the water
Spaghetti Os on the beach for lunch!
The big boys - Camden, Caleb, and Cole
These boys had so much fun playing together
Phyllis and her boys - ready to go to the pool
Digging a big hole
Phyllis and the kids playing at the pool
Trying out their boogie boards in the COLD water
Building sand castles
The daddies decided to bury the kids
6 of the 8 cousins - Jodi, Lena, Cole, Caleb, Camden and Ella
Matthew and Anna Grey were napping
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Thursday night the grandparents were so nice to keep the kids and let us have a nice dinner out!
We ate dinner on the sound and the sunset was beautiful
Fun without the kids!
Our view during dinner
Friday morning
The girls hanging out with MeMa
We hit the beach first thing and Caleb started picking up seashells again
The water was warmer on Friday and Caleb loved riding the boogie board
My handsome boy who is growing up too fast!
These girls had fun playing the sand
Taylor cousins at the beach!
Catching sand fiddlers with Uncle Greg
Looking in the bucket at all they caught
Taylor Grandkids - aren't they cute!
Mike and Susan on the beach
Some of the Taylor boys and their girls - we were missing a few :(
Evan and Mitzi, Logan, Scott and Tate, Corey and Maggie
Ella burying Jodi
The girls were tired so they laid on their beach towels and used their swimmies for pillows. They never fell asleep but laid there giggling and talking for a little while.
Evan pulling the boys on their boogie boards
The girls made some friends on the beach and played with them a while.
The next day the girls came running up to play again and looked at Ella and said "Well there is Ella Bella Katherine". She must have told them that was her name. So funny! She hears Ella Bella so much she thinks it is a middle name.
Caleb digging a big hole
Me, Mitzi and the kids stayed on the beach til 7 pm that night while everyone else headed back to cook. These girls were so tired on the way back to the house!
Dinner on the porch
Hanging out with family
Meridith came down on Friday night after work!
Saturday morning we woke up to rain!
So there was a lot of inside fun - boys playing a game on the computer
Girls playing on the couch
Matthew - what a cutie
Ella, Jodi, and Matthew were having fun playing in the laundry basket
The girls turn on the computer
Being silly!
Then we headed out of the house
The kids making flattened pennies with a design
Caleb and his penny
Hanging out on the pier
Walking down Jeanette's Pier - it is so nice!
The girls were tired so they got a ride!
Checking out the fish
These boys were busy reading the information about the pier
Caleb and Lena on the big turtle
We got ice cream on the way back
We played in the inside pool for a while.
Kids loved playing Marco Polo.
After dinner, all the kids piled on the couch for a movie
Sunday morning we woke up to car trouble - my car wouldn't start and the trunk wouldn't open
After we got the car fixed, we headed to breakfast
The Crew at Henry's
Then we headed back to the beach for one more day of fun in the sun
Caleb caught a crab
Corey and Greg fishing
Digging a big hole
Ella building a sandcastle
Checking out the waves - they were rough!
Mason and Caleb ventured out
Ella and Pepa played with seashells in the sand
Coming out of the rough waves
All the kids love Phyllis - Caleb and Phyllis with the seashells he gave her
The boys hanging out talking on the beach
Caleb and his sand fiddler
Ella and her seashell
Boogie boarding
Playing with MeMa and PePa
The ocean made a little river with a current and the kids would ride on their boogie board down the beach
and then pick up the board and run back to do it again
The kids put sand all over Corey
We left the beach about 7:00 on Sunday night and had a quiet ride home!
The kids were exhausted!
We had so much fun! We are thankful for time away with family!
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