The Outer Banks: Ocracoke Island

After DC we stayed in Richmond, VA with friends for a few days. We had a blast with our friends! We played a lot of poker (Ahem....Not to brag but, I totally won!), ate good food, and our kids loved having playmates. On the way to the outer banks we stopped by to see Dawn (from Olabelhe) and her family! We are planning a longer visit for next time because our kids hit it off. :)

Oh my goodness! This place is beautiful!!! Everything here is locally owned, there are no big hotels or chain stores, just beach, sweet little B&B's and bike paths. We took a ferry over to the island and the kids were just as excited about that as they were the beach. The ferry is free and runs every hour on the hour. There is a little wifi hot spot here at a little general store and they sell bite sized apple pies ( they are so good!) so we call it apple pie and wifi. The kids can FaceTime friends and family from back home when we come here. They are talking to their cousin Charlie right now. :)

My kids are keeping travel journals and when I get back home I'm going to do a big post with a day by day account of this trip, we really are having the time of our lives. I'm so grateful for the chance to do is!!

The last few days have been so relaxed and fun. One day we rode our bikes to town (a short 3 mile ride) and poked around. One day it rained so we just hung out and played cards all day in the airstream. Today my kids have been on the beach most of the day.

We only have 6 days left before we get back home, I can't believe it! Our next stop is the Great Smokey Mountains and then home. I'll check back in soon friends! xo, Sam

Comments

New triple bunks.

Ben designed new bunk beds for the "girl's dorm" and "boy's dorm" in our house. We LOVE them!! We are almost done with all of the work, just a few loose ends left to tie up, but I couldn't wait to show off his handy-work. This is the girl set. We stained them with colored stain and we really like how that turned out. It's almost the color of cranberries. I still need to paint the boards that are attached to the wall. I'm going to paint them the color of the wall so that it looks like the beds are floating. :) This is the boy set while still under construction. We ordered new bunk mattresses, but they haven't come in yet. I will show you guys pictures when they are completely finished. We stained these green, it looks like the color of bamboo. The kids LOVE these beds! And oh the space we have now! I'll be back soon with finished pictures! xo, Sam If any of you make beds using these plans could you send us a picture? We

The Handmade Dress Infomercial: Do you suffer from scrached DVD's?

Do your children cry when they can't watch their favorite movie because of irritating scratches? Are you sick of paying good money for movies that are scratched minutes after you take them from the case? Do you often wish that we could just go back to VHS because you could leave them out in the rain, bring them in and use them for a coaster, and then let the baby throw it for fun and it would STILL WORK!? ME TOO ! . We have struggled for years with scratched movies that were no longer watchable, but not anymore! We have finally found the secret formula to rid you of this nasty little problem forever! . Crest Kids Toothpaste! YES, that's what I said! Kids toothpaste! . A few months back I heard some place that toothpaste would take of scratches and I tried it and it didn't work, then the other day out of pure desperation I tried it my way. IT WORKED! So I decided this kind of news could not be kept secret, I have to tell the world! So I

The Family Closet

It's another gray day so the pictures aren't great, but I wanted to get these posted since I have a few minutes. The family closet has changed my life people!! It has taken my most overwhelming chore from crazy to totally doable. We had to start in the laundry room because that is were most of this process starts. These storage racks went on sale for 69$ right after Christmas and we got 3. We also got several of the $3.50 Steralite clothes baskets because they fit side by side perfectly. In the laundry room I now have baskets labeled (Whites, Towels, Darks, Reds & Purples -we have a lot of those!) to separate clothes into, baskets marked "Clean" for clean clothes, a place for storage (extra dish cloths, table cloths, socks that need a mate). The laundry room is much less intimidating now, I actually like going in there! I also now have room for my drying rack in here! I painted a huge henna design on the wall to pretty it up a bit. :) The Caffee sign

The Handmade Dress

Search This Blog