Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE THE BEACH! Well I do! Our good friends the Basiles after much effort, aggravation and tears bought a beautiful beach house in Holden Beach (the tears and aggravation were because it was a short-sale). They closed right before Christmas and invited us down after the holiday. The place had been a rental for the last seven years so it needed some cleaning and love and more cleaning. So we set out to do just that but along the way had some fun, found some awesome shells and got to hang out with awesome friends!
Don and Nick moved all of the furniture around in the house and Rachel and I cleaned each room from top to bottom, blinds, walls, floors and furniture. The boys...well, Cody, Justin, Kyle and Ryan played on the beach and played on the wii. Boys will be boys.
Our last morning there Kyle, Justin, Ryan, Don and I headed down the beach for a walk, it was a gorgeous day and to our surprise we found about 15 conch shells, 2 sand dollars, 2 sea biscuits. I was one happy girl! The boys were so excited running from shell to shell. We could see the conch shells from a distance sticking out of the sand. There was a storm the night before and it must have stirred things up, there was also a huge tree that had washed up on shore as well!
Shorts and sweatshirts in December, I just love NC! Now that I look through the pictures we have no pictures of Cody, well he is in high school now. I am going to have to make a mental note next time and try to catch him off guard and snap one! We even have pictures of sweet Abby the dog.
Can you believe the boys helping cook! Rachel out did herself, we had surf and surf and turf. Lobster tails, awesome shrimp in a cilantro pesto and steak! Yummy! We sure don't eat like that at home. Love Rachel's cooking!! :)
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