Kite Festival ....

The next day that our daughter and her family

were here, we went to the Kite Festival

up on Jockey's Ridge

It's a huge sand dune....the largest on the East Coast

There wasn't much wind that day so not many of the kites went up

the next day was very windy and as we drove by we saw the 

really big ones but I did not get

pictures of those

This was the first time Declan and Avery had climbed Jockeys Ridge
Declan said it was a desert and he was sure there
were dinosaurs buried under the sand....haha

Avery wanted to wear her Daddy's sandals

Bucky is such a good daddy....

later....

More from the weekend ....

Our daughter Jacquelyn and son-in-law Bucky 

treated us to a steak dinner 

for Fathers Day

and it was delicious!!!

We had steak, fresh tomatoes, corn on the cob, baked potatoes

cucumber and onion salad and blueberry pie

After dinner we went on a walk...

Declan and Avery were very proud to walk the dogs by themselves

right at the end of our street is the sound

Bucky stayed home because the pie was in the oven

he took this picture from the front balcony

after such a busy day these 2 cuddled up worn out

so sweet

and the picture below is the next day when they

were leaving to go home

It was a fun time

later....

Beach .....

After the Kite Festival we went over to the beach

it was a beautiful day and the kids had so much fun

Declan is very nervous about the ocean but not Avery....

she didn't want us to hold her hand, told us she was fine!!

we told her NO WAY...ha!

So cute carrying their own chairs and their buckets

we got back to the house and they wanted to play in the

little swimming pool

later....

Family Carnival .....

the week after we moved to the beach 

our daughter, son-in-law and 2 grandchildren came to visit

We went to the Family Fun Fair on the sound on Friday night

it was a fun time, small, clean and not crowded

Avery Grace had never ridden a ride before so she was very excited

it was a beautiful afternoon, perfect weather

The Soundside is a nice little park down in Nags Head

for all kinds of events

Avery had never been to a carnival before so she was really

mesmerized by all of the games and prizes

Declan and I rode the roller coaster

He was a little nervous when it started to go

But then was having a wonderful time

right in the middle of the picture you can see Jacquelyn

and Avery riding. Avery smiled and laughed the whole time

Declan was so worried about her....he was afraid she would be 

scared and cry but she loved it

Declan loved going through the obstacle course

they played a game and both won a prize

later....

Lorraine turned 2 ....

Our youngest grandchild Lorraine

turned 2 on November 29th

Nicole and Tyler had a small family party for her

and I was really, really bad about taking pictures

but here are a couple

she loved her feather crown and earrings

and she loved her new dollhouse that Grandpa and I gave her

and sadly those are the only pictures I took

you know I have a goal of "living in the moment" more.....and not 

to live the moment via a phone camera. So this is what happens, not

many pictures. But I can say, I enjoyed my time there with everyone

later.....

A nature walk ....

Jacquelyn wanted to take Declan and Avery

out on a nature walk to see the pretty leaves

with not wanting to go in woods she wasn't familiar with

I suggested walking the trails at our work, Capital One

We have such a beautiful campus

And she invited me to come along

Declan had a nature bingo card and he wanted

to use that as his scavenger hunt list

We found everything on the list except 

a butterfly and a bee

here's Declan checking list list

I had my walking stick with me but whenever Avery wanted to

walk, she wanted my stick

checking something off of the list

had no idea what this was....weird looking

a lake was on his list and he called the pond a lake so

that one got checked off

we have a treehouse on our campus....fun!

Our campus is so pretty in the fall

later.....