We were blessed with a FREE stay at a house on Oak Island. We stayed there 2 summers ago compliments of one of Scott's students. He picked Mr. Dobbins as his favorite teacher that year, so his parents gifted us with 5 days at their beach house. We humbly asked to use it again, and they said "Yes". We stayed from Tuesday to Friday and had a great time. On Thursday, we went rode the Fort Fisher Ferry over to the Aquarium. It's an all day adventure waiting for and riding the ferry to and fro, but the boys enjoyed it. The best place was at the end of the island called "The Point". It's where the inlet waters meet the ocean, between Oak Island and Holden Beach. The water was calm and shallow, it was like swimming in a pool. Stephen was able to swim around with his floaties and enjoy the water. Silas was all over the place, digging in the sand, trying to catch fish with a net, and hunting shells. We stayed for 4 hours the first day we went, so needless to say our sunscreen wore out and we all got a little toasted! We went for 2 more hours the morning we left, so after cleaning the house where we stayed, we got on the road about 2pm and headed home. We took a detour by the Bennett's (Silas' bio great-grandparents) on the way home, so we arrived home tired and weary at 10pm!
Thanks so much to the Price family for blessing us with a little vacation!
I didn't know my sessions were so "painful"...
...or whatever???
We HAVE to play golf EVERYWHERE we go!
Silas LOVED playing Magi Quest in the hallways of the Lodge
Supper at Cracker Barrel
Great Wolf Lodge's version of "Wipe Out"
Stephen made a stuffed penguin he named "Oso"
The wave pool was great!
We had a great time at the Great Wolf Lodge July 21st-22nd. It was a special treat thanks to my Food Lion 20% discount! We got there at 1:30, checked in and hit the water park. Stephen loved the kiddie area, which he called the "cat pool", which I finally deciphered that he thought I said "kitty" pool! He is just SO funny! We played the afternoon away, then went to dinner at Cracker Barrel. When we came back, Stephen and I played Putt Putt while Scott and Silas played Magi Quest. I made a quick run to Walmart for milk, I just couldn't pay $2.50 for a pint of milk at the snack bar when I could buy a gallon for just a fraction more! The next day we had to check out by 11am, but we had water park privileges until 9pm that night. We went out to Chick-fil-A for lunch, then played some more until we were worn out. We left for our 30 minute drive home about 6:30 that evening. We cannot wait to do it again!!
Summer has just flown by! I have not updated the blog since Scott was at camp July 4th week! We have enjoyed my sister Sherry's pool this summer. We only live a half mile away, and my parents are right beside her, but we've been so busy we've only swam 5 or 6 times. Poor Stephen is a bug magnet, he gets bitten constantly and the bite areas swell up and look horrible. Silas says "He must smell like meatloaf!". I didn't know bugs were particularly drawn to meatloaf, but Silas thinks so!
