Memorial quick get-a way

We decided Thursday afternoon that we were going to be going down to the beach.  Brandon got the day off and we asked the boys if they were going to be very upset if we took them out of school to go to the beach.  We went to Wrightsville Beach and had a blast.  We didn't even have a room reserved before we left and thank goodness we had to stay in a hotel for almost 2 months.  We got to use our points and this hotel was free for the night.  Sweet!  We would have rather stayed over a few more nights but duties called us at church so we had to head back Saturday afternoon.

View from the hotel

Water was a little cold at first, but the boys got used to it.

Happy for getting to skip school.

This is how Isaiah spent most of his day!

Riding the waves

Racing brothers.  No, the outdoor pool and the beach weren't enough for these two boys they still needed more water time.

USS North Carolina

Manning the guns

Excited to be able to think about shooting something.

These were big enough that each boy could have been shot out of it like a projectile.

Isaiah's side moved the guns up and down.

Braxton's moved left to right.  So they both had to work together as a team to get these guns moving.  And If it would have been loaded the airplane flying past would have been shot down.  They both had it in their scopes.

That is one huge anchor!

Sick I know!  He was up before I knew what was going on, but he got to experience sleeping on a bunk on a ship of sailor.  They are 4 high and about 6-8 of these in each of the little sections of the ship.

Over all we had a nice relaxing time and needed it so much as our life still hasn't slowed down.  We are so ready for our lives to be...