A Recap of our Vacation on Emerald Isle

John and I got home today.

We had a wonderful, memorable vacation.

Here are a few pictures to give you an idea of some of my favorite moments.

This was our first night on the beach.  I love seeing the excitement in the little girls' eyes as they watch those big waves.

Our beach was just gorgeous.  A little piece of heaven, for sure.

After a morning walk, we always enjoyed a diet coke on our beach.

 Tiz loved riding the big waves with us.
In light of recent shark attacks, I was always nervous out there, but Tiz said we should not worry about that.

Everyone having fun in the sea.
Soli even enjoyed it.

We celebrated Soliana's third Soliversary while we were on vacation.
We had a Pirate themed party for her.
She loved it so much.
She loves her Jake and the Neverland Pirates.

Pirate sisters!

 We visited the North Carolina Aquarium on Emerald Isle.
We all enjoyed the aquarium very much.
This above photo is from a hiking path at the aquarium.

So glad that the only sharks we saw were in the Aquarium.

 The Van Auken family on a turtle.

Soli loved petting the stingrays.

 John and I on our back deck overlooking the sound.

 The swimming pools were wonderful, the water was as warm as a bathtub.
We always swam after our morning dip in the ocean.

The landscaping around our condo was so pretty.

And everyday ended with a beautiful sunset off our deck.
The week went so quickly, but we do have lots of happy memories.

On the way home, we stopped at Sherri and Jeff Browning's house in Charlotte.
Sherri and Jeff are two of our very good friends from college and we don't get to see them very often so this visit was a real treat.
We enjoyed a wonderful meal, great drinks, and good conversation.
It was a great way to end our vacation.

Sherri and I, we were known as the Sherri Sisterhood in college.
I cannot wait to go back to the ocean again.
There is something magical about it.