10 years! 10 years of beaching with our beach family. It truly gets better each year.
The weather was rainier than years past; however, it didn’t keep us from going to the beach. We just shifted our beach schedule slightly some of the days.
The kids all get along. There are no cliques, no grouping off…it’s truly heartwarming to catch the pairings and conversations – I often wonder what the conversations are about. Not that it matters, but it does make me smile. And Bear, everyone adores him!
This year’s house had an enclosed porch….giving the kids their own separate area to eat dinner. This year the kids got to partake in the seafood boil….something several of them have wanted to do for years.
We celebrated Avery and Emerson’s 15th birthday at the beach! A rainy morning meant the girls went shopping at Mermaid Cove and Strands.
August 4 was a Tuesday, so it was Taco Tuesday for their birthday dinner.
For dessert, Emerson opted for a blackberry pie and Avery opted for a homemade Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream cake, that Harper and I made.
The fact that they are 15 is truly mind blowing. I remember the early years of beaching with our beach family and thinking how cool it would be if we kept vacationing together. I envisioned the kids being in high school walking to get ice-cream themselves. We weren’t exactly in walking distance to an ice cream shop this year, but if we were, I would say we reached that milestone.
Time was spent at the beach….during the day….
….and at night….
In the pool…
The boil…
Surfing, now an annual tradition, and one of the most looked forward to aspects of the trip….
A family outing to Southport…
New this year…game night hosted by the kids!
I learned that I am not so hip.
And many more memories that will always hold a special place in our heart. We all got a little sappy this year on seafood boil night…not only was it our 10-year beach anniversary, but it was also the Brophy’s 15thwedding anniversary (we did not go to their wedding since I had just given birth to Avery and Emerson two days prior, but I somehow feel like I was there). There was a lot of reminiscing… we have been a part of each other’s lives for over half our lives; our kids have known one another their entire lives. We have shared momentous moments and made countless memories…our beach family.
