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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis year\u2019s house had an enclosed porch\u2026.giving the kids their own separate area to eat dinner. This year the kids got to partake in the seafood boil\u2026.something several of them have wanted to do for years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We celebrated Avery and Emerson\u2019s 15th<\/sup> birthday at the beach! A rainy morning meant the girls went shopping at Mermaid Cove and Strands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n August 4 was a Tuesday, so it was Taco Tuesday for their birthday dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For dessert, Emerson opted for a blackberry pie and Avery opted for a homemade Ben & Jerry\u2019s ice-cream cake, that Harper and I made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019t exactly in walking distance to an ice cream shop this year, but if we were, I would say we reached that milestone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Time was spent at the beach\u2026.during the day\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026.and at night\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the pool\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n The boil\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Surfing, now an annual tradition, and one of the most looked forward to aspects of the trip\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A family outing to Southport\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n New this year\u2026game night hosted by the kids! <\/p>\n\n\n\n I learned that I am not so hip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2026not only was it our 10-year beach anniversary, but it was also the Brophy\u2019s 15th<\/sup>wedding 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\u2026 we have been a part of each other\u2019s lives for over half our lives; our kids have known one another their entire lives. We have shared momentous moments and made countless memories\u2026our beach family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019t keep us from going to the beach. We just shifted our beach schedule slightly some of … Continue reading <\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"