Zachary & The Otters!

We found out that Zachary loves otters! They have a display at the aquarium of otters that are native to the North Carolina area. After pulling him away from the aquariums (literally!), he then discovered the otters....now to drag him away from those!!

The North Carolina Aquarium

After we got inside, Camden immediately jumped up on this huge frog...Zachary wanted no parts of it. Zach was very ready to move on, but once he saw the huge fish tank, I couldn't pull him away from it...

Mommy's Men

No words...

Trying So Hard For A Family Picture

It is so hard to get a family picture of us! Almost always, one of us is looking the wrong direction, making a silly face, blinking or something other crazy facial expression. Well, here is our first attempt while at the beach...

This one is pretty good....

Stack 'em High!

On our way to our new favorite breakfast spot!

One of my best friends, Jordan Foster, came down to the beach to hang out with us while we were down there and brought her boyfriend's boys Tyler and Gill with her. Her boyfriend, B.G. Tinder, went to high school with T.D. and his boys and Camden are great friends.

Anyway, they introduced us to Stack 'em High Pancake House at the beach. We'd never eaten there before. Well, it quickly became Camden (and ours as well) favorite breakfast at the beach! Our first day there, Camden ate 5 pancakes and 6 slices of bacon...that's a lot for him!!

So, here we are on the way to breakfast and then to the aquarium. Granny snapped these pictures from behind us on the road. When the boys realized they could turn around and wave to Granny and Grandaddy they were ecstatic! You can kind of see in the first picture that Camden was just noticing that he could see them right behind him...it was really cute!!

Shrek!

Zachary loves Shrek! We found him laying on our bed at the beach house one morning laughing out loud to Shrek and Donkey.

Then Corey decided to join in the fun! Camden was busy eating pancakes!!

First Full Day on the Beach

We spent out first full day of vacation on the beach! We had a great time playing in the ocean and building forts and castles in the sand! Zachary took a little bit to "warm up" to the ocean and sand, but once he did...Watch Out!

Camden and Granny playing in the sand, with Camden getting his nerve up to jump in!

Daddy and Camden beginning their sand fort! They built a huge sand mountain with a tunnel in the middle. As the tide continued to come in, the water got closer and closer and finally came through the tunnel and into the trench around the mountain! TD is so creative with stuff like this! I can't wait for science fair projects to start!!

More Beach Pics

Here's a few more beach pictures from our OBX Vacation!