Jockey's Ridge National Park

Logan, Orin and Matthew headed to the top of a dune.

They made it to the top!

Beach Pics

Orin and Logan show no fear.

Logan daring the sharks to come get him.

Orin showing off his super-cool moves.

Matthew showing the waves his backside.



Three headed underground beast.

Obama's Guarding Their Cars

This is our neighbor's garage door. Yes - I said garage door. Lovely, eh? It may be a great display of creativity and artistic talent, but c'mon. UGH! Thank goodness they're not directly across the street!

You can see more of my neighbor's artwork on their website turtlemoon.com .

Curiosity

Prior to our vacation this year I was asked some great questions...

Is there a kiddie pool in the ocean?

Are sharks afraid of children?

Will we be able to pet the dolphins when they swim over to us?

Matthew was certain a group of dolphins would swim past us while wading in the ocean. His plan was to grab a fin and ride one out into the sea. Weeeeeeeee!

The dolphins will protect us from the sharks, right?

Where will the rip tide take us if we're sucked in? (the thought was that rip tide = whirlpool)

Can we pee on people if they're stung by jellyfish? Can we pee on each other if we're stung? Can we pee on YOU if you're stung?

Matthew's Streak

Last night over supper all three boys got the giggles trying to tell us a story about Matthew and his underwear.

It was nearing time for me to arrive to pick up the boys. They got out of the pool to dry off and get dressed. After disrobing in the shower area Matthew discovered his underwear was missing. Thinking it may be at the bottom of the pool bag he returned to the poolside with only a towel wrapped around him to search. Finding the undies he shouted with glee "Yay! I found my underwear!". He then sprinted back towards the showers twirling the undies over his head yelling "My undies! My undies!" At some point during the fuss his towel had fallen below his tush. Did Matthew notice or even care? Of course not.

As Orin and Logan tell the story it was quite amusing to many people there.

Cans or Bottles?

Matthew: I can’t wait to drink beer in a can with my dad so I can shoot at the empty cans.

Logan: Matthew! You can’t drink from beer cans until you’re 21. You’re going to have to wait a LONG time.

Matthew: Oh. Well, that’s ok. I don’t mind drinking beer from bottles.

Three Types Of Lightning

New Wave Lightning
A great bolt of lightning shooting horizontally across the sky.



New Fashion Lightning
Lightning which illuminates the sky and/or clouds but no bolt is seen.



Old Fashioned Lightning
Impressive bolt(s) of lightning vertically lighting up the sky.

Eavesdropping

There is nothing better than listening to the boys talk to each other when they're not aware we're listening. Mark and I learned some interesting information this weekend eavesdropping on them in the back of the car.

Were you aware that we did the Japanese a huge favor dropping the atomic bombs on them during WW2? Prior to that they were living in the olden times - in black and white wearing triangle hats. Dropping those bombs on them and completely wiping out everything they had forced them to became technologically advanced. (Does that mean they ditched the triangle hats and became colorized?)

We were shortly thereafter asked when the 4th of July is. HA! Perhaps they don't know it all after all.