One of my favorite memories is of past vacations. Now we have new memories to add to the old. As a matter of fact, there are so many pictures for this vacation, all merged by 6 families, that I'm going to have to do this in 6 separate blog entries. Some times you just have so much fun, even doing nothing, that you want to capture it all on film and remember it forever. That's how this trip was.
It started being planned last November. As the pieces fell into place, we started to invite people to join in the fun. One thing we knew, this was going to be an adults only vacation. Nothing against children, but sometimes people need a break from it all, just to chill and do nothing. So the plans began. By January we were inviting people to join and trying to determine what size house to get. When you vacation in the Outer Banks of North Carolina it's best to rent a house, pool and all, and plan your vacation. In addition to no children this one trip, we were wanting to "Pay It Forward" for everyone who had helped us get through a rough year. Thank you was the main reason for the trip, and there were a lot of people to try to coordinate.
We finally had a final group list and had the time of our lives. Tricia and I were joined by Mary and Steve Gaylord (sister and brother in-law), their dog Bailey, Mom Schultz, Marcia Bourque (sister), Jeremy Smith (nephew), Lisa and Steve Schultz (brother and sister in-law), and Julie Madera (niece). Although so many others were invited, for a multitude of reasons, our guest list was the group of eleven of us.
I've started the memories with pictures of the people who were there, in order for the rest to make sense. Unfortunately, some people were more "picture takers" so there aren't as many shots of them to share.
There are a few special memories of some of the photos...
-Grandmama, was always covered up and cold while the rest of us were hot, but she did leave with a sunburn! She loved exploring all the unique shops and tourist traps.
-Jeremy, who we hadn't seen in years, reminiscing about looking at the stars each night and thinking of each other, or him being just plain crazy and fun... Lily Tomlin in the big chair!
-Julie says her sunscreen will protect her, then she's fried the next day, but she still keeps her commitment to study, so proud of her! She's so much fun!
-Lisa shares the first chance to get to know her and find out how lucky we are that she's in our family. She cheers for the Orlando Magic and takes some great photos!
-Marcia still loves to shop and laugh. I loved just watching her spend time with Jeremy, something I know she misses doing. And the "head joke"... you're killin' me!
-Mary was my pool pal and my cooking partner. I don't know how we made all the food fit in the refrigerators, or the look on her face when she saw all the cupboards of dishes... lots of bowls! We still had too much food!
-Steve S. makes the best pool fairy wrapped in a raft we have ever seen... he won the fishing contest with his TROPHY FISH catch, and allowed me to feed him his beer so he didn't have to leave the pool to drink!
-Steve G. woke each morning to watch the sunrise and see the daily news with me. He'd return from his daily fishing to tell us about the one that got away. A big thank you for taking everyone to the off-road area to look for horses and terrorists. About that grass skirt...
-Tricia ended every day with me by saying "thank you" for giving us this trip and the awesome people we shared it with. I will never forget the smile that finally returned to her face when she spent time with everyone...
I'm not as talented as many of you on making a montage, but I'm sure you'll get the idea. The computer kept changing the order of the pictures, so forgive a few "mix ups". Just take a few minutes... more than 5, I think, and enjoy the montage! Remember, with over 700 photos to share I will be posting 5 more montages of the trip! Enjoy!!!!
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What great memories! Thank you again for the invitation and everything while I was there. You're family is just awesome...I'm glad I got to me them and of course see you and Tric! :)
Sorry, Schulzie and I missed out on quite a vacation. You guys and gals all looked so happy and tanned. Auntie Marie looks great. And that Jeremy sure turned out to be one "hunk" of a guy. The pictures turned out great. It's a vacation you'll talk about for years. It's good to see you and Tricia smiling again.
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