Our beach vacation here in North Carolina is officially coming to a close.  Tomorrow we say good-bye to our beach house and the beautiful ocean.  The beach is one of my favorite places to escape from everything and just enjoy the never ending waters and that softness of the breeze brushing against your skin.  Some great memories were created here and we’ll definitely miss this place.  I loved nothing more than watching Jilliann enjoy every minute she spent here at the beach.  Watching her smile, laugh and jumping in excitement will be my most memorable moments here.  She can truly warm my heart when she’s so overjoyed in excitement!!  I love it!!

Not only was our vacation surrounded by great people and wonderful food, but I also just finished a fabulous summer book!  I said to myself that I was going to take as much time as I could to just sit down, relax and enjoy a nice piece of reading material.  And I am so glad I did!  I definitely don’t read enough so I think after this vacation that will have to change.  And if your looking for a great book for some summer reading, definitely check out “Dear, John” by Nicholas Sparks.  I bought this book at the last minute while in the airport getting ready to fly out to Indiana.  I’m not much a novelist reader but this book defnitely had me wanting more.  I coudn’t seem to put it down.  It also was a book that I could completely relate to you which made it that much better!!  If you’re familiar with Nicholas Sparks, he also wrote the book “The Notebook” which became one of my favorite movies of all time!

Considering we’ll be leaving this beautiful North Carolina sun, I know that every one will be leaving this vacation much tanner than we were coming in.  And that in itself is always a great thing to take with you from your fun family vacation!!

*** It was absolutely amazing to see the wild horses they have here on the beach.  And I literally mean “wild”!  They run wild up and down the beach which also makes them a huge tourist attraction and we were so happy to have seen them!! ***