Well, we are back from our trip to the Outer Banks.  Here are some pics of our trip:

Here is the whole crew without me, of course.  We stayed with two of my nephews, Jay and Greg, and my sister, Carol, and her husband, Tom.  We also took Kearsten's best friend, Rodeisha with this year.  She is a long time friend that might as well be family!


Here are Den and my nephew, Greg, surf fishing:


And, of course, the kids had a blast:



And here is Mackenzie with a washed up jelly fish of some sort, or at least we think, (it lost it tentacles somehow):


Here are pics from our visit to the lighthouse:

My nephew, Jay, climbed the lighthouse with the kids and me.

Kearsten and me:


The wild horses which roamed the 4x4 area in which we stayed:

The first pic is of the horses wandering into our yard and driveway.

The second pic is of a stallion walking down the beach.


Every morning, we had a beautiful sunset to wake up to, and every evening we had just as beautiful of a sunset:



Lastly, we went to the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island.  The kids are sitting outside in front of a fish sculpture at the entrance:



We had our trip planned for many months, and it seemed to come and go all too quickly.  I think this was the first time I ever really needed to get away from my everyday life and relax a little (although, it did take me a while to feel more relaxed).  It was a breather from my everyday stress that fills my life.  I am so glad I was able to spend such wonderful quality time with my family.  Now that I am refreshed, at least somewhat, I am ready to take on more challenges that intrigue me.  So much to do, so little time.  Life is too short! 

I have so much I want to do.  I have been actively completing layouts in circle journals from one of the web groups I belong to.  Those ladies are wonderful inspiration.  I will be posting the last layout I did for someone on my website soon.  My fall crop is coming up in less than a month and I have a lot to do in preparation yet.  I also have some new product to get listed in my store.  And I promised both of my boys that I would finish the quilts I started for them before the end of the year.  Busy, busy, busy...such is the life of a person who has many interests!