Photo Gallery: Scenic/cool photos from St. Simons Island
Posted by Michelle on Aug 18, 2005 in Hayley, Michelle
Photo Gallery: Family photos from our trip to St. Simons Island
Posted by Michelle on Aug 17, 2005 in Hayley, Michelle
Photos with Grandma Joanne, Grandpa Gordon and Aunt Cathie – and even Jeepers!
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Photo Gallery: Hayley at Camp Seafarer
Posted by Michelle on Jun 13, 2005 in Hayley
We dropped Hayley off at Camp Seafarer Sunday afternoon for a week of camp. I cried leaving but she was ready to roll when she saw the rest of her cabinmates on the pier ready to sail.
This camp is so wonderful. Tons of sailboats, kayaks and motorboats, huge waterslide, zip lines. Horses, golf course, tennis, tons of soccer, volleyball and softball fields. Her cabin was almost on the water and it took like less than one minute to get to the pier where the boats were!!! They were taking them out on rides on a motor boat when we left.
They had these great rustic cabins with about 11 bunks for kids and 3 bunks for counselors in each – so the kids have THREE counselors right in the cabin, one is right next to Hayley. And they have nice bathrooms and showers attached to the cabin – I always hated having to trek to an outside bathroom at camp.
The camp had an entire clothing and gear line of stuff – I went a bit nuts but oh well. Just way cool place. You dream about camps this cool for your child. All these counselors are that confident, happy and sunny kind of girls that I so want her to be. This camp helps create confident, independent and strong kids and I so want that for her.
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Back from Nags Head
Posted by Michelle on Jun 20, 2004 in Jeff, Michelle, pups & other pets
We had an incredibly restful week at the beach. The house had some faults (not enough living room furniture and small tv) but was roomy (four bedrooms, three bath, two wrap around decks and a hot tub). It was nice to have two master suites, one on each floor so when our friends arrived, we all felt like we had some privacy.
And this year, we had groceries delivered when we checked in, that was so nice – not fighting Seamark with the hordes on day one was such a gift!
Had some good food – mexican seafood at Don Gatos, chicken and ribs at Jockey’s Ribs, crab and shrimp at Dirty Dicks, fried seafood at Sam and Omies, burgers and shakes at Fatboyz, crab sandwiches at Quagmires and pizza…. and fudge… mmmm.
And of course, I shopped at my two favorite OBX stores. The KDH cooperative where I got some cute candles and ceramics (including a tooth fairy box). Then this great silver store where their business cards are shells, I got some more candles, two great prints, little s&p crab shakers and more stuff. I got shirts and such for the neighbors kids too.
We slept so much and read a lot. Jeff and I spent so much time on the deck, just reading. Watched a few DVDs and Jeff played some xbox. And a new movie theater opened so we went to Day after Tomorrow. Pretty good for a vacation movie.
Bryan and Tammy arrived Monday about 3am. He comes down almost every year and this was our first time meeting Tammy, who was a sweetheart. She and I had a good ole time shopping while Bryan and Jeff launched their traditional Axis and Allies fest – only a short 7 hours this time.
We managed to not get fried this trip nor lose any of the dogs, so thumbs up on that! However, no more queen beds. We just can’t sleep well with two of the dogs in bed in a queen – Jeff is too long and I’m too wide, and the dogs are too wiggly for a queen.
I actually didn’t take a lot of photos this trip – after five straight years at the same beach (and others before that when I was younger) you don’t really do the local shots thing anymore. Plus we had photos taken down on the beach that we’ll get the proofs from in three weeks.
View from the top deck – 100 feet to the beach
Cute Jeff with his shades
Sam trying to find a way out
Buster loves to sleep in the sun
Molly and Buster took over the loveseat
Our friend Bryan and Jeff playing Axis and Allies on my computer – this year’s game was relatively short, only about seven hours
The guys hamming it up to get rid of me and the camera
Birds overhead
Bryan and his girlfriend Tammy.
The pink girls, Tammy and I return from our afternoon of shopping (in my defense, didn’t know i was going out for the full day and still have my swimsuit on underneath from my morning in the hot tub plus no makeup)
Jeff looking off into the distance
Bryan swinging Tammy around
Look close, you can see the puppies on the other side of the glass door wanting to get out
For the record… I had Bryan down 21-0 at the half of a UNC-UVA college fball game, I decided to quit so we could get to dinner and just drop the game. In Bryan’s defense, he was used to the Madden control scheme but later I found him practicing for a rematch – one I wouldn’t give him. hee hee
Sleepy buster
B&W photos from the beach
Posted by Michelle on Jun 23, 2003 in Michelle
Pea Island Wildlife preserve
View of the ocean from under some old stairs that no longer touch beach
Bodie Island lighthouse
Cape Hatteras lighthouse (the one they moved)
Random beach photos
Posted by Michelle on Jun 22, 2003 in Jeff, Michelle, pups & other pets
No cute photo this year of the three pups – they were half wet, dirty and grumpy on the beach.
Very cool mosaic at this artist coop, the horses are all over the Outer Banks and the location they are at gets to decorate them accordingly:
Another cool horse
I’m driving along and at a red light, I see some complete dumbass who ended up hang gliding over a Holiday Inn – seriously, he was way far from the hand gliding area at Jockey’s Ridge:
The house had these sun light windows that drove us crazy but the dogs loved to sleep in the warmth of them:
Jeff out front of Cape Hatteras
Another shot from Pea Island preserve (most insect infested place ever)
Two cute kids sitting in the surf:
My four loves…
Posted by Michelle on Jun 30, 2002 in Humor, Jeff, pups & other pets
Jeff with the pups at Nags Head.
Smack, right on the lips!
Buster & Molly at Nags Head
Posted by Michelle on Jun 1, 2001 in pups & other pets
The pups at the beach!
