Oak Island - Last Day

Just before leaving we decided we should go out to the beach one last time. It was really hard for Grandma Betty to walk on the beach so Ryan and I decided we would just sit here with her for a minute before the journey through the sand.
Ryan digging in the sand.

Life just doesn't get any better than this....

Ryan and Grandma Jean were finding some really cool shells.

Ryan decided he wanted to stick his toes again one last time.

Anyone who has been on an airplane with a screaming 3 year old will truly appreciate this picture. With our portable DVD player Ryan is mesmerized with Woody and Buzzlightyear for entire flight. He is quiet and content.

What a great vacation!!!!!!

Oak Island - Family Pictures

Four generations!!!

Jenny and Grandma Betty

Oak Island - the beach house

This is the house that we rented. This is the beach side. The room with curved window is the master bedroom where Grandma Jean and Grandpa Leroy stayed. The room under that one is where Jen and I stayed. The door on the bottom right led into the room where Grandma Betty and Ryan stayed. What an amazing house. It even had an elevator (which made life a lot easier for Grandma Betty).
Here is Ryan on our private boardwalk out to the beach.

Lounging...

Jen and Grandma Betty both looked thrilled to have her picture taken :)

Oak Island - the beach!

The next phase of our vacation took us to the other end of NC. We met up with my mother, step father, sister, and Ryan's only surviving great grandparent. We rented a fantastic house right on the beach. Thursday afternoon we ran to the beach quickly for as much as we could get because tropical storm Hanna was coming late Friday.

The surf looks pretty tame before the storm...

Ryan actually got his feet wet. Not bad for a guy who is terrified of the water.

MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Since Ryan wasn't interested in going into the ocean I decided to bring the ocean to him. He was fine standing on the beach back from the waves. I built him a "pool" so he could enjoy the water. I just filled it with water from buckets that i filled with ocean water.

Hard to believe but I caught a fish with a platic bucket!!!! It was swimming around in his makeshift pool. I managed to catch it again with a shovel and released it back into the surf.

Grandma Betty, Grandma Jean, Daddy walking in the surf.

This lighthouse was about a mile up the beach from us.