Carolina Girl (at heart)

I forgot how much I love the beach! I'm completely torn between two states. We really do love living out here, however, we really love the beach. It is very hard to live so far from all of our family and old friends but we have some wonderful new friends. I think we will probably wind up in the Carolinas, you know within driving distance of the beach and UT Football. We would also be able to have Sundrop and Tony's milkshakes whenever we wanted. We had such a good time this week.

We started the weekend with the Southeastern Gunters. Emory had a blast with her cousin, Merrin. Those girls are going to be trouble one day! They only see each other a few times a year but you would think they played together every day. Their favorite activities were dancing, riding in the golf cart and jumping on the beds.
We were lucky enough to have the Kearneys share part of their vacation with us as well. Emory loved playing in the sand with Nolan and in the waves with Miss Tasha. It's so fun to hang out with old friends!

Emory LOVED playing in the waves (big surprise)! We would be sitting there playing in the sand and she would slowly back up but still be digging in the sand until she thought she was far enough that we couldn't catch and then take off running to the ocean. She didn't even mind when a wave knocked her over. She also happily stuck her face in the water to blow bubbles. I'm glad she not afraid, but she is definitely a handful. She wanted to catch every bird, kite and airplane that she saw and would run after them saying "Emory reach it". She was so much fun to be with!
We finished our trip by staying with Grammy for the weekend. It was such a relaxing way to end our trip. I'm going to have a rough time getting Emory used to just being with me again. She's had such a busy two months! We went to Tennessee, Montreal, had Granmomma and Grandaddy come visit for her birthday and then went the beach. It is good to be home but we will definitely miss everyone.