Vacation Time!!!

Hi everyone. Just wanted to share some pictures from our family vacation earlier in July to Nags Head, NC. We were joined by both Chris's and Amber's parents and Chris's sister's family (Kamryn, Rob, Landon, Dane, and Brooks). We had a AWESOME time and created so many great memories. Hope all is well and that you are enjoying your summers!

Day 1 - Tanner and Carsyn off to the beach (let the exhaustion begin)...


Carsyn getting a feel for the Ocean water...


Tanner wasted no time hitting waves...


No worries here, Chris and Uncle Rob took their burying later in the week...


Mia Ligetti (Geri) and Carsyn playing in the sand...


Carsyn and her cousin Brooks enjoying a dinner out...


Later that night, we took the older boys to ride Go-Karts. It was a ton of fun, and according to each one of them, they all won the race.


One of our favorite places in Nags Head is the Kitty Hawk Kite Shop. They have a Kid's Day each week where the kids can make kites, get faces painted, and other fun things. Tanner loved his tiger...


Tanner and Carsyn with Grandma Lloyd (Nancy) at the Oregon Inlet looking at the fishing boats...


Amber and her Dad, Duane...


Duane and Chris's dad, Bill, enjoying a beer on the shoreline (2 beers of the 5 cases disposed of during the week. Good job team!)...


Pap Pap, Tanner, Grandma, Carsyn and Amber hanging at the pool, which was a great way to end each day at the beach...


Pop Pop sneaking up on Carsyn in the pool. Oh the giggles...


The other great thing about having the house pool was Tanner learning how to swim without any flotation device before the end of the week...


Our favorite pictures of Tanner are the ones where you can tell he is proud (if you've read this blog in the past, you know what we mean). Well, it goes without saying that his refined swimming skills brought out one of the best smiles of the week...


Another afternoon at the pool (left to right: Landon, Rob, Carsyn, Chris, Amber, Geri, Brooks, Kamryn, Bill, Tanner, Nancy, Dane, and Duane)...


Rob, Landon, and Kamryn doing the one, two, three - JUMP!


And now all three older boys, just a tad out of sync...


And finally, the men (or bigger boys)...


We'd like to extend a special thank you to our Moms and Dads for their tremendous help throughout the week with the kids. While we know they were enjoying their weeks also creating special memories of their own, we appreciate the extra relaxation time and especially our evening out, just the two of us...


While it took some coaxing, Tanner joined Chris in the deeper parts of the ocean a few times. He especially enjoyed getting out far enough "bobbing" over the waves before they crashed on us...


Carsyn had less of a choice going into the ocean. You have to get that sand off your body somehow!


Amber and her "best boy", strolling down the beach...


Tanner and Carsyn with Grandma and Pap Pap Lloyd...


... and with Mia and Pop Pop Ligetti...


Dinner out on the last night...


...our beautiful children...


... and the whole gang...


Finally, we stopped for ice cream after dinner to celebrate Pop Pop's birthday. This is about the best one person could do to keep all five of these kiddos in camera view!


Here are a few pictures from 4th of July in State College. The pictures remind us how great our children are, how amazing a role model Tanner is for his little sister, and how much Carsyn ADORES her big brother...



Carsyn on her first carnival ride, protected by Tanner, of course...