Beach Bummin'

1. Our beach house this year, it was called Sand Trap (I think...).

2. This was the view that I got from my window over my bed every morning, can you imagine being lucky enough to actually live somewhere with that?

3. I'm actually four and a half years older than my "big" sister, Claire.

4. Clear waters as far as you can see!

5. The night of the 4th, we went into town to watch the fire works. I couldn't actually get any pictures of the fireworks, unfortunately.

6. Our cousin Abbey is about two months older than Claire, and they act like sisters when we get to be together.

7. I couldn't get a very good picture on my phone, but the sunsets were phenomenal.

8. Every year we stop in Southport on our way out of town, and my dad and Claire and I always end up sitting outside while Mom peruses her favorite place, the Christmas Store.

Every year (except one) since 2000, my family has gone to Long Beach, NC, with some family on my dad's side. They're great people, and we love them a lot, but the beach trip is the only time that we get to see them out of the year. This year my family went over the fourth of July, as usual. Unlike the other years though, the beach trip was right in the middle of my internship. I was really disappointed that I wasn't going to be able to go, and then I realized that I had the 4th off anyway, and I had two vacation days, so I took off Thursday and Friday as well and flew down to NC to meet my family after work on Tuesday, July 3rd. It was so great being able to see everyone, I'm really happy that I got to go down. I meant to post my pictures earlier, but I got caught up in life and didn't get a chance/forgot until now. I wish I had a really nice camera, but these were all just taken from my phone and then instagrammed.