Topsail Beach

July 15: a We went to the beach! Last time we went we checked out Holden Beach. It was nice and we loved it! But this time we decided to try out one called Topsail Beach and it blew the other one out of the water! Mostly because we found an awesome spot that was close to bathrooms with plenty of parking. It was away from the crowds, the sand was SO soft and smooth. It wasn't windy and the waves were perfect for the kids to do their boogie boards on. They had worked for my mom when we were still living in Utah, picking up tons of pine cones, and had earned some money. So when we were at Sam's Club earlier in the week, the kids decided that's what they wanted to spend their money on. And it was a good thing because they are obsessed with boogie boarding now! It was so relaxing to just hang out on the beach with just our family and have some together time. I know we need to really take advantage of our time together because next month is when residency is going to get a lot harder! But for now, we are enjoying spending a lot of time with Rick :)

She loved finding seashells and putting them
in her pink bucket!

The boogie boards the kids saved up their own money for!
We got them on clearance at Sam's Club.

More June Pics...

Somehow I missed all the rest of these June photos from our first few weeks of living in NC. So here they are!

I am in love with Kimbri's sweet little notes
that she is always writing me. I love that she
used the word "brilliant", haha!

We have gone to Smith Lake park a couple times and love it!

My mom bought all the kids some fun new sheets
for their beds in our new house. Here is Brenna
trying out her new pillow and crib sheets :)

Kimbri playing dress up in a jacket my dad
brought home to me from Hong Kong when I
was a little girl.

Garrett, Kai and Grey playing cars outside.

We were tending Kai and Grey while my friend, Kelsey, and
her husband went in for an ultrasound. They are about to have
a little girl!

Brenna loves playing with the Little People sets.

We were given a Texas Roadhouse gift card before we moved and decided to take the kids out for a fun dinner together. We met Rick there after his shift ended. The kids looove the rolls with cinnamon butter they have there.

June 2017

We made it to North Carolina on June 10. The rest of the month was spent mostly unpacking and trying to get ready for Rick to start residency.  We also spent tons of time trying to get our cars registered, getting new licenses, updating our address, etc... all the technical, not-so-fun stuff you have to do when you move. 

On my birthday, Rick woke up with the kids and took them out so I could sleep in :) He took them to the library. Then we had Oreo ice cream cake that night. It's one of my favorites! 

We tried out the Fayetteville Children's Museum. Garrett loved the firehouse area and figured out how to go down the fireman pole.

The upstairs section of the museum had rats
and snakes you could hold. Yikes! Kimbri was
really brave. We also made glitter glue there.

Garrett decided to take a snooze on daddy.

Garrett

Brenna could probably eat corn on the cob all day.
She loves it!!