Sweet summertime

Who has time to sit around and blog when it is summertime??!!??  Well, now that our vacations are over, swim lessons are done, and school has started it seems it is time for a blog update on our recent happenings.  Our roost has been in a crazy state of change, so I have many posts coming to catch everyone up!  

First up...our family vacation to the Outer Banks!  This has been a long awaited family vacation for my entire family as it was planned well over a year ago.  The OBX was the agreed upon "middle ground" between Chicago and the southeast; although I think all parties would argue after their respective road trips.  Who knew that it would take 12 hours to drive from Atlanta to the OBX?  Either way, it was basically the ultimate beach vacation--Hank and Lucy were in heaven with all the swimming, sand, and cousin love.  We all stayed in an enormous beach house complete with private pool, elevator, theater room, and across the street beach access.  We've been home over 3 weeks and I'm still missing the beach!  I guess we need to get planning for next year :)