Family of 4

I am ready to leave already!

This is what happens when you let your grandparents sit next to you!

I couldnt get Elizabeth to sit still for one second!


The girls playing and having a blast.

Say cheese please...

The old 1/6 guys...

Is this Pams kid or mine, HMMMM.

We are still sooo HOT!

My main food group in NC!

Gotta love the waves!

Building their sand castles!

Willie's first time in the sand!

That baby Bumbo has been everywhere with us!

The guys just chillin'!

What a good looking family!My boys!

My Home away from Home...

This past week the Gazes and my parents headed off to Jacksonville North Carolina! That's right I headed back to my good ol' stoppin' grounds. What a wonderful week it was. Will had an Environmental conference to go to and asked if I would like to tag along. Of course I jumped at that opportunity. We brought mom and dad to help us out with the kids, and to just have a great time! I really love that dad is retired and can just up and go anywhere he wants at a drop of the hat! How fun is that.

The trip was wonderful. It was baby Willies first time in North Carolina. He did great on the 6 hour car drive too! He also loved putting his little toes into the sand for the first time. Man oh man I think he is going to be a fish in the water just like his big sis is! All of us just wanted to relax and hit the beach as much as we could. The weather was pretty nice and allowed us to go to the beach everyday. If time allowed we ended the day in the pool, which was right behind were we were staying. The good ol' BOQ... for you non military people that's the Bachelor Officers Quarters. It was pretty nice. Cant complain.. the price and location was perfect! I had a few goals I had to accomplish while I was in town.

1. Hit the beach
2. Eat at Tokyo Japanese Express

3. Shop at my old store Fanci Friends

4. Meet up with my 1/6 ladies and catch up on old times!

5. Hit Alicia's house and Elizabeth's birthday party

I was able to accomplish every last one of my goals! Thank goodness. The beach was great. The kids loved it and so did my parents. Eating at my good old Tokyo was amazing, just as good as I remembered! I sure did SHOP SHOP SHOP at Fanci Friends. After a year the owner still remembered me... man I can shop in that store! I was able to meet up with two of my lady friends and their families for dinner one night. It was wonderful to see them. Jenn will be moving to VA at the end of the summer... and little Miss. Pam will still be in NC. But don't you worry lady, I already know I will be back for a visit before the summer is over! Of course I cant forget Alicia, she too is a 1/6er. She couldn't meet up for dinner but I was able to go over to her place, hang out for her daughters 2nd birthday, and see Josh for the first time since being home from Iraq! It was so much fun. I also don't want to forget about seeing her 2, almost 3 month old son Jace. Man the boy has grown so much from the last time I had seen him! He is twice the size of baby Willie. That little man is going to be a line backer for sure!

All in all is was an amazing trip. I miss North Carolina and the home we made there. Life seemed so laid back and much more relaxed there. I could definitely see us going back there one day! Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying being in VA, I love being around family and old friends. But you have to admit VA and NC ...... they are night and day! You have major city life and traffic,,, and then you have j-ville. Need I say more. Hope you enjoy the pictures..