And there was another . . .

Yeah!! My sister came to visit us from Wed. August 13th through Sun. the 17th. She left her husband and two kids at home for a little mini vacation by herself. She is 6 months pregnant and she looked beautiful. We did lots of fun things. She came to our summer movie with us (we go to a kids movie each week at the local theater -- $5.00 for 13 movies), she played the Wii with us, we went to Z's first soccer practice, and we watched the Olympics together. That was all done at home and then we took off for a 5 hour trip to the Outer Banks -- loved it!!! The Outer Banks are a string of small islands off the coast of NC. We went to the Wright Brothers National Monument, hiked to the top of a lighthouse, and played in the ocean. She had to experience our way of travel which is not knowing exactly where we would stay or what we would do, but it worked out great!! It was nice weather and we had so much fun with her. Please come back soon M!! We love you!

This slide show shows the hotel where we stayed and the neat view of the sound from our window. There also is a picture of the bridge that you crossed to go from one island to another one.