A few weeks ago we went on our annual OBX vacation. My mom’s side of the family has been going to the same place for the same week every year since I was born! I look forward to this vacation every year!! We rent 2-3 cottages for the week and all of my family from my mom’s side comes down for a week of beach and family bonding! My mom is the youngest of 7 kids, so it is a pretty big crowd some years. My cousin just had a baby girl, Bennie, last summer. So she made her beach week debut this year! We had a great time taking a week off to relax on the beach and hang out with family. We’re always sad to leave, but at least we have all these pictures to remember the week by! Take me back!!!

Everyone loves to play with baby Bennie!!! So precious!!!



Love having so many of the Adams cousins together!


The house we stayed in had an AWESOME view from the back deck! Check out this iPhone panoramic!
Branden and I’s latest obsession is Catan! We introduced the family to it and they were hooked!
Beach time! We had awesome weather all week!





Susan and I are the official family photographers! 








Bennie’s first dip in the ocean! She didn’t care for it. It was a wee bit chilly.



mmm yummy sand :-p
There’s a smile!!! :) :)


Mom, stop putting me in the water! :-p

Nice catch, Dad!

My mom and dad!
Grandma Teresa is on babysitting duty.
Tina was a Baywatch babe in a former life! :-p



Mr. and Mrs. Bricker! They just celebrated their first wedding anniversary!

Epic photo bomb!
That’s cute, boys :-p







The Adams kids! Just missing Danny.
Bennie loves her bucket of shells!


The whole crew!!! Missing quite a few though.
Each group picture was then followed by a jumping picture, of course!
The Smiths!!
Christmas card picture? I think so.
The Brickers!

The Adams cousins.

The Charlotte crew.






We recreated one of your favorite pictures from Beach Weeks past. The one of the left is from 1999!
And here’s some iPhone shots from the week!

We got to catch up with Amanda while we were down there. She lives there now!