Early Saturday morning, Caity, David, and T picked me up and we were off for the Outer Banks! That first day we were at Whalehead with the majority of the Mormons and later drove the 5 or so minutes south to our house at Pine Island. Our friends Hannah and Joel organized it this year and did a great job. Our house had beach access, a hot tub and a lot of space. Eventually we all went down to the beach where there was practically no one.
cutest couple, reading and being tender.
first selfies of the weekend.
heaven. really and truly. this is heaven.
roommate love! ( minus Heather, who was in Oregon). love these girls.
what you can't see in this picture is the pain i was going through due to an encounter with chopping jalepenos. for dinner that night we had "Cafe Rio" salads, and I was in charge of the guacamole. since it was a big group, i chopped about 10 jalepenos. i've always read to wear gloves while doing this but since i was busy and distracted i didn't think about it. about 10 minutes after i was finished, my hands started burning like acid was being poured on them. you couldn't tell because my skin looked normal, but man...the pain was indescribable. it really felt like my skin was burning off. cool running water was the only thing that helped the pain so while i stood at the sink miserable, several people were on their phones searching for remedies. there were several...milk, sour cream, lime juice, vaseline, shampoo, rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover, canola oil...we tried them all. and NOTHING worked. i was miserable. even the five minute drive to Harris Teeter to get vaseline was painful-i was crying the whole way there, so embarrassing. i have a pretty high pain tolerance, so the fact that this affected me so much was a big deal. i eventually went out of the house anyway, because i didn't want to spend the whole night stuck inside when everyone else was out socializing. i half fell asleep on the couch around 2am, and at 2:30 woke up when T, Alex and Joel came home and into the kitchen to get food. as soon as i got up i could tell my hands were fine and the pain was completely gone! so, so relieved. literally, the most awful thing ever. so that was Sunday night. fail.
Memorial Day observation, with help from the goldfish.
STUPID UMBRELLA THAT KEPT BLOWING AWAY.
Whit and Hannah trying to do a double paddle board situation. i couldnt stop laughing at the last picture...hahaha.
Ethan.
candid of Whit and Ethan lathering up on sunscreen.
doing what i do best, supporting my friends playing sports. #teammom
Whit : me : Hannah : Anna
Tuesday morning Anna and I decided to go out on the kayaks. so fun!
just posing on the beach with this girl-so vogue.
on our way out of town we stopped at the famed Duck Donuts for a little snack...and ended up getting more snacks. ha. in 10 minutes we ate donuts, stopped in the cutest candy store to make purchases for the road (including Cheerwine!), and got T an ice cream cone. #fatties
hahaha creepy photo of Dave while waiting to take our necessary car shot.
there's something about the beach that heals my soul. the sound of the crashing waves, of the seagulls squaking, of the sun on your skin...the peace it brings is so soothing. im soooo grateful that i got to go to Duck Beach and relax with friends. there really is nothing better!
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