I know, you're probably tired of hearing about the house we rented over a week ago in the Outer Banks but it was just SO awesome AND no one is making you come here to this blog and read anything so :P

Anyway, the house had some very modern things added to it. So much so I'm surprised it didn't have those new walk in bathtubs that we're seeing everywhere now. I guess though those are made for older folk and probably more for retirement/assisted living homes then anywhere else. The house in OBX did have a few "what is that" things to it. Like the one sink on the 3rd floor (which has a story behind it but not writing about that right now). It's shape is just absurd and weird and non functional! Then there were the sinks in the kids bathrooms that, as Kevin would put it, looked like a woman's body part (not going to type that out here in this post but you can guess). Other then that it had a kicking stereo system which could be heard throughout the house and in any room if you just flicked the switch by the door to the room. It had 13 flat screen TV's throughout, 3 HUGE refrigerators, 3 microwaves, 2 ovens, 3 dishwashers, an awesome theatre room, a tanning bed, a hot tub, an indoor/outdoor heated pool with kiddie pool, many many balconies with which to sit on and take in a view (and there was a view at all parts of that house whether it was the sound or the ocean) and a screened in porch in the back. I miss that house!

Between Kim and I, I think we must have taken over 500 pictures last week of our vacation in the Outer Banks. Before we even left to go though I bought each kid one of those wooden $1 picture frames from the craft store, along with some wooden shapes like sunglases, sandals and a sun. I also brought some seaglass and shells for them to glue on. Last Friday we set them up on the outside screened in porch and they all made their frames. They all came out so well too. Now to just pick out a picture of the 5 of them to put in there. We both got some great shots of all 5 of them. Maybe I should pick out 1 for that frame and then get them each a collage frame of say 3 or 4 pictures and put them in there. Hmmmm, I'll have to go and see what I kind find as far as collage frames.

I need some energy pills and I need them NOW! I am so tired right now I could go to sleep. I guess I'm catching up on all of the sleep I missed last week while we were on vacation. If I think about it, alot of nights I didn't go to bed until after 12 and even later then that like after 1 and then we were up around 8 or 9. I'm not used to that. Normally I go to bed around 9:30/10. I'm still up early, but go to bed early too. I guess last week I was just trying to squeeze out every little bit of time to be with our friends. It was such a blast! And well worth me being tired right now.

The "Spijack Family" is having such a blast this week. Between having fun times with great friends and being here in this awesome house - I feel rich and blessed! The kids are loving the indoor/outdoor heated pool, the theatre room and the game room and the adults are loving the hot tub, the great sounding stereo system throughout the house and the huge kitchen and everyone is just having a blast!

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I wish this week would never end!

Day 1: Boarding the ship

Day 2 : Fun day at sea

Day 3: Grand Cayman

We had many pics taken of us professionally on our cruise. Probably more then 50. But we only bought some and threw the rest out because they didn't come out so great. We probably spent a fortune on these pics but hey....you know what? It'll probably take another 10 years before we do it again so it's so worth it!!!!!!

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and what an AWESOME trip it was!!!!!!