For those who haven't been reading my short little countdown posts in the days preceding my trip, I was in Corolla, North Carolina with my family: my mom, dad, sister, my cousin Kathy, my Uncle Mike and Aunt Genia and my Uncle Tom and Aunt Cindy. Plus two adorable fuzzy furballs, Cooper and Chewy. It was probably in my top five favorite vacations of all time. I had never been to the Outer Banks, so that experience itself was amazing. I had no idea that there are still be remote beaches in this country. We had a beautiful three story beachhouse with a pool and hot tub just one block from the beach. It was heaven. The beach was never crowded and we could sit on the porch at night and see the ocean perfectly. Each day was filled with sun, swimming, or shopping, depending on who was interested, and each night was filled with lots of food, movies or games.
Our house from the back
Pretty sunset
Our house from the street
I think one of the things I liked most about this trip was that we did a lot of cooking at home. We had so many good meals it's hard to say which one was the best. We ate barbequed chicken, homemade pizza, hamburgers, seafood and bratwursts. Not to mention all the fixin's we had on the side for each of those. I think I gained five pounds. No joke.
One of the nights, we made about five homemade pizzas. My parents bought fresh pizza dough and brought it to the beach. Here is my pizza that I created. We prebaked the pizza dough in the oven for about 10 minutes. Then added sauce, sliced Roma tomatoes, basil and sliced Buffalo mozzarella cheese. They baked for about 10 more minutes after that and were delish!
Mom created this "white pizza." It didn't have any sauce, but it had lots of cheese, basil and garlic!
I wish I had gotten pictures of the other pizzas my dad made, but they were already almost eaten by the time my mom and I finished. We were just perfecting ours.. ahem.
Another fun thing about going to the beach with family is getting to act like crazy people because no one around you cares. We don't all see each other very often, but when we do it's always a great time. I can tell you there wasn't an hour that went by during the trip that I didn't laugh at something someone did or said.
If only I had a video recorded of our Friday night. First, we had a Lowcountry Boil.* Incred-ible. My dad and I were boiling masters and it turned out perfect. My mom even laid out a picnic tablecloth on the huge dining room table and we poured it out into the center. Everyone just picked on what they wanted to eat and it was DELICIOUS! We all ate until we were stuffed. Jessica swore she ate at least 15 shrimp, not to mention the sausage and corn that she inhaled.
Next, we played Mad Gab. If you don't know what it is, google it. It's hilarious. Especially when you play with loud, screaming relatives that do NOT care how much they distract or joke you. It was hysterical to watch everyone sounding out the clues over and over and over. I am laughing right now thinking about how funny it was. I wish we were able to do that every weekend.
And lastly, here is a picture of the furry friends we had with us, Chewy (left) my Uncle Mike and Aunt Genia's dog and Cooper, my parents' dog. It was so great to have them running all over the place and making us laugh.
It looks like I caught them plotting something..
This is how I found Cooper on my bed one night.. needless to say that's where he stayed
Of course, I had every intention of blogging from the beach and taking lots more pictures to show everyone, but I was lazy. Which is exactly what one should be when on a vaca.. right? Oh, well. I'll get my mom to send me some of her pictures, or better yet my Uncle Tom, because I know he took about 1000. He was always lurking with the camera and you never knew when he was taking a picture, so I am sure he has a bunch of funny ones.
I wish I could rewind and do it all over again! I definitely can NOT wait until next year!
*This is the recipe I use for Lowcountry Boil. Just an FYI. :)
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