SUMMER makes me HAPPY!

*more pictures (likely a slideshow) to follow- probably

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Dayton is yet to love his little swimming pool- maybe if I added some DIRT . . .

This is the "I can't believe they're letting me do this" look

"Ah, my hand is dirty"

"But I don't want to get out Dad"

Our little Cinder-Fella

What do you do when your husband's out of town?

BLOG!!! Sadly, this is not my first choice so it's taken 3 weeks of Ben's mid-week absense to catch up. Well, here is the story of our mid-May adventure:

So, what do you do when you find out you have a week off? Well, I would suggest deciding, in about 15 minutes, to take a 12 1/2 hour drive with a baby to somewhere you've never been (aka. Outer Banks, North Carolina), call the Steenbliks who jump right on the crazy-King wagon, book a last-minute beachfront steal- which to Ben's surprise did not include cockroaches, and DEFINITELY bring red vines!

Kitty Hawk, NC

Cape Hatteras Light House- this was one of our favorite attractions (and beaches). This is the tallest lighthouse in North America. Unfortunately, our camera viewing screen broke, so here are two of the best pictures of the top and ground levels!