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Spring Break 2013- iPhone style

I can’t believe our week at the beach is almost over. Boo. It’s always so hard to leave. I’m just getting warmed up!

Blake, Cole, Eva, and I took off Friday morning and headed down to the farm.

Must be nice to tune it all out….

Must b nice to tune out the noise #springbreak @balakay_k

Farm means horses

First stop- the farm #springbreak13

Hello Pretty

Hello pretty girl- spring means muddy horses

The girlie found an old bridle

My little farm girl in training found a very old bridle #barn

This was the first long car ride that she was good. What a relief that was….hoping the trip back goes just as well.

Florida here we come!

We stopped in Birmingham for the night. And the kids hit the pool.

Down they go @balakay_k

Oldest/youngest @akennemer1

Jump!  @akennemer1

The next morning we hit the road again.

Wants to drive with the windows down the whole way

And later after we arrived in Watersound, we hit the pool again

A little pool time before beach time

I have never seen the water so rough here. It only lasted a couple of days

I have never seen watersound this rough #stormsabrewin #30A #springbreak13

It snowed at the farm- Barley sent me a selfie

Sent from the farm- I hope Barley doesn't know we are at the beach

I felt a little bad we were enjoying the sun…

Bubble bubble pop

Want to go for a ride? I'm a great driver!

On the screened porch with my girlie #springbreak13

Eva loved this dead cockroach. She said it was her friend and the best pet ever. She accidentally broke off a couple of its legs.

Eva says her dead cockroach is the best pet ever-  see his two legs on the table??

Beach

3 out of 4

We have spent a lot of time on the back screened porch. This house has so many porches.

A chilly day at the beach means we hang on the porch and eat popcorn

We take a lot of night trips around the neighborhood.

Moon over watersound

A perfect night in #watersound. #springbreak

Nighttime trips around the hood

Tiffany and her family came to visit. The girlies were so funny together.

Pack them in

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June left her pink princess sunglasses and someone borrowed them

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The week started winding down and we started to get a little sad about leaving.

Eva and I are starting to get the last days of vacay blues #springbreak #watersound

This little dude is my biggest fan (although Andy says HE is)

My biggest fan #boy3

Sunset

I love a 30A sunset

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Off to enjoy our last day at the beach- tomorrow we start heading back.

Susan - March 29, 2013 - 8:28 pm

LOVE the beach trip diary and all the pictures. We want to meet you’all one of these times there.

Tiffany - March 31, 2013 - 12:43 am

Thanks again for hosting our crowd, we had a great time. So glad you got one shot. LOL. Love Eva and the roach, too funny. And we could not figure out where we put those glasses, tell Eva to enjoy:) Safe travels we are home and getting ready for Easter!

Tiffany

lisa - April 3, 2013 - 10:34 pm

where do you stay? we are looking for a place in fl for spring break next yr ur kids ages are about what mine are

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Hey winter, go away!

It’s so stinking cold. I don’t like it. Our house is cold. I don’t like that either. The boys don’t like playing lax in the cold- it requires many layers

Lacrosse tonight means many layers @balakay_k

We are about to head south, for which I am very very grateful- although it is cold down there too.

So let’s change the subject. Yesterday I photographed my friends house as she is about to put it on the market and start another big project like me. I thought I would share. Her house is gorg!

These stairs lead to a fun little bedroom tucked up in the eaves. It is so stinkin cute.

stairs

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The living room.

livingroom

It has the best kitchen

kitchen1

kitchen3

The family room

family3

The front

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The back

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The dining

dining1

bedroom

bedroom2

Sitting room

beachroom

Bathroom

bathroom1

basement

basement3

basement2

basement1

Ok I could post a ton more but the kids are hungry and fighting. If you want to see more go here.

Happy Spring Break!!!!!!

Susan - March 22, 2013 - 2:31 am

What a neat house. Getting more ideas for yours?

Amy Jo - March 22, 2013 - 12:42 pm

Gorgeous!! I would never have thought to put my bed against the windows like that….but, I love it!

lisa - March 22, 2013 - 4:28 pm

why are they selling or moving? looks perfect!

Hannah - March 24, 2013 - 10:09 pm

It’s cold here…and I hate it. I was in Ohio…but you were in Ky…that’s not right.

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Counting down the days….

It has been a crazy week. Our Chapel Hill house went on the market. A somewhat sad day for me but also happy in that I always like to move forward.

A few days later we had two offers on it, with a third that was backup. Which was also a bittersweet day. Believe me I want to sell that house, and get started on this one here in Ohio. But it’s never easy to close a door.

Now that we are not in North Carolina the pressure to do NC beaches is off and we can go back to our fave beach. And I can’t wait. It’s been two years since we went there.

We are hoping a lot gets knocked out on our basement while we are gone. It’s framed and ready for walls. Bathroom is plumbed, our boiler system has been ripped out. Which means that only two living spaces have heat. We have been using space heaters to stay warm.

And there goes the 1950's radiant floors.  #boiler #hazard #remodel

It has been so cold. Poor Blake was wet and miserable when he got home at 8pm last night from lacrosse. And covered with mud. And then Eva couldn’t get her jeans off in time and peed on the bathroom floor. And then when I was reading her books for bed a neighbor stopped by to drop off yummy treats and Blake sat right by the door and didn’t answer it. Finally Austin went to answer it with Cole dancing around in his undies. It was the same neighbor that helped Blake and Eva at the park the other day when she ran into a fence and busted her head and was bleeding everywhere (I was at the store). I have not met her yet. She must think my children have no parents. Andy is in NYC.

My baby had a bad encounter with a fence yesterday @b14k3k3nn3m37 and @mikiemcg  saved the day.  Doing much better today!

We are ready for a break! And some warm sunny skies.

This is what my baby looked like the first time we went to Watersound. Time flies

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Gretchen P - March 19, 2013 - 1:31 pm

have fun! you need a break from everything. Hope one of the offers on the house works out. It is tough to close the door, but you have new adventures waiting. Hard to believe those pictures are of the same girl. Soak up some sun for me, we aren’t going anywhere this year.

Tiffany - March 19, 2013 - 3:27 pm

Look at that sweet baby girl! Cold here to and snow…just confirms our last minute beach call, can’t wait. Good news on the house hope it closes fast.

Tiffany

Lisa - March 19, 2013 - 4:01 pm

Awesome news about the NC house! Onward and upward! :-)

Jen B - March 20, 2013 - 1:16 am

Congratulations on your house in Chapel Hill, multiple offers in less than a week sounds pretty good! Hope you have a great time in Watersound. I’m pretty sure photos from your past trips have single-handedly made me want to go there ~ badly :-)

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