We5AmeriKings: Day 7

After three delightful days in D.C. we were up dark and early once again for a quick 5 hour trip south to North Carolina. The kids literal response when we told them how long the drive was, "Oh... that's all - this is going to be an easy day!" 

We have zero photographic evidence that we visited Virginia because we were in the rain all.day.long. We didn't stop because it just wasn't worth sitting in a car all day soaking wet for a picture. I am certain that the Virginia welcome center would have made the top 5 for sure. However, once we arrived to North Carolina we documented it not once.... 

but twice! 

We made it to Nags Head in record time despite the rain and our first stop was Mama Kwans. Jenn was so excited for us to eat there and I was just so excited to finally be at the beach with the Gorrie's. 

(Let me back up and fill you in on something... we have been dreaming about a joint family vacation for YEARS. Probably since Henry was a baby and he's now 7. Her family visits the Outerbanks every year but we've just never been able to join. So when the kids picked D.C. as their destination of choice, I was DETERMINED to figure out how we do the thing and get us to the beach. Turns out, we just needed a two week road trip to make it all happen. Ok....back to regularly scheduled blogging.) 

MK's doesn't open until 11am and the place fills up QUICK. So, our darling husbands took one for the team(s) and waited outside to snag us the first table. #luckygals After some delicious tacos and the best mango margarita of my life, we headed to do the only sensible thing to do while it's raining at the beach...

ride a mechanical shark.... duh! 

He was SO excited about this and did surprisingly well hanging on. 

We met up with the entire crew...and shopped some more before heading to our home for the next week. 

Wouldn't it be nice to own one of these?

The rain stopped just in time for us to unpack, throw on some bathing suits, and...

HEAD TO THE BEACH!

#happyplace

After some showers and silly faces... it was time for a well-deserved bedtime for this crew...

and well deserved beverage for this one.

We couldn't have been more excited to spend the next three days with every single one of our new friends!