Holden Beach Vacation 2013

**Before you begin, there are WAY too many pictures here.**

We went down to Holden Beach, NC for a week beach vacation with Don, Dottie, Mike and Pat. We went to Holden Beach two years ago and really fell in love with the area.  It is a family friendly area with a quaint little town with little to do. While the kids are still young, the area is great. Our house this year had a pool and the kids loved being able to play in the pool and the beach.

                                                     Early morning shell hunt

                                       Chris got a buzz! Mike and Pat went shorter too

Chris dug a hole for the boys to climb in like prairie dogs.  Julian didn't really  like it.

                                                          Julian's first dip in the ocean

Ryan wouldn't do his initials in the sand this year-so typical for him.

Ryan and Andrew became fish with this pool. Andrew must have asked Chris and I one hundred times if we could get a pool when we moved home.

                                       What?! Am I not supposed to be rolling under here?

This picture may be appearing on your Christmas card...

                      Getting out of the sun for a bit

Some of Papa's friends were in the US from Bogota and stopped by for dinner. The kids went right on playing even though they couldn't communicate.

one of these will not be appearing on your Christmas card...

                                   The three Semesky brothers with the three Semesky brothers

We had such a great time at the beach and with the Semesky's and look forward to our next trip there!