a boy. his sister.: WPWTW Continued

Finally - another round of WPWTW pics! Note: these pictures are in no particular order!

The west-coast friends and east-coast friends - plugged in, relaxing on the couch in Raleigh while the dads load up the cars!

First night at the beach - spaghetti! We were able to fit all 11 kids around the table for dinner every night.

A view of the living space - huge leather couch, good-size flat screen tv, surround sound, foosball, and plenty of seating for everyone to eat the same time. We had 5 bedrooms downstairs on the 1st floor; this was the 2nd floor (with a laundry room and an additional bathroom), and 2 master suites upstairs on the 3rd floor

Plenty of outside seating too - this is where a good chunk of us ate lunch every day. There were 3 decks total (1 for each floor) with lots of seating everywhere.

Our view - we were technically 2nd row (right across from beach access), but we were thankful that we didn't have a huge beach house blocking our ocean views!

This was the view on our first night there... those were some ominous looking clouds. We were able to get most of us out to the beach for a few minutes before the storms started.

This was the scene before most dinners - kids hanging around, looking for a snack, adults hanging around waiting to be served an adult beverage!

And this was the scene most mornings - kids plugged in to something. Everyone needed a little bit of space and calmness in the mornings!

While the kids were plugged in, adults were busy drinking coffee and making the day's grocery list

Todd & I had breakfast the first morning - German pancakes, bacon, and fruit! Yum!

Everyone loves an I-pad!

Afternoon views - a little rest, a little snack, and everyone is happy!

Even little Owen stayed happy as long as he could see his mama!

All cleaned up from the beach with a margarita in hand - life is good!

Dinner was outstanding every night - everyone brought their A game since each family had to cook at least one dinner

Owen and Jeff

Owen and Sarah

Margaritas = goooooood!

Another relatively peaceful dinner - at least as peaceful as you can get with 11 kids at one table :)

Reagan and the I-pad

Lunch time was an absolute zoo every day... there were leftovers being re-heated, sandwich stuff everywhere, fruit, chips, etc. But everyone was fed, and that's all that matters!

More lunchtime chaos

We enjoyed margaritas for a few days :) And then made more!

Sometimes beer is just easier

Most of the kids slept downstairs... 2 rooms slept 7 kids. It was awesome!

Every now and then an adult would pop down to make sure everyone was behaving, or at least mostly behaving

Delicious pork chops!

We always had Manuel to finish off the leftovers!

Shannon & Kerry

I think everyone got a chance to get away without any kids for a little while - Todd and I took advantage of some alone time and walked around the island early one morning