Oh BABY! Here We Go!: C'mon Irene!

Well, we will never forget our first family vacation, that's for sure. After spending 5 days at the beach, we were forced to evacuate the Outer Banks ahead of Hurricane Irene, which was aiming right for the coast. We were really bummed to have to cut our vacation short but better to be safe than sorry. So we packed up the Jeep (somehow everything fit much better on the way down than the way back up), took one more quick trip to the beach, and we were off- or at least we were after sitting in 5 miles of evacuation traffic to get over the bridge.

But before Miss Irene kicked us out, we managed to spend an afternoon walking around Manteo, got my favorite- Kill Devil's frozen custard, spent 3 great days on the beach, inhaled some delicious Duck Donuts, hit up the outlets for a little shopping, and went through half a bushel of crabs (discovering, in the process, that my brother's girlfriend, Caity, is allergic to crabs- thank goodness for Benadryl!). Despite our hasty, premature exit, it was still a good vacation and hey, at least we weren't at work!