The second annual Olds Beach Week took place this year at Holden Beach, NC. Dad, Taryn, Brie, Baylee, Blaze, Miles, Halleigh and I all stayed at the beach house all week. My Granny, Grandpa, Great Aunt Barbara, Uncle Jasper, and Aunt Becky all came for a couple days in the middle of the week. We enjoyed having the mid-week people come; it made it different than last year, and helped us not dwell on missing Ben.

We spent pretty much every minute that we could on the beach swimming, looking for shells, riding bikes, body surfing, sunbathing, visiting, and slathering Halleigh with sunscreen.  Which brings me to the week's biggest accomplishment... Everyone got sunburned, at least a little bit, except Halleigh. She kind of had a faint swimming suit line by the last day, but not one iota of pink on that girl! YES!

Miles and I felt like we started the week with a baby and came back with a kid. She really blossomed around her uncle and aunts into a little girl who is more of a kid than a baby. She added several words to her vocabulary, which was really fun for my family to participate in. Much thanks to Brie for teaching her "belbow" elbow.  You can see in one of the above pictures that Halleigh had her first ponytail; that was a big hit with her dad.  He always wants me to put her hair in a ponytail. You can also tell from the pictures that she wanted for nothing all week. People doted on her like she was the Queen of Sheba... it has made this week difficult at times. It seems that I am just not as cool as Uncle Blaze. he he he

We liked Holden Beach so much that I think we are going back there next year... I can't wait!