Follies of a Mountain Chick: Cherry Grove, 2009!

Oh, our family just loves this place. People say it's too crowded, but not where we are....it's just perfect (except that my Daddy's not there). Anyway, our week went by way too fast. Lots of pics follow.

Waiting the first day to go out is like waiting on Christmas. Takes toooooo long for the adults to unpack some stuff......all 12 minutes of it!!!

I'm with the kids on the waiting. I am, without a doubt, the least patient adult when it comes to getting out in the sand and waves. Cammie snapped this right as we were heading out.

Tide pools are second best to 7-foot, smooth waves!

The kids have the boogie-boarding down to a perfect T!!I love to boogie board too, but I stay way out. Can't ride them all the way in like they do.....I think I may be a little top heavy?!?!

My girls!

That little 'hole-in-the-wall' joint is called Duffy Street Seafood Shack and it's one of our favorites. It was extra special this year because Seth, who was allergic to everything and I mean EVERYTHING (except for about 5 things) when he was little was tested by the allergist the Friday before the trip. He can now eat shell fish, not scale fish though. Anyway, all he wanted was fried shrimp and this was the best place for him to get it. Oh, what a day. We toasted him and the kids are giving him high 5's. Meanwhile, Nana is in the background (white pants, coral top) making new friends. It's surprising that she didn't already know them, being that she knows seven -eighths of the people in North and South Carolinas.....at least their grandparents and cousins!!!