Beach vacations are kind of like camp for grown-ups. Bonfires, arts and crafts, outdoor activities...pretty much the perfect vacation if you ask me. Plus we got to spend time with friends and family (and friends who are like family), and let the kids run wild.

I had never been to the Outer Banks before, but I absolutely love it there. We stayed in Buxton, NC, which is the far south end of Hattaras Island, about an hour from Nags Head. It was just the perfect little North Carolina beach town where we rode bike to get to where we wanted to go and walked across the street to the beach every day. 

So without further rambling from me, I'll let my pictures of the trip do the talking.