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| Chris and Bernedette's new house |
The front of the house |
Dad and Chris |
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| Back of the house |
Berndette, Stephanie and Ethan |
Mom, Bernedette, Stephanie and Ethan |
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| Mom and Ethan |
Todd and Ethan |
(Ethan was being a very good sport!) |
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| Chris, Ethan, Todd and Bernedette |
Chris, Ethan and Bernedette |
Chris and Ethan |
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| Gus, ever-hopeful for squirrels |
Chris, Ethan and Bernedette |
The whole crew in Chris and Bernedette's new living room |
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| Ethan |
Ethan |
Ethan, Bernedette and Mom |
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| Cicadas in Baltimore! |
Cicada on a tree |
Cicada on the wall of our hotel |
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| Cicada on the ground (alive!) |
Stephanie, Mom and Dad at the rest stop on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel |
Todd and Stephanie |
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| Dad and Mom |
View of the rain from the condo |
Dad, Stephanie and Mom ready the table for dinner |
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| Sitting down to eat |
Minnella meatballs...mmmm..... |
Stephanie has something in that box |
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| Live blue crabs! |
View of Kill Devil Hills and (in the distance) the Wright Brothers Memorial from the back deck |
View of the ocean from the front patio |
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| Over-the-dune beach access |
Todd and his light reading |
The crabs decided to play Barrel-O-Monkeys |
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| Into the pot! |
Some were more stubborn than others |
The shrimp |
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| The table was ready |
One of our crab-whacking sticks (from Dirty Dick's Crab Shack) |
Mmmm, Old Bay shrimp |
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| Stephanie readies her Coke |
Dad, Stephanie and Mom prepare to dig in |
Todd, Dad and Mom |
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| Todd and Mom |
Dad and Todd |
An escapee from round 2 of the crab-cooking |
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| Dad caught him |
Stephanie and Mom |
Mmmmmm, crabs |
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| Sunset over the Wright Memorial |
Sunset |
Wright Memorial |
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| Stephanie with Eunice's new Min Pin shirt |
Dad and Mom |
"Will work for cookies and kisses" |
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| Somehow, Todd woke up to capture the sunrise on Wednesday morning |
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Over the dunes |
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| Dolphin |
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Large bird |
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Dolphin |
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Mom, Dad and todd at the Aquarium (Stephanie made them pose as the frog heads) |
Todd and Stephanie |
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| Dad and Mom |
Stephanie |
Dad |
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| The adorable river otter |
Mom and the river otter |
Stephanie with the river otter sign |
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| Turtles |
Stephanie enjoying one of the wonderful air-conditioned benches |
Mmmm, flounder |
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| Todd through the fish |
Stephanie is surprised by one of the rays |
This one was much more docile |
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| Dad and Mom across the ray pool |
Todd and a ray |
A very friendly ray |
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| Fish at the USS Monitor wreck re-creation |
Todd |
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| Stephanie and the lion fish |
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Dad, Mom, Stephanie and Todd |