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As much as we can, we make the trip to Wrightsville Beach to see Clay’s grandparents in North Carolina, not a bad place to visit! Tanner had his first taste of this beautiful place and met his Great Grandparents this week!!

And since having the boys, we’ve made a point to pull out the Sunday clothes (not gonna lie, poor Tanner is in pajamas more than he is not) and jaunt down to the beach for some “nice” photos. I (Laura) made the trip without Clay this time (not without the help of my wonderful mother, Tucker and Tanner’s Nana – Thank you!! We would not have made it without you and you made the trip so much fun!) So our typical photo shoot turned into a “hurry sunset is coming!” and a rush-to-get-to-the-beach only to be rained out not 10 minutes later. But as I’m going through photos from the week, I’m so much more in love with every other photo that captures sweet moments of my boys with their Great Grandparents in this special place. These are the moments I want to remember when I am 85 and 89 (the age of Great Grandma and Pop Pop). Every little smile and smirk, lazy mornings waking up with Grandma’s sweet laugh, fishing but not catching any fish with Pop Pop,  watching my boys play on the same deck Clay grew up on and lay their head on the same pillow he laid his. I never knew my grandparents, so I am so thankful my boys have the joy of not only their own grandparents, but GREAT grandparents. What a blessing and treasure.

Here’s a little snapshot of our week.

My favorites from the week before heading to the airport… because life is about the love of family even with your messy hair, stickers on your cheeks, car in your hand, and tennies on your feet. And of course pajamas 🙂