We spent a protracted weekend in Holden Seashore, NC for a household reunion. Right here’s the recap!
Household Reunion in Holden Seashore
The Craig household is additional massive and additional enjoyable! Thomas’s mother, Eileen, has 5 siblings. 4 of the Craigs and their youngsters and grandkids met in Holden Seashore for a long-awaited household reunion. They hadn’t had one since earlier than I joined the household in 2017. Whereas just a few key gamers had been lacking, it was nice to see everybody in actual life. A giant group flew in from the West Coast, and others got here from Tennessee and Georgia. Plus us – the Cville crew!
We selected Holden Seashore as a central assembly zone and since Thomas’s cousin, Andrea, did a superb job planning the weekend and hooking us up with a coworkers home. The home was SO properly embellished, effectively appointed, and had a lot of bedrooms and a terrific pool.
That’s me floating within the higher proper beneath. Pure heaven to drift in a pool! I’m sporting a brand new ?Carve Designs? swimsuit – they make the perfect fits! It’s the ?Dahlia?. I additionally love the ?Tofino prime? that’s like a sports activities bra and you’ll combine and match with bottoms you have already got!
We had been a brief stroll to the seashore, too.
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Sadly it was SO HOT with a warmth index over 100. We actually needed to be IN the water to chill off, and the water was 90 levels!! Fortunately the home had good air-con. We spent a lot of time on the seashore and pool.
Day and Night time!
I went on a seashore stroll each morning and needed to instantly dip within the ocean to chill off.
Group Pic!
I used to be in cost and it was sweltering, however we bought everybody in!
Some family members look extra alike than others 🙂
We celebrated a birthday too!
Birthday Trifle by Eileen!
Dinners
We had 21 folks at our max, so dinners needed to be effectively coordinated. The primary evening we ordered a bunch of pizzas (and had extra for leftovers the subsequent day). The following evening John Donne took the lead with BBQ hen, grits, beans from his backyard, and corn on the cob. I by some means didn’t get a photograph of this occasion!
The following evening was taco evening by the West Coast Craigs.
Extra for lunch the subsequent day!
BBQ Night time
Our last evening was take-out BBQ with do-it-yourself succotash.
Ice cream!
Breakfast + Lunches
We had been on our personal for these meals – typical seashore favorites of sandwiches and yogurt / cereal bowls.
We hope to have one other reunion within three years – or 1,000 sunsets!
