Home From The Outer Banks

We left our vacation home at 6:30am this morning. After a week in the Outer Banks, it turned out that our little family was the first to arrive and the last to leave. The seven hour drive home wasn't too bad. We didn't hit any traffic and the only delay was an extended stop at McDonalds. Here is a tip: don't stop at a McDonalds when they are transitioning from breakfast to lunch. ... you end up waiting about a half hour for a medium fries... Anyway, Kinzie entertained herself with multiple episodes of The Backyardigans, while I sang TV show theme songs with my iPod.
After a brief stop home to unload the car and turn on the air conditioning, we hopped right back in the car to visit Grandpop and Mimi, who were hosting a large cookout for our church's congregation.
I think Mackinzie ate about 5 corn-on-the-cobs. Grandpop helped himself as well.
We also took a boat ride. Some of the kids on the boat jumped in the water for a swim, while everyone else got pretty much soaked on the ride back.

Kinzie even got to drive the boat... (or at least pretend to drive the boat while sitting on Daddy's lap)

Mimi brought out Kinzie's slide and she shared the fun with Isaac Pittas.

Now its roughly 7:00pm and we're all exhausted from a long day.
Tomorrow in church Mackinzie Joy Sroka is getting baptized at Abbott Memorial Presbyterian Church by Pastor Paul Warren. We hope that many of our family members and friends will be able to attend and share this happy day with our family.

-Bert