beach

okay, so one of my favorite things to do is go to the beach woth the Beckers, Meeks, and Raineys. we always get a huge house (but it seems small with so many people!) that is right on the beach, and has a pool. well, when i say always i mean the twice that we have done it!it is tons of fun though, because Hannah, Katy, Broooke, Lauren, and i all shre a room downstairs with a mini fridge and microwave! plus, there are Tyler, Trey, Dustin, Patrick, Andrew, and Cristopher all in another room near us! needless to say, we reswulted to after midnight pranks a few times.... but hey, its all fun and games!

another fun tradition we have is to go to the family owned beach house that we have in oak Island, sometimes bringing people along. we have gone with raineys.... i think twice, and extended family a few times, on both sides. we have also gone alone, with tyler rainey, and with the whites .... i think that covers most peole recent.

so, last time we went with the Raineys, Dustin caught a gator! there is a little swampy area between our house and the beach, which there is a bridge over. cross the bridge and you are on sand. well, he had other ideas. he got some fish heads, a net on a 30-40 foot rope, and a big pole, and i think a baby shark of two to use as bait. we caught many snaping turtles, and an allligator! it wasnt big, probably just 3, maybe three and a half feet.... but it was cool!

we (more like he) tried to get it to fit in this big plastic box that we found, but the lid wouldnt fit on it. so, he just put the net on top, and called everyone down to see it. not the best idea. it go out, right when the moms and little kids came to see it! it was so funny, a bunch of peopleall running around and sceaming, while dustin, ty, and there dad desperatly tried to keep it in there! needless to say, it was a one hit wonder. after that, it was kicked off the edge of the bridge by yours truelly. but thats just because we didnt want it to fall so far as a baby, and it wouldnt let go of the net, so we igured it could go off its own accord. it didnt. it got a little too close for comfort for me, so i let it go flying!

i wish i could claim credit for this amazing adventure, but i cannot. he did it all. i tried.... but i just couldnt get that gator to go in the net! but i did catch a turtle or two, and helped get one that was so huge! i thought it was a sea turtle, it must have been 3 or 4 feet around! but sadly, we couldnt lift it up to the bridge. :-(

p.s pictures were taken june or july of 2007. they are of... A. connor holding a shark.

B. Dustin jumping over Tyler and Trey. and C. Sydney and Austin Rainey jumping over the edge of the hot tub. which is filled with about 15 people.