NC Beach Trip/Ward Family Reunion

We left Chicago and headed straight to North Carolina for a much anticipated family reunion at the beach. This was our big trip of the summer and we were all excited. We spent 6 days on the beach just playing around and nights enjoying each others company with visiting and games.
We rented a kayak for a couple of days and we did get some good rides in, but Jeff and Tyson spent a lot of time towing kids through the waves too.







One of the 2 houses we stayed in.
All the siblings and spouses went out to eat one night. Thanks to grandma and grandpa for watching 14 kids! (Some were in bed!)
We are just missing Jeff's oldest brother, who is taking the picture.

Then one night Grandpa rented a boat and we got to go for a long boat ride on an inter coastal water way. We had a really nice ride...thanks Grandpa!

Harrison kept stealing Grandma's sun hat and wore it around like a cowboy hat! He would say "giddy up, ride um cowboy" and then run around the house with the hat. He got some good laughs!
We did a little program on the last night and all the grandkids (but 1) were there to sing to Grandma and Grandpa.

One night we got everyone together (30+ people) and took some family pictures on the beach. I brought my nice camera out, hoping to get some good pictures of our little family and then my camera looked like this...
The humidity fogged up my lense and we got no pictures on my camera. Luckily my amazing sister in law (who is a professional) took some for us. She also took the ones of the whole family so I am looking forward to see how those turned out. They might need a lot of photo shop. We had some crying babies and kids and I'm pretty sure Harrison didn't smile in a single one. Oh-well, I guess it still captures the moment. We had a great time and can't wait to see everyone again!