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We have been staying at Wrightsville Beach for the past few days. The kids have been loving the beach and the pool. They are all at a really great age for the beach. Nora loves to just run around and play. She stays pretty close, and entertains herself digging in the sand for quite awhile. Emma and Ian have spent hours making dribble castles with Nana. Ian can entertain himself for hours with just a stick. He has been playing karate for most of the trip. None of them are overly brave, which is nice, so they stay in the shallowest of water. This is a great beach–big wide sandy beach with pretty small waves. It is perfect for kids!
Last night we went to dinner at an outdoor restaurant. The food was mediocre and the service was extremely slow, but the views were fantastic. We went just before sunset and the lighting was amazing. I was dying to take some pictures, but I didn’t have my camera. I decided that I would take the kids out on the beach the next night to take some photos. I scoped out a place just up the beach from our hotel.
We left the beach a little early, got everyone bathed, into their cute new outfits, and off we went. I found an awesome spot. The sand was great, it was a bit elevated, so the ocean was nice in the background, and there was some nice sea oats growing there. Despite the great setting, the whole thing was sort of a flop. We got there a little too early, so the sun was still a little to high in the sky. It was also just over my shoulder so the it was always in the kids eyes. I couldn’t get them to look at the camera because it was so bright. And something was going wrong with the white balance. I am not sure why, but when I zoomed in, the colors came out too red. When I zoomed out with all the same settings the color balance looked fine. I’ll have to do some research and see what I can do next time to improve. By the time the sun was getting to a better place, the kids were totally done. I wish I had another night so we could do it again. At least I learned a few things 
I took about 600 photos. So, I’ll have to spend some time going through them. I am sure I can process a few and make them look decent. Hopefully I’ll have some worthy of posting in a few days!