Lucky Dogs - Outer Banks 2013

This year, our beach house was named "Lucky Dogs" -- we all know this and remember it because we quizzed Abe and Sam on the name constantly in case they got lost on the beach (safety first). It was fitting for many reasons, one of them being the fact that we had a few vacation miracles, some of which I am not permitted to speak about in public. (It was nothing bad or profane, we just cannot let a super secret out to the masses.)

Throughout the trip I was doing my best to compile quotes of everyone, which was basically started because everything that came out of Sam's mouth was comic gold. I am sure I forgot some good moments, so please feel free to add them in the comments.

Sam Quotes

“What’s all this crap?” – Sam referring to all of the stuff in Baba and Rob’s car.

“Why do we have to wear underwear?”- Sam

“If you say ‘Oh my God’ your parents will go to jail.” –Sam

“There is only one toilet in jail.” – Sam

“Time to get freaky!” – Sam upon arriving on the beach

“I guess I don’t have the force. I guess it’s gone or something.”- Sam after realizing sticking his arm straight out was not producing any results.

“Are the breadsticks still alive!?!”- Sam, really trying to ask if the Tomato Patch was still open.

Quotes Displaying the Uncanny Ability I have to Understand What the Heck my Mom is Talking About

Jillsy commenting on Big Rob’s thick sunscreen application, “He looks like that movie … ‘Lightbulb’”

“You mean the movie, ‘Powder’!?!?”- Bri

“Yes!”- Jillsy

Talking about the show Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Jillsy says, “Oh yeah, he’s that one actor. You know … Sam the actor.”

“You mean Lawrence Fishbourne?”

“YES!”

Jillsy trying to remember yet another person, “You know the blonde lady with the show.”
“You mean Bonnie Hunt?”- Bri

“YES!”

 Random Quotes 

“You’re like the third or fourth most obnoxious person here.” – Karli comforting Jillsy on the level of her drunkenness.

“I heard some shoes outside my door” – said in the voice of Bob Dylan – Uncle Griff.

While watching Up Mackenzie asks Sam, “Where do you think he got all of those balloons?”
Sam: “I don’t know. Wal Mart or something.”

“Can we go to the pool now?”- Abe 2,454 times.

“She looks like a cocktail waitress on an oil rig”- Best in Show quote repeated

“It’s best to not get attached to anyone.” - Uncle Jerry to Big Rob about Game of Thrones

“Hey, I think I just felt a crab!” – Big Rob’s most efficient way to get the boys to take a break from the ocean.

LET US NOT FORGET

* Vacation miracles

* Inventory of Star Wars guys

* Losing Obi Wan but then finding him due to the force

* Building Tatouine on the beach

* The maddening Phish streaming
* Finding Charlotte the spider and her concentric web building

* Uncle Griff’s awesome chairs

* The kid that peed on our stairs six times in 2 hours

* Game of Thrones mania

* Jillsy's impression of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines video 

* 15 minute torrential downpour

* Trivia

* Flimsy kitchen utensils

* Jillsy hanging on to the umbrella amidst all odd, and the resulting bruises

* The rusty shovel

* Aunt Caroline cooking food like a boss

* Cups!
* The beach pond

* Brandon and Sasha family drama

* Spilling things and the miraculous recovery of those said items (rug and laptop)
* Midnight water aerobics

 Please tell me what else I forgot!