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Posted by Andrew
Sick
as a dog, I set sail for Wrightsville beach this weekend for the
first time since
August of last year. I needed a long weekend for a lot
of reasons, and in retrospect it was the perfect move to spend
it with my brothers.
This was a special trip we'd planned in advance to see my brother Peter, who lives near the beach, along with our older brother Bill from New York City.
As soon as the familiar feeling of sand and baby toys hit the bottom of our feet, we knew the concept of "vacation" was over for us as new parents.
Here's Laura playing with C-line and Will her older cousin by about one year.
I was ready to crash after the drive, so I took a catnap before we all hopped in the boat and road it out to where the lagoon (total guess on that term, Pete) meets the ocean. We are so pale.
Later on we grabbed the beach cruisers with William in tow so we could show him the Wrightsville Beach fire department and his first fire truck.
Maybe Will knew something we didn't -- that it was going to rain like a hurricane during our bike ride. Oh well, he was a good sport.
Later that night I snapped a shot of Peter driving the boat with Bill riding on a surfboard (not a wakeboard). The long exposure makes the picture a little blurry but I followed bill inside the center of the frame to keep his body in focus (a larger version of it is here on Flickr).
And here's a pic of the three brothers Artemenko in birth order. Peter was kind enough to "simulate" a curve in our height by slouching, when in everyday life I am the shortest of the three. This somehow always makes my brothers laugh.
After watching the guys ride the surfboard around the ocean, I tried my hand at it. It was extremely fun and I convinced my brothers to bring the camera out so I could later produce this collage in Photoshop.
This may be the only time I'll take my shirt off for the blog, given the blinding corporate paleness of my skin. I had to put this up though, it was the highlight of the weekend for me!
How embarrassing is that? OK if you're done snorting your morning coffee I have just one more picture to share with you.
Here is Caroline with Ben, who was born just 3 days before her. I took this picture of them yesterday and it looks like the brand-new cousins already get along quite nicely.
J&K also have a daughter,
Kallie and 3 dogs. The dogs
range from an extra large German shepherd, medium black lab and
a tiny Dotson named Zoe.
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barely have to know me to get that I love the Internet.
