Since I mentioned the beach.

God in his wonderful providence had us make plans in February to take our first vacation since our children were born. (yes that means we had not taken a vacation in over 8 years.) There were plenty of times after the fire that we talked about not going. I'm so glad we went. It was a chance to just be a normal family for a week.

This was my Sunday morning santuary. It was the only morning I got to sneak off by myself.


Our cute little beach house. You can see in the other post that we were just steps away from the beach. Thank you so much Mr. &Mrs. V for making it affordable. We've already reserved our spot for this year, see you in about 190 days (not that I'm counting)

My mom will want to kill me for putting this one in. But I wanted to get the word out about these chairs. This was so nice. She could not have enjoyed the beach w/ out it. If you're in the area, you can find out more about them here.

Mi & The Kiddos @ the home of the "throwed rolls".

This was our fun night out. One thing we learned is go early. We waited over an hour that night. Fortunately there was lots for the kids to do while we waited.

My history buffs couldn't be kept away from the civil war fort. But next time I'll wear more sun screen. Unlike our local historical sites there was no shade.

Like every good family we did have a beach photo shoot but, I'll have to do them in a different post because it only lets me do 5 pics at a time.