A few weeks ago we were given the amazing gift of a week long stay at a house on the coast. A family in our church let us stay in their beach house for the week! What a blessing it was to have a place like that to stay. Micah and I had been talking for a while about getting away from it all for a few days at least, we have never been on a true vacation... where you actually stay in a place by yourselves, not with family or friends... this was a huge blessing. We headed out Wednesday morning and slowly made our way to Long Beach. We had a great time of relaxation and just focusing on things that are important. There was no Internet, cell phones barely worked, no TV, just the movies we brought! It was WONDERFUL!!!! Each morning Micah got up early and headed to the beach for some time of prayer and meditation. After breakfast we did whatever we wanted! Not being bound to a schedule was such a welcome change. Saturday we headed down to Oregon for celebrate my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. I will have a post on that later as I am still working on some of the pictures. Then it was back to the beach for a few more days before heading home just in time for school!
Noah and Joshua. Joshua wasn't too excited about being in the sand at first
Noah loved it
Me and Micah
A beautiful sunset
Micah and Joshua
this is one of my favorites! I love that the grass is so dark and the sky is so vibrant
I love to write in the sand. Micah actually proposed to me by writing, " Lyndie will you marry me?" into the sand at one of our favorite beaches
Once Joshua got use to the sand we couldn't keep him, away from the water!
Noah loves to play in the sand
I just love this one! It was a total accident and I love it!!!!
We were out on the beach after dinner one night and saw this seal! I have never seen one so close it was really fun to watch. Noah loved seeing it too.
Me and Joshua
Love this series of pictures of Joshua
Poor Joshua was freezing...
Micah and Joshua, i just love this picture! Joshua loved putting his feet in the water, in fact if we weren't watching too closely he would start to crawl towards the water just so he could get in!
Love the reflection in this one
another beautiful sunset at the beach
Noah running into the water!
yuck! I didn't realize how blurry this was ti i put on the post and now i don't know how to take it off!
Noah and his toy snake he got from my Aunt and Uncle. He named it John.. I have no clue why
This boy LOVES the beach
I am so glad this one turned out! I thought it was so beautiful... looking out through the tall grass.
Your photos are amazing! I love the deep contrast in that last sunset. Thank you for sharing all of these. Yes, this is a priceless moment in your parenting journey. What a treasure to have this week. I bet it was hard to get back into that scheduled life, huh? Still, you have some wonderful memories. We are so blessed to live near such a wonderfully accessible beach, too.
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