A much needed Vacation

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.

A Day at the Beach

We have had some amazing weather the past few weeks! Finally our summer is here... just in time for fall. I am absolutely not complaining... I LOVE fall! This week we took a wick trip to the beach with my mom. I was so looking forward to spending time together, no matter how quick it would be. We had a nice surprise when we got there, we saw our friends there with their kids. Noah had a great time playing with his friends Leslie and TJ. Here are some pictures of our fun day.

Noah with sand all over his face!

Joshua drinking some water

Leslie, TJ and Noah making sand castles

Joshua's sandy foot

Noah was a little nervous to get in the water, and he really didn't like the " yucky grass"

Noah showing his muscles

Joshua didn't really like the sand too much, he mostly stayed on the blanket with his mimi

Noah and TJ

I think i took this picture when Noah was running away from Leslie, she was chasing him with some yucky grass!

Its Birthday Season!

Last weekend we celebrated our dear friends Grace and Faith's birthdays. Their story is an amazing one and every year I am amazed at the miracle God has worked in their lives. It is an honor to call them our friends. Jenn and I were pregnant at the same time, I was about 36 weeks and she was about 23 weeks when she went into labor with Grace and Faith. I drive Jenn to the hospital when she went into labor, and I waited with her in that tiny, intimidating room while the Doctors tried to figure out what was going on. I will never forget how I felt that day, I had never been so scared in my life. My friend was just laying there in terrible pain and terrified , and I couldn't do anything to help. I prayed like I never had before. I prayed that by some miracle Grace and Faith would be born healthy and perfect little girls. That Jenn would be ok, that whatever happened that these precious babies would live. A few days later Grace was born, then a few days after that Faith came to join us. They were far from healthy, but absolutely perfect. It was a hard few months for me and Jenn, she had babies who were struggling for the their very lives, and here I was with a perfectly healthy little boy. It was so hard to know what to say or how to be a help to Lance and Jenn. Year after year I am amazed at what God has done and is doing in their lives. Jenn and lance are an incredible couple, their love for the Lord has carried them through many hard times over these past 4 years and each time I look at their precious girls I am reminded of what a loving, compassionate, and unfailing God we serve.

Here is Jenn with my Joshua

more of Joshua with his new haircut! He looks like such a big boy

Noah playing on the swings

delish cupcakes that Jenn made

Joshua loved this toy

Jennies cookies

Can you believe it, after it was all said and done, I didn't get any pictures of the birthday girls! We love you Grace and Faith! Happy Birthday!