Vacation

This past week was so much fun for our family. After much debate, Jeremy and I decided that we needed to keep our promise to our kids and take them to the beach. It was not a decision we took lightly by any means. Our decision was made back in March. At that time we had no idea that God would be expanding our family again. 

We rented a condo and left on Saturday morning to North Myrtle Beach. Mariah struggled for a good part of the trip. She is not cut out for life on the road! We pulled into our condo and introduced Mariah to a beautiful creation by our God.....the beach. We giggled as we watched her attempt to walk onto the sandy shore. She was very unsure of how to walk. It was really cute.

We spent a lot of time on the beach. We made sure we put lots of sunscreen on the kids but Jeremy and I got a little bit of sunburn. 

The kids had so much fun making sand creations.

Here is their alligator.

Then we helped them a little with a sea turtle.

Lots of sandcastles. It seemed that The Lord of the Rings was the theme of many castles.

And another.....

And another....

And another.......

Then we had night walks on the beach.........

Playing together (one can dream)!

Exhaustion....

More exhaustion.....

Finally......

 Sea Creatures......

 Love notes....

Another love note......

Sunrise......

Another......

And another......

 How it all started..........

Where we are now......

It was truly a wonderful time together as a family. The day we chose for our family pictures was quite windy but will have to do. Nothing like asking a complete stranger to snap our photo.