Wednesday Loves

It's that time again ... What I'm Loving Wednesday! Get pumped!

These are two of my favorite treats ... have you tried them? They are both deee-licious. I could eat pounds of the peanut butter pretzels- they are the perfect combination of salty, sweet, and crunchy! I also love Lipton's Green Tea in the Citrus flavor ... My favorite summer beverage. At the lake and pool I am rarely without one! I've been trying to stick with bottled water at home ... Hmph.

These are my fav jams right now ;) The Band Perry and Eric Church. Love, love, love them. ESPECIALLY The Band Perry's single, "You Lie" Love me some bluegrass. And Eric Church is great, too!


Chances are, if you're reading my blog, You're a woman. And chances are if you're a woman, you have some anxiety or something you worry about. I read this book about once a year- it's fabulous. I re-read it at the beach and boo-hooed in the sand ... It's really of my favorite books ever. You should read it!


Last, but not least, I'm really loving the hubs this week. Obviously, I love him all the time- just some weeks more than others! ;) I think he's even cuter and funnier than he usually is this week ... I'll take it!

Hope you have a loverly Wednesday!!

Beach Vacay ... Part V

Well, this was our last day on the beach. I remember feeling ready to go home and now I'm dying to go back! I'm telling myself all of our upcoming lake weekends will have to suffice, I do heart the lake!

FRIDAY

Friday Sawyer woke up way early ... We laid around the condo,I ate WAY too much cheese danish and coffee and Sawyer had his daily Oatmeal. We finally ventured down to the beach around 5 and after a long walk he fell asleep and I took him back to his bed. It was still early so I took all my bible study stuff back to the beach. I think I had had unrealistic expectations that I would get to sit on the beach with my coffee and studies every morning alone ... but spending mornings on the patio or on the beach with Sawyer were great alternatives. :) I stayed out there for a long time and even though I wouldn't trade living in Arkansas for anything in the whole world, having a quiet time in front of the Ocean is crazy amazing. I was so in awe of how BIG God is while looking at one of his most magnificent creations. I'm sure that sounds like a big "DUH" but I don't think I'll ever forget that morning. It was undoubtedly a highlight of the trip.

We stayed out all day ... playing, wading and taking in the last day at the beach. At one point Avery said, "Are we really going home tomorrow? That's the saddest thing I ever heard."
When we first got out there we saw a 2.5 ft shark that had washed up on the shore. YUCK and SCARY. Throw in the fact that there were people fishing everywhere and pretty much throwing chum in the water catching baby sharks left and right, we stayed on the sand. I really don't like the ocean, anyway. I've seen Jaws too many times. I love looking at it and listening to it ... thats about it.
The kids preferred the pool anyway, so they swam in the pool a lot, too.

From BEACH 2011

I did make him put pants on after this ... but had to take a picture first. :)




Digging for crabs while I packed up the condo.

Saturday we woke up and headed home ... It was a great Vacation and we loved it all!


Well, except for the drive ... :)

THE END

Beach Vacay ... Part IV

Yes, I'm still blogging about our Vacay. Tomorrow we'll wrap up the whole trip- but today we'll talk about our Thursday on the Beach! :)

THURSDAY

Thursday may have been the MOST fun day! Possibly because I THRIVE with activity, and this day was fun-filled!

Sawyer was up at 4:30 and was laughing so hard in his crib I had to get him out of there before he woke everyone up. We walked along the beach, watched the dolphins jump high, and steered clear of all the freaky cranes on the beach ...



These things are scary enough 30 yards away when Aaron was sitting right next to me. Much less when I'm carrying a tasty morsel like Sawyer around and they want to get 10 ft from me! We ventured back to the condo around 5:30. Up until this trip Sawyer had had a pretty limited diet of Organic and somewhat riduclously priced baby food. It was THE ONLY baby food he would eat so I decided it was worth it. HOWEVER, throughout the week Sawyer decided he was ready for other foods as all his siblings and cousins kept sneaking him treats. This week he had powdered donuts, glazed donuts, fried pickled, cheetos, halibut, ice cream, pizza, mac 'n cheese, grilled chicken, turkey ... pretty much whatever we ate, he ate! HILARIOUS! He squealed with delight over each new thing! Needless to say, he is now on a less fancy diet at home!

This is after he grabbed a bowl of powdered donuts of the couch one morning ... he was in love at first bite! :)

Later that morning we said bye-bye to Aaron's dad, who had to drive on back to Arkansas. We were sad to see him go!


After Da' left we hurried down to the beach to watch Ryley and Ashley PARASAIL! It was super fun and the kids got a big kick out of seeing them go right by us on the beach!





Avery had been completely scared of the ocean all week, but Thursday she would at least put her feet in. We had a fun day in the sand!

From BEACH 2011

From BEACH 2011

From BEACH 2011

KJ was anxiously waiting on her Mommy to return!



Around noon Aaron and Lynda took the big babes back to the pool and condo while Ash, Sawyer, KJ, and I stayed on the beach a little longer. KJ and Sawyer took their naps out there again- sweet babies!
That night we did the unthinkable! We took the whole crew to dinner! They actually were pretty good!



















After dinner I realized we were going to have to do family pictures that night if they were going to happen ... so off we went to the beach for ... you heard me- MORE pictures! :)























We ended the day with a dip in the pool! We love Vacation!