VACATION!! - (Part Three!) - The Beach!!

On Wednesday, we checked out of the hotel in Orlando, and headed for Daytona! Lord knows we were ready for a little relaxation! (Our feet especially were ready for some rest!)

We got to the hotel way earlier than check-in because we wanted to get to the ocean!
Lylah LOVED it!




Nathan Loves playing in the waves!




Carter is a sand-bug! He's loves digging and playing in it!




Our room. It was on the top floor- an Awesome view!


This is a big thumbs up picture! (Incase you don't know the story behind this picture, when we were here in Sept. '07, it rained and stormed the first 3 days we were here- so I took a thumbs down picture. On day 4 when it was sunny again, I took a thumbs up picture. Only thumbs up this year!! YAY!)






Waking up...




Mom getting breakfast ready! (thanks mom!)






Me catching a wave in!








Lylah's heading out to ride some waves in too!


What an adorable unsuccess!


Mom went in for a cool-off and got smacked!!


Zach headed out to the sandbar with the boogyboard to catch some longer waves.


Lylah thought it was funny to eat sand!

YUCK!!


Playing at the pool for a bit.


My little fish!




Just the boys- 1, 2, 3, JUMP!


I wish this picture would've come out clear! (and that my mom wasn't trying to hide her face!)




Wow- what a great vacation we had this year! While we were gone, Zach's Dad, Paul stayed at our house to house, dog, and fish sit. Thank you Paul! Also, John, Christy, and Travis came over numerous times to let the dogs out to go potty. Thank you, you guys! Zach and I really appreciated your help!

It was really hard to pack up and leave the beach and come home to this rainy Indiana weather! It's really something special to just sit on the balcony and look out at God's beautiful creations of the sand and ocean- and relax to the calming sound of waves crashing on the beach. It creates one of the most perfect settings in an endless possibily of places to talk to God and be thankful for the life and world He has given us! (Now I'm really missing the beach!) ... Maybe I'll just get myself a heatlamp and wave sound machine. hehe!