more Myrtle Beach and other random things (brace yourselves, this got really long somehow!)

well I started out this day very much resolved to make the most of my time. (see post on T.I.M.E. above, this has to do with my new resolve to memorize more Scripture and do a better job of living it). Ahem. I then decided it was worth sharing, so i would blog my inspiring quotes. I furthermore decided that sometimes blogging can bit spruced up with pictures, for those of you who tend to skim words and look at pics (or am I the only one who does that sometimes??) so i decided to add one. from there, while keeping ashleigh focused on her school work, i thought i might as well add a few more random pics since i was blogging anyways and there are so many pics i have left un-blogged. then i remembered i never did post the rest of my MB pics which i'm sure my audience is dying to see!! well i hope you are dying to see them b/c here they are in the longest post i've ever created, i'm sure. once i started the MB pics i couldn't exactly stop and so it has taken me FOREVER!! enjoy!!
these are completely backwards, so here you see the last few days of our trip (ie. the week of "the BUG" to use Sarah & Jay V's name for it :) ) ...of course it didn't last the whole week, but this (below) is how I remember quite a few hours spent, with one boy or the other :(

so many fun memories of game nights (first with STeve & Jo, one with John Michael and Becky, and of course a week straight with Brian & Holls!!) We learned Ticket to Ride the week with B&H..so FUN!!

the watching tv sequence - FYI this was i think the only time the audience included mesmorized adults as well as children :) (some cookie making show, obviously very captivating!! :) )

Justin found some friends while taking a stroll down the beach :)

those kites were a hit that day, thanks Maria for bringing them!! :)

I don't know who all of the kids are, but I do know that this adorable baby with the gorgeous blue eyes is Judah, John Michael and Becky's youngest. how adorable he is!!

poor Isaac was a little under the weather (little did we know what was to come) so he had a little snooze in the stroller. :)

before being stricken by the bug, Joshua had been really trying to stand more and had taken a couple of little wee steps (BEFORE his first birthday, might i mention!!). After the bug however he barely ever tried even to stand, and is just starting to try more now.

brave boy.

don't worry he wasn't attacked by a shark and bleeding at the neck. just sunburnt. :)

fat baby with the terrible hair part 1 (above) :)

fat baby with the terrible hair Part 2 (it gets even worse :) ) (here we try to cover up the bad hair with a ridiculous hat)

fat baby with the terrible hair Parts 3&4 (not to worry, he has since had a nice haircut although I couldn't bear for Kevin to chop all of the baby tufts off the top :) )

haha!! still so adorable :)

and a few pics of our short visit with Pete & Lauralee!! how we would love to visit with them longer if time allowed, but of course short and sweet was better than nothing :) Thanks again for having us!!

and the sweet adorable babies. This is Katie with Josh :)

i think she is realizing here that he actually has her toy that she loves :)

and this is what i started out with, very random pics of a coffeehouse here last summer. we LOVE serving as youth leaders for this fabulous group of young people!! They would appreciate your prayers as the work towards hosting Tamarack again this year!! :)

even more random, Joshua with baby Lauren, about a year ago!! how time flies :)
have a great weekend everyone!! :)