The BEST views of the vacation!!!

How AWESOME is our God??? I just sit in awe at the beach.

I can never get enough of the beauty that our creator has given

us. As I get older I have noticed how much I really enjoy nature

and there are soo many beautiful things to be thankful for!

Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy;

let them sing before the the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Psalms 98:7-9

BOOGIE BOARDING!!!!

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND!!!

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach

with the Lord. Many scenes from my life

flashed across the sky.

In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.

Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,

other times there was one only.

This bothered me because I noticed that

during the low periods of my life,

when I was suffering

from anguish, sorrow or defeat,

I could see only one set of footprints ...

... so I said to the Lord,

" You promised me Lord,

that if I followed you,

you would walk with me always.

But I have noticed that during

the most trying periods of my life

there has only been one set of footprints in the sand.

Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?"

The Lord replied,

"The years when you have seen only one set of footprints,

my child, is when I carried you."

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND July 08th - July 11th 2008

South Padre Island was our FAVORITE!!!! We will make sure we go back as soon as possible. In these pics all the girls are laying out, Chloe trying to take a nap, playing in the sand, Ethan sand boarding and up close to some rescued sea turtles. We adopted a hatchling that day and named it " Freedom". You can see in these pictures how the first day was rough waters and murky water but by the next day the water was clear and blue. This was a awesome vacation where many memories were made and won't be forgotten. WE LOVE SOUTH PADRE!!!!!!!

Corpus Christi, TX July 07, 2008

Corpus Christi, Mustang Island, Padre Island & Port Aransas is where we went today. This was the very 1st time Ethan & Chloe ever saw the ocean. It was raining on and off and the tide was really strong. I love the kids attitude and always have a good time even when it's not "picture perfect" like Mom wants it!!! We still had a good time and we also rode the ferry, which Kelsie wasn't too fond of. This one was different than the one we rode on in NC. Everyone else really liked it and thought it was cool. The sand castle was really cool and was supporrting all the branches of the military. Ethan is holding a hermit crab that was on the bay side of Corpus Christi. The kids thought it was really cool to find all the crabs in the different shells.

San Antonio Riverwalk July 06, 2008

San Antonio Riverwalk was really neat. I wish we had more time to go into all the shops and do some real shopping without worrying that my curious 2 year old wasn't gonna jump into the river...lol We really enjoyed all of the fountains and watching the boats, next time we will enjoy a boat ride hopefully without a 2 hour wait!!! I loved this picture of Chloe sitting by this fountain. I will need to go back for ALOT more favorite photos. We also walked through the Alamo. We ran out of time and will go back.

SEA WORLD JULY 2008

Sea World was our 1st stop on our vacation schedule. We were on vacation from July 5th- July 12th. We had a blast. Sea World was really busy since it was the fourth of July weekend. We plan to go back on a not so busy weekend. We all LOVE Sea World so we made the best of the crowds and had a great day! We went to the dolphin tank, watch a critter show, rode rides, got really wet!!!! lol