Myrtle Beach Trip

We took a very last minute trip to the beach last week.  We actually decided for sure on Thursday evening and I was leaving for Atlanta the next morning for a Beth Moore conference.  It was a whirlwind trying to get everything packed and ready to go.  I am so glad we decided to go though.  Last minute trips are sometimes the best.  We haven't taken a family vacation since I was pregnant with Lane so I was glad to get to go somewhere with the whole family.  Our last two family trips that we have planned haven't worked out because of a hurricane for one and a stomach virus for the other.

This was Lane's first time at the beach.

 



 

The kids had fun playing with friends.



 



Waiting for dinner.

 



Landon took the kids to search for crabs at night.



They caught one. 

This is right before Landon's phone fell in the ocean.  Luckily it still worked after it dried out.  Only the charging case messed up.

 

Trish took some family pictures of us.  Landon says this is why we go on trips...for photos.  He's a good sport about it and doesn't complain☺

He had fun cleaning off the sand after our pictures.

I love this one!

 

Our last day on the beach...

Ashlynn loves Lane.  She was so good with him.

 

I took some pictures of the Phillips family...

 

Kathy and I stayed an extra day while the guys stayed a few extra days for a golf trip.  We did a little shopping and Logan thought he was going to die when he had to go into girly stores.  When we dropped off Kathy and the girls at their house Logan said, "Mom, please don't EVER have a sister!!  That was torture!!  I hate going into stores with all that pink and purple!!!  I would rather have a monster come up and take me into a horror movie!!"  I thought it was hilarious.  I told him he may not have a sister, but one day he will have a wife and he will have to get used to it.  haha.

We took a ride on the Sky Wheel.  It appears much safer than the rickety ones at our fair.

 

We had an eventful drive home.  It is supposed to be about a nine hour drive, but it took us twelve and a half hours!!  Between bathroom breaks (that could never be at the same time), horrific traffic in Atlanta, pulling over for spankings, nightmare food and gas station experiences, I thought we were never going to make it home.  It was good company though and a great trip with wonderful memories made.



 

365 Project: May Photos

I really need to do better about not having so many of my pictures with my cell phone.  They are terrible, but it is just more convenient sometimes. 

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Lucas is supposed to practice in front of the mirror.  I walked by and saw him making faces in the mirror.  He is so silly.

 



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This was a wonderful start to our girls trip to NYC.  Our husbands surprised us with a limo at the airport to take us to our hotel.

 



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We enjoyed lunch at Serendipity!

 



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It was heart wrenching to tour the World Trade Center Memorial.

 



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This was one of my favorite things of the trip...worship at the Brooklyn Tabernacle.

 

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We are learning about Canada this week.

 

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Rochelle from bible study is from Canada.  She was gracious to come and talk to the boys about her home country.  She brought pictures and read their book to them. 

 

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The Lion King at TPAC!!  It was the third time I've seen it, but I still love it!!  It was worth it to see Lucas!  He sat on the edge of his seat the whole time glued to everything on stage.

 

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I ordered a puzzle of a map of Canada.  They were trying to learn the provinces.

 

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In our book for this week, the little girl went by herself the first time to hunt mussels.  This was a first for me!  They were a hit, except with Lucas of course.

 

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Lane thinks he is a big boy too!

 

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Mother's Day.  I'm so blessed!!  I'm thankful to be their mom!!

 

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For Mother's Day, Landon had a booth built in the kitchen.

 

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Getting closer!

 

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This cracked me up!  I found this by my sewing machine.  The boys wanted me to repair his hole in the neck.

 

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Ninja baller.

 

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I painted the booth white and decided to repaint the kitchen too.  I love how it turned out.  We still have to get a new table to fit the space better.

 

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5K and 1 mile fun run.

 

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Sweet little cousins.

 

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He's just like his brother.

 

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He likes to dunk it off the stool.  One day he'll get there.

 

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I taped off some lines on their court so they can practice outside.

 

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Scoring a run!

 

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He's learning how to play canasta early!

 

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Chalk fun!

 

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Fun time at Jace's birthday party.

 

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Play time while the others are in lessons.

 

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I want a real pool, but this little one will have to do.  ☺

 

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Life just got a little easier.  Lane can now go down the steps well. 

 

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Isn't he so cute??  I just want to squeeze his cheeks!

 

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Beth Moore Conference!!!  We were on the second row too!  Landon's aunt Sara and cousin Laura saved us awesome seats!!