Florida lives up to expectations...

After moving 3 times this summer (if you know us, you know this already), we have been soooo looking forward to a vacation. So, we all put our collective heads together and picked out a beach house and started saving up our pennies and quarters.


Well, the rental company called and told us the house we rented was struck by lightening and caught on fire- sustaining some fire, water, and smoke damage. Seriously.

So, we put our collective heads together again, picked a new house and continued saving up and looking forward to relaxing. As evidenced above, we ate well throughout the week. We had some inclement weather, but God gave us ample time to relax on the beach. We rode bikes and watched movies, and even almost came to blows over a friendly game of Pictionary.



Here are some pics of our week:

Aunt Emmy and Jack horsing around.

Jack gnawing on an ear of corn.

The mandatory family beach pic.

So, the vacation was nice and relaxing, but sadly regular life beckoned us back.

Thanks to the Lamans for the DVD player- it was a great distractor on the road for Jack.

Life in the new house continues to be chaotic but good. Finding time to do things around the house is a huge challenge. We're still trying to get our routine togther and get pictures on the wall. Oh well, God is good and these are good problems to have!

There's more to come later.