Beach Day 3 (2014)

We woke up on Day 3 and it was glorious! The sun was out and it was WARM.

Hallelujah! Houston, we have a beach day!

I came into the kitchen, and on the little island thing WHERE WE PUT OUR PLATES, UTENSILS and FOOD...was a pile of Joshua's dirty clothes: shirts, jeans and dirty socks AND UNDERWEAR.

So, that was fun.

It was reminiscent of another time...

Everyone else was asleep, so I went into his room. He was dressed and sitting on his already-made bed, reading his Bible. He said, "I put my laundry in the kitchen." He smiled up at me so sweet...morning hair all stickin' up.

Yes, I saw...and THANK YOU for that...

We went down to the beach about mid-morning and stayed there most of the day. It was wonderful! The sky was beautiful and there was a little breeze. I could've stayed there forever...if I had had a decent chair.

Day 3 was the day we discovered that one of our beach chairs was broken. I kind of think it was broken last year...can't remember for sure...but it would be just like Jim to say, "OH, it will be FIIIIIINE," and dig it out to bring with us again this year. Well, guess what? It wasn't fine. Logan almost pinched his hand off trying to get the thing opened, and then it wouldn't work even after it was opened. We ended up forcing the bottom part into the sand and then just using the back part of the chair for support.

They don't call it the Redneck Riviera for nothin', folks.

Needless to say, that chair did not make the ride home.

Day 3 was also the day we discovered that the roll of toilet paper we had in each bathroom...WAS IT. And do you know how many rolls of toilet paper 7 people need for 5 days?

More than 2.

Plus, we were also out of coffee creamer.

I don't know if there's a correlation between the fact that the two things we were out of were toilet paper and coffee creamer...

We did drink a lot of coffee, tho. Did I mention that it was COLD?

That night, we went to eat at Lulu's. We had to wait about an hour, which is typical...but what was NOT typical was the weather...so we were all pretty uncomfortable. And hungry. But when they called our names and we went inside...it was perfect. We had the perfect table in the perfect location...and the food was awesome. Again, Lulu's did not disappoint. LOVED.IT.

And, after dinner, we went to the grocery store...

"Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love..." Psalm 90:14