The Water

The highlight of our vacation was, no doubt, the beach. We spent almost every morning there. Here are the kids, ready for swimming:



Across the street from where we stayed was this:

With plenty of white sand for doing this:

The water was beautiful, shallow, clear, and as you walked out you came to the "sand dollar bar":

It took David a few days to get comfortable with the water:

And of course we adults got our share of sunburns. Somehow the kids kind of escaped that:

Numerous sand castles were constructed:

"Quintessential Beach" (however, Michael and I never even bothered to try to read at the beach):

Sunday afternoons, and some evenings, we enjoyed walking on the beach:

And looking at the sunset:

The colors were so beautiful:

David did enjoy himself quite a bit:

Every morning a little 5 year old boy came out to fish (seemingly on his own -- I hope there were parents somewhere nearby):

Isn't it beautiful!

There's nothing like vast stretches of water to wash away the cares of the world:

I love the sea oats against the sunset:

The colors are definately the ones in "my palette":

We did get to one rock jetty:

Another Sunday afternoon stroll:

As you can see, we all enjoyed the beauty and the relaxation. Every day we thanked God for providing this vacation for us -- it's not something we could have just organized on our own. The memories will serve to tide us through the months ahead.