We love Bethany Beach

This years trip was so memorable. Leaving the beach, I thought to myself for the first time, "I'm going to miss this".  The ages that you guys are at right now is so much fun, and we were able to do so much more as a family. We spent several hours playing at the beach with perfect weather almost every day. We had days where we arrived at 9 and stayed until 6ish eating Grotto's pizza on the beach. Noah and Chloe were comfortable going in and out of the ocean and riding the waves on their own. Eli enjoyed the water with daddy too and building in the sand.  Grace was quite the beach bum, just lounging around and taking it all in. We didn't even have to rock you to sleep. You just laid there and fell asleep to the sound of the ocean. Mom-Mom, Grandpa, and Tayta joined us for a few days and we celebrated Mom-moms birthday on the beach with some candy kitchen treats.  Simply said, it was a wonderful time and I'll let the pictures do a better job explaining...

 family bike ride continues on the boardwalk:)

 We hiked at Assateague Island and had the wild horses literally come up tour car window. You guys swam in the bay, but we all prefer the beach.

Rehoboth rides never get old. This was Eli's first year on the paratrooper, and I wish I could have captured a better picture of his cute grinning face!

Until next year...

My big fat family

Another one of my MANY cousins, Bady, got married this year. I loved growing up in a big family, and I have such wonderful memories with all of them. All of my aunts were like 2nd moms to me and my cousins like siblings. I was blessed with a godly grandmother who loved God more than anything. She would meditate on His word for hours and when she closed in prayer, I would wait outside her door until I heard her pray for me :) Here is only about 1/3rd of her grandchildren...

Time and seasons may have drawn us apart physically but these ladies whom you refer to as "auntie" are truly like my sisters, Aunty Mace, Aunty Mary, Aunty Lema and Aunty Helena.  

Aunty Kristen is a 2nd cousin and I think I have over 100 of those but she's the closest to me

And you should know these guys:)