SEC Spring Meeting 2009....

WHEW, what a week we had at the beach... It is the longest we have stayed there and it was pretty great... of course we had the daily meltdowns of complete exhaustion and Ben did not sleep at all during the night but hey, we were at the beach, and waking up to sound of the waves just made me calmer and less stressed, really it did!!! We left on Sunday (I drove down with the kids, my friend,Kelly, followed us down and then Craig flew down after the Baseball game..) Kelly came down to help me with the kids until Thursday and boy was she a help!!! She also watched the kids while Craig and I attended dinners during the week. It is always so much easier with help!! Everyday consisted of going to the beach, lunch, pool, nap, ice cream, beach again, dinner, bed.... repeat each day! IT WAS PERFECT!!! We came back home on Saturday and began the crazy week of VBS!! Below are some pictures from the week... some with captions, and some without..


Update on Ben: He has not woken up with a night terror in 2 nights, THank the Lord!!! I am praying this continues. I really think we had some prayers going up, because you all know how Craig and I are without our sleep. NOT a good sight around our house. We felt like we were back in the infant days, ugh!!! So I hope the little guy continues to sleep well...
ALso, Craig is leaving on Saturday for his first Builders For Christ trip. I am really excited about and for him going!!! I really hope he enjoys it and can let go of some of the day to day stress here at home and work and be blessed by the work he will be doing!!







our annual family picture

Below are PHOTOS BY BEN:



my pretty grown up girl... I just love her hair like this!!! (Kelly did it that way)

This was hilarious, Ben was looking at Chuck while he was saying something... too funny!

My little dancers... they had such a great time dancing to the band!!

taking a break from dancing: Ben, katie and Olivia Hussey

David and Leah Knight, Chuck and Amber Dunlap and us... dinner at the OCean Club... we had a great dinner and lots of fun hanging out!!!

the BIG chair at Baytowne Wharf!

the beautiful sunset while we sat on the rooftop at Graffitti's!!!

Craig and Ben checking out the boats on the bay.