beach trip #1

this poor neglected blog.

i'll try to catch up a bit, as summertime is nearly over

and the busyness of the school year will be here before i'm ready for it

the day after school ended, we headed to the beach for a week

it was an unusual trip, and didn't feel as vacation-like as it normally would

just days (or really the day) before we left, we found out for sure

that we were going to be moving

we had come across a charming farmhouse that was for rent

and decided to go for it--we put in our application

and paced the floor for about 2 weeks, waiting to hear if it had been accepted

i didn't want to start packing until we knew for sure,

and for sure ended up being the day before we left for vacation--the last day of school

we packed our house like mad that friday,

mark came home a few days early from the beach

and moved us (with movers to help with the furniture, and some friends to help with the boxes)

i came back from the beach to our new place

we LOVE it here

we found a cute little newly married couple to rent our townhouse

really every little detail worked out so perfectly--

we are so grateful, and feel like the Lord just dropped this huge gift in our laps

i will post pictures of our place when i get around to taking them,

but for now, here are a few from that trip

the cousins and nona joined us for an overnight,

which made for more fun