Yearly Beach Trip Photos - Relocated

As I have looked over my blog the last few days and reaccessed, I decided I needed to move some of my photos and update some things because it's been so long since I've been here and there's a little "housekeeping" that needs to be done.

This post will include some of those older photos, to relocate them and get them out of the sidebar.

Enjoy these "oldie but goodies" things really have changed.  We've all changed. Some of us a little, some of us a LOT!

Enjoying this gift of a family, while Abiding in His grace,
Lori

These photos are from our 20th trip to the beaches of

Panama City Beach, Florida!

Anna at Sundown

 

My Bunch at Sunset

I am absent from the "beach" pictures this year since I could not walk in the sand.

 

Sarah on the Sand

 

Giann with Sarah

Todd took this one.

 

The View From Our Balcony

 

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These older photos are from our previous year's visit to the same place... Panama City Beach, FL.

Todd and I poolside. This is our 19th trip to the beach now.

We're getting old....

 

My girls and I enjoying a little shade.

 

My Big Girl!

Anna is 12 now and growing so fast!! 

(Wow, look up at the top of this post! What a difference a year makes, huh?)

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Cooling Off at the Beach

This is how you do it when you don't like the ocean!

(Sarah's 1st trip to the beach. Age 2)

A few new pictures

Hi Everyone!!!

These pictures were recently taken while we were visiting with Todd's Aunt Sara, Uncle Pete and their family, at the end of last month. As almost always, there were no good pictures of Anna and I (No reflection on the photographic abilities of Todd's brother, Brian, who took these great photos!). Anna and I seem to make horrible candid shots. Somehow we do alright with posed pictures, but if someone tries to catch us "in action" the results are just downright scary photos sometimes :o) .

So,without further ado, here are two fantastic pictures of Sarah Beth and a picture of Todd - S*M*I*L*I*N*G!!!!! See, he does smile. I'd love to know what he was laughing at, he doesn't often laugh outloud, teeth showing and the whole bit. The other gentlemen in the photo is Todd's dad, and my fantastic father-in-law, Kerry.

I also unearthed some photographs of the group that went to Guatemala on the mission trip this year that Todd and Anna also had the privilege of being a part of. I can't remember if I posted them at the time, so, I'm going to go ahead and post them here now.

Enjoy!
Lori

This is the group that traveled to Guatemala, I'm not sure they are all pictured here, along with the people whom they worked with while they were there. This is the outside of the home they built while they were there that week. In this photo, Anna is in the front row in a brown jacket, and Todd is kneeling just to the right of her.

This is an outdoor stove that is installed on the outside wall of this home. The cane behind is used as a windshield.

Todd and Anna pictured here in front of one of the volcanoes in Guatemala, and Lake Atitlan. Lake Atitlan is known as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. You can certainly see why!

I can't believe how much Anna has grown-up and changed in just the last 6 months or so! Unbelievable, she's really turning into quite a beautiful young lady. (And yes, I am completely prejudice when it comes to the beauty of my own babies, both the big one and the little one!)

Cool Water and a Little Sunshine...

We bought the girls a small round above ground pool on sale at Academy last weekend... it took Todd two tries to get it just right. It's strange how an area can look really level, and then be out by three inches. Three inches was NOT going to be good enough for him. It had to be perfect. So, a couple of landscape timbers, and loads of dirt hauled with the backhoe and we had a "near perfect" spot to fill it up for a swim.

It's amazing what a little water and some sunshine can do for a couple of kids!!

Anna has always enjoyed playing in a pool, although she's never really had much of an active participant to play with. I really never wanted to get in because the water was always SO cold. This year, we purchased a solar cover, wow what a difference a large piece of plastic - that looks like a big sheet of bubble wrap - can make!!

So the girls and I enjoyed a nice day in a pool of comfortable water!! We had such a great time together, just my girls and I. Sarah loved hanging out with her new fisheys. Anna had a great time playing with her baby sister. I enjoyed the laughter and fun we had together.

That day was followed by another with a friend who came to swim. Another day of fun in the pool. We will definately get our money's worth out of this little thing!!!

Enjoy the pictures.
Abiding in His grace,
Lori