{at the beach}

Our summer is flying by and I have O so many pictures to share! 

We had such a sweet visit with my folks, and got to go on quite a few outings 

with them. We live in such a beautiful part of the country, though I will say,

it's taken me a good two years to get acclimated to the Northwest rain/cold. 

We've actually had a real summer (unlike last year) and it warmed up quite a bit!

The pastor was outside watering our grass tonight. It's brown. Such a novelty here. 

I've got tomato plants growing in pots out back and as of late, they've been wilting!! 

It's suppose to get up to 90 by the end of the week and then the forecast says

thunder showers on Sunday. It hasn't rained for a good month, so we are 

quite ready for some showers. I know most of the country is desperate too.... 

My kids don't cope well with the heat anymore. It makes them so uncomfortable. 

It's strange how 80 degrees feels SO HOT here! 

We have many beautiful beaches very close to us, and this is one particular 

beach a little south of us. This day was BEAUTIFUL for my parents.

I guess it was probably high 70s. The water was freezing, but that didn't stop

the three littles from going in. Ellie chose to just draw. She loves sharing her sketchbook. 

 

The kids were just happy to be in their bathing suits OUTSIDE! 

Toby requested to have his picture taken with the statue above. 

He's so darn cute. 

I love the picture above with my mom and the kids and the little green books. 

Those go way back to my childhood and are called "Wordless Books"...

My sweet mom uses every opportunity to share the gospel with 

my kids and disciple them. I love that. And I love that they are singing

songs from my childhood:

My heart was dark with sin,

Until the Savior came in.

His precious blood I know,

has washed me white as snow.

And in God's Word I'm told,

I'll walk the streets of gold.

To grow in Christ each day,

I read my Bible and pray. 

How I need to remember that simple gospel message EVERY day....

And O how I need to daily remind my kids of it!
I pray the Lord will give me many of those grace-filled conversations.