Hi folks. Still looking for the camera cord! But here are some pics from my phone. Above is Shayna and her friend Kai holding the team championship trophy from the Rankin County CC meet. They finished 2nd and 3rd and were leading the race at one point until they got a little off course. Below is the "All Rankin County" team. This race qualified them to run at the State Cross Country meet as 8th graders! Proud of my Shayna!

San Diego, CA

Greg says... please, can we move here??!!

Hello friends! It's been so long since we've posted... not really because we are busy (though we are...) but because we can't seem to find our camera cord to upload pictures to the computer! You'd think with such a small living space we wouldn't lose things, but...

ANYWAY, we are on a little west coast vacation and wanted to send a shout out. These pics are from LaJolla, CA- just outside San Diego. This city is Greg's "favorite place on earth"... I just can't imagine why!!

More soon!

Happy Anniversary Baby!!

Welcome back, to the Grand Bahama Island! We took a short cruise to spend the day out at our favorite little spot from last year: Paradise Cove. It's where JJ met the Eagle Ray last year, and where we decided would be the best place to celebrate 15 years!!

It was low tide for most of our day out here... which meant when we snorkeled out, we had to be extra careful not to step on or accidentally touch any of the coral.

Like a dork, Mom forgot her underwater camera. So you only get land shots this time.

We did see lots of fish, and got to swim amongst a pod of sea turtles!! One of them turned to look at us and looked like he was trying to say something. Only bubbles came out of his mouth. We think he was inviting us to follow along, cuz he didn't seem one bit bothered that we were there with him. He took us along where we got to see a bunch of his friends!! They are graceful and cute, going from eating the sea grass on the bottom to taking a breath up on top. Their big front flippers circle around in arcs and makes it look like they can fly!!

Happy Anniversary Baby!!

Ft. Lauderdale

Ft. Lauderdale is quite the contrast after coming from Stumpy and Peace River. Welcome to tourism, and a blast of big city squished right up as close to the water as possible!!
There are draw bridges going out to all the barrier islands and beaches. When we first arrived we caught the draw bridge up.

The buildings are this odd part of the landscaping... but part of what makes this town itself, so beautiful in its own way. We decided to try to find a less crowded place to enjoy the surf, and headed out to a state park a little farther south.

The boys had just as much fun trying to surf down the sand hill as out in the Atlantic!

This one is working on becoming a runner. She's pretty good about keeping mom moving when we get out and about... (oh, I do remember the days......)

We still love learning about all of God's amazing creations as we stumble upon them in our travels. Here is our treat of this trip: we think its why there was a red flag on the surf warning sign (waves were ok but there was something about dangerous creatures.?) Its a jelly fish like we've never seen out on the West coast...

Beauty, ain't it?!!

Now we're heading off for some more beach time out in the Bahamas. See you there!!

Stumpy

Right before we left Peace River, we finally got a glimpse of Stumpy out catching some sun.

Just in case you thought we made her up, here she is!!

Bye Bye Stumpy!

Thanks for sharing your river for Christmas and not eating Shayna when she got baptized!!