The gift of Myrtle Beach

I had to write and share some pictures of our vacation from God (okay from the Snyder's). We were invited to join a couple from our church who were vacationing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They rented a 3 bedroom place on the pent house level of a resort building over Labor Day weekend and invited us to come along. We thought about it..(actually we really didn't have to)...and then readily agreed. It was an unbelievable time, one that all of us will never forget. Here are a few pictures. I know I just sent back to school shots, but I had to share these as well.

Views from the Pent House! Ian don't get too close to the railing!

See those poles on the top level? That's us!

This was Ian's favorite spot. The lazy river! They had two lazy rivers in the complex. One was slow and one went faster.

They had 8 hot tubs! Can you guess where Jeff and I wanted to spend a large chunk of time?

Playing on the beach. No, we didn't sculpt this seal, but we CAN take credit for the sand castle.
Good work team!














Mr Stan and Josiah jumping in the waves!

Had to stop at Kentucky Fried Chicken on the way home.
I was out numbered by my grease loving family.

Here we are with Liz and Stan Snyder at Hard Rock Cafe, Myrtle Beach.

Today is the first day of school!

Rebecca began the school year at Dayspring. This is the first year for her to attend private school. Initially she was very upset about this change, but over the course of the summer she got used to the idea, until this morning when she was very excited to begin the first day. It was all new for her today....new school, uniform, teacher, classmates, etc . Zachary, began middle school today - 6th grade. He, on the other hand, was quite bitter about going back to school :-) Getting up early and having homework every day is just not something he easily embraces. Jeff drove them to school this morning and annoyed all the teachers by taking pictures. What a dad!

Zachary and his friend Harry!

Mrs Sykes is a very funny teacher. Zachary had
her in 4th grade and really liked her.

Rebecca at her desk...getting ready to start the big day!

The big first grader. He was excited to go to school
all day. Mommy was a bit sad.

Good-Bye Buddy!

All aboard! See you at 3:45 Josiah. Ian and I will miss you today!

Rebecca had the opportunity to be the flower girl at a good friend's wedding on October 6th. She did a fantastic job and was a great help to the bride all day. Jeff teared up as she walked down the aisle. He said he could imagine her in 10 years coming down again. I said "Good grief...not 10 years, that would make her 18!" He agreed that it should be at least 20 years :-)

Getting her hair done!

The end result

Taking time to smell the roses!

The Bridal Party

Waiting in the back for her cue.

Right before the wedding guests arrived!

HERE WE ARE AGAIN!

I thought it was time to add a few pictures. There a quite a few....so feel free stop and scan at will.

We went to California this summer to celebrate Jeff's grandfather's 100th birthday. You heard it right - 100! Many family members reunited in the town where Jeff grew up. It was wonderful. In two days Grandpa bowled (and beat everyone), rode a horse, had a large party, and went golfing. He is an amazing man. Before the reunion we had the chance to visit a wonderful friend of ours, Anne Kalugin and her family. We went to Disney Land, and spent some quality time with them. Other than the fact that I accidentally booked an all night flight home accross the entire country with four children.....we had a phenomenal time in California.

I also included some first day of school pictures and a few others.

Disney Land!