First Family Vacation

This past week we were vacationing in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware at our friends' beach house. It's the third year we've gone to this place and we have grown to love it. The location is perfect...right on the bay. We can go canoeing, crabbing, biking, or to the pool. There is even a grill and a hot tub on the deck. Can it get any more relaxing? Malakai did really well for all the new things he was experiencing. We bought a beach umbrella so he could sleep in the shade and he liked that. We put his feet in the ocean but it was really cold and the waves seemed gigantic to him so he cried. But he loved the pool...splashed and kicked and laughed. That was more his style. We went out to eat for seafood (our all-time favorite) and brought along our own meat for grilling at the house.

When Malakai went to bed each night we would go out on the deck and sit on the swing just talking for hours about our life...where we are headed, where we've come from, future goals, and all the things that we are so thankful for. The LORD has blessed us with so many good things over the past 5 years of our marriage. Last year on vacation is when we felt the LORD tell us to move ahead with pursuing adoption. Now a year later, we had our 6-month old son on vacation with us! The relaxed pace of a few days away from our daily routine helps us get perspective on our lives again. Our spirits are refreshed, our love for each other is renewed, and we have energy to do the things that have been placed in front of us to do (parenting, jobs, etc.) Here is a small window into what our family vacation looked like...