Trips!!!!!

I just have not made blogging a priority......my last post was last October. Hmmmm. I pretty much have given up on being a real blogger, but adding pictures is not so hard or time consuming so I am going to try to do better and at least load up pics more often! Olivia turned sweet sixteen on June 5th, and we surprised her and her sweet friend Lali Lopez who also turned 16 the last week of May with a party at the Zoe house! They were both really surprised. We have started this summer off with lots of travel! Memorial Day our family took a four day trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands! We had an amazing time, however the week before we left, Andrew fell off the monkey bars on the playground at school and broke his left arm. So.... we had to order a special waterproof cover so he could still go swimming. The DRY-PRO saved the day for him! What a beautiful place God created there! I have never seen water so blue or the sand so white. The kids got to snorkel for the first time and saw some awesome sea life so close in to the shore. The Sesame Street characters are there and the younger kids got a kick out of seeing them and getting their pictures with them. So cute! The first week of June Olivia and Caroline went to Zoe Camp and had a great experience with the Lord! They saw friends of theirs come to the Lord to be saved and rejoiced in what the Spirit was doing in their own lives as well. What a great blessing! As I write this, Olivia is on yet another trip to Costa Rica on a mission with a group from our church. I am praying that the Lord will give her some great experiences while she is there evangelizing. My little girl is growing up into a beautiful young woman, and even though it is hard to see her grow up before my eyes, I feel so truly blessed because the Lord so has His hand on her and is continuing to draw her closer to Him in so many ways. In about three more weeks we will all head out in the car again for our yearly trip to Morth Carolina. This year my parents are going to come down and stay with us the first week, and then Mark's parents and family are coming down the second week. We have so many great memories of North Carolina over the years, and the kids always look so forward to this time at the coast with family. After that, we will be home for a few weeks, and then believe it or not, school will be starting on August 15th for Olivia. Summer usually flies by so fast. I just cherish these times with my family. God has so blessed us and we are so grateful that we still both have our parents and the kids have their grandparents. Here's some pics from the last few months of our trips and all...........