Beach house- day two

February. 14. 2012 marks the second day of our beach trip. The sad thing about that fact, is that we only have two more days before this vacation in the sun and sand ends. The happy fact is that now we have another whole day to make memories. It's sort of a bitter-sweet experience. Sometimes I wish with all my heart that either time could stand still, or we could somehow magically find never-land. But, unfortunately, things don't happen this way, and perhaps it's for a purpose.   There are more things to experience in life, more lessons to learn, and more things you can do to bring glory to our creator. Setting aside every random thought I've just scribbled down here, today happened, and this is what the day brought forth...

 I don't have any photos of earlier today, because this was my cousins' last day here, so I spent it entirely with them. We played volleyball most of the afternoon, then climbed the sand dune. What a glorious and breath-taking view it is up there! Our God is an awesome God. Sadly, after we came back to the beach house, my cousins had to leave for a volleyball tournament. *sniff* They were greatly missed. Even though we didn't have their company anymore, we still had my more-than-simply-amazing Grandmother! (I love her SO much!) She can lighten anyone's bad day, and make you smile not of your own free will. She is a precious thing, and such a huge blessing to my family and I.

 Activities of the day included- Surfing down the sand dunes.

 -Feeding birds. (BAD idea!)

 -Reading weird books.

 -Playing volleyball. (again)

 -Laughing with Grandmother.

 -Playing tractors.

 -Watching siblings play outside.

 -Finding broken sand dollars.

 -Crocheting.

 -Walking with family.

 -Watching the glorious waves make their way over the rocks.

 -Jumping over rocks.

 -Having a contest to see who could find the coolest shell.

 -Smiling. :)

 -Stepping in wet moss.

 -Playing in a pool of water.

-And playing in the sand.
Life is good....especially at the beach. :) The sun felt like putting chap-stick on chapped lips, the sand felt like an iced lemonade in the heat of summer, and the water felt....like the Great Northwest. -Cold.  It was great to re-live summer for a short while. The shorts, flip flops, and volleyball were more than welcome back to me! Thanks be to God for another day full of blessings and adventures.
Thanks for reading, and..many apologies for not bringing the sun back with me!
-JessicaCynthia-

Beach house-day one

 My family and I, along with Cousins, Cassandra, and my Grandmother, made a trip down to the Tosti's beach house earlier this week. It was a blast. The weather was simply amazing. All in one day, we had snow, electric storm, thunder, and mostly sun. It was almost like Montana weather! My favorite, other than the sun of course, was the electric storm. Just before it came, my cousins and I were playing volleyball outside, and all of the sudden our hair stood on end. I mean, seriously, *on end*. Trinh's was over a foot in the air! We had more than enough laughs over that one! :) Rewinding a bit in this story- On our way to the Beach house, we all stopped by Cannon Beach for lunch at the 'Wayfarer." A really expensive restaurant. 

 I don't know what Anthony was trying to explain to the girls here.

 *smiles*

 When we got to the beach, all we did was pretty much just play volleyball. I was kinda rusty the first hour, but after that I think we did fine. When the electric storm came, we marched inside, ate dinner, then watched "Hogan's heros."

Sorry I didn't have very many photos of this day...I was too busy playing volleyball. More will come of tomorrow. :)
Thanks for reading!
-JessicaCynthia

My favorite things

 Okay, so I have a new "absolutely favorite thing." It's driving. Caitlin and I passed our permit tests, and started driving! *cheer* Caitlin drove home the first day, and then I drove home the next day in the dark. Yeah, my very first time driving a car was in the dark. I didn't mind though...I was just happy to simply be driving!!!!
I wasn't scared in the least bit when I put my hands on the wheel. I think I did okay...I just need to practice with speeds and such because I kind went on the faster side of things the first time out. Don't be alarmed, I am pretty sure I won't speed for the first 2 years. (until I'm over 18 years old.) Even then-I won't do it on purpose. ;p

 My permit!

(BTW-don't ask me why I have a Lord of the Rings card in my wallet, or why I have four Starbucks cards in there. Sometimes I have no idea what I was thinking when I put stuff in here. :/  )

My first drive! I was *so* excited. I drove home to be greeted by my family and the Seiferts. We had a wonderful evening, praise be to God.
 I'd say that driving is forever and always on my "favorites" list. :)