Family Beach Vacation

Here are a bunch of pictures from the week long vacation we just took with my (Ben's) family. There were 13 of us total with all of my brothers and sisters and there kids, my parents, and my grandma. We had a lot of fun. This was Campbells first time in a bathing suit (it matched her cousins) and first dip in the pool. I think she liked it even though it was kind of a shock to her at first. I even saw a wild dolphin give birth as I was about 10 yards away in an ocean kayak (see photos). It was pretty awesome, I'll have to tell you the story. Anyway, enjoy.

Going Away Party

Tonight J.D. and Danielle Adams hosted a going away party for us at their house. I know its a little early but we are going to the beach for a week after this and won't have but a couple days left once we get back. It was mainly friends from church and stuff. We had a really good time and are very thankful to them for suggesting the idea. During the prayer before we ate, J.D. was praying and Katie got really sad and teary. That kinda made me sad thinking about leaving, but she fought it back and remained composed. I have to admit though, this Sunday at church thinking about it being one of our last, I started getting really sad. We had a rough time in Mobile when we first moved here at the beginning of school four years ago. We didn't know anyone, hadn't gotten plugged in to a church, etc. God really blessed us by allowing us to find Grace Community Church and all the wonderful, Godly friends he has allowed us to meet and with whom to cultivate meaningful friendships. We hate to leave because we love you all dearly and will always hold you near to our hearts and think of you fondly and often. May God continue to bless you all in the time to come. And we promise we will come visit as often as we can, hopefully my work schedule will allow it. We promise to keep in touch, seriously. We love you guys.

And So It Begins . . .

Well we've started packing (sniff...sniff, tear rolling down the cheek). We figured we needed to go ahead and get a move on cause we are leaving to go to the beach with my (Ben's) family for a week and will only have about 7 days to pack and be ready to drive off after that. I have rented a Uhaul and will be packing it myself all day Memorial Day(if anyone wants to help with the heavy stuff). We've actually done the entire downstairs already including the kitchen. Unfortunately last night we realized we were perhaps a little overzealous when we cooked dinner (on the grill, no pots) and had vegetables and realized we had already packed the salt away. Oops. Anyway, please keep one eye on the clock over there and hang out with us, QUICK!

Graduation/Baptism Weekend

Here are some photos from this weekend. One of Katie and I in New Orleans where she took me for a surprise getaway. The rest are from this weekend which included my Honors Convocation for school, Graduation on Saturday, and the Baptism of Campbell at Grace Community Church.