The Beach Girls, Take 3

I am blessed. So blessed to have such super great friends! The LORD is good!

The past two summers I have been able to get away with these girls. This summer would be a bit different. I was going to be super great with child and MF would have a newborn. Not the best plan for a relaxing weekend away. Therefore, we headed out a few months early this year before the babies arrived.

We headed out of town on Thursday night after a quick dinner with the girls. Food, what a great way to start the weekend. It was a running theme throughout as well.

Friday morning some of us slept in (while the grandma's headed to the grocery--love ya!) and had a relaxing breakfast on the front porch. We then made our way to the beach. But the clouds came with us. We were a bit chilled and ended up going back to the house to warm up a bit. Not our typical weekend at the beach.

Friday night after relaxing all afternoon not on the beach, we headed out to celebrate BAC's birthday! I just love her so much and was so thankful to be able to share the weekend with her! She is such an encouragement to me!

There was no one outside to take a group picture--so we took turns with the birthday girl!

After dinner we headed to the outlets for a little retail therapy--sans kiddos! It. was. awesome. Granted, most of us only bought for our kids. Oh well.

Saturday we got up and went for a walk. The weather was a bit cooler than desired, but being with friends makes the world go round. So a little overcast and cool weather wasn't going to get us down! We went out for lunch and then stepped it up a notch. We went to Professional Body Piercing by Jackie. MB wanted to get her nose pierced. So who more fun to do it with than the girls!

How 'bout that for some adventure?

When we got back a few of us went to walk on the beach. Yeah, it was a teeny bit cold.

We saw a few star fish (the day before it was over 100, but no camera) and one huge jellyfish. It was a monster.

That night we stayed in and played a little beauty shop while a huge storm blew through.

Sunday we got up and cleaned up before heading home. It was a fast weekend, but so relaxing and fun. I so enjoy these ladies who LOVE the LORD and who are such an encouragement to me. I love the talks we have about what the LORD is doing in each of our lives. It is such an honor to call them friends!