March Madness

Caleb and I got back from our vacation in Myrtle Beach last week. We had such a great time together, growing closer to each other, being able to relax and enjoy each other's company, and explore another spot in God's awesome creation. We took this vacation because he'll be deploying this month for another 7 month deployment, so this blissful stress-free time together was just what we needed before he goes.

Here are some of the moments that best capture our trip:

This is the Grand Strand. There are so many hotels lined up right next to the ocean...our's is the copper one in the distance if you can spot it! Caleb and I walked along the beach every day to get to the boardwalk where all the restaurants were located (probably a mile down from where we stayed). It was quite the workout! 

Caleb bought tickets to the Carolina Opry. It was a night full of performances by really great singers...the host was a finalist from American Idol. There were also performances from America's Got Talent. 

I love seeing the sunrise. This is a picture from our balcony one morning. 

I REALLY wanted to go on the Ferris wheel on the boardwalk...we kept on postponing it, so we had to ride it the morning we left! 

On the Ferris wheel with the love of my life. 

View from the top of the Ferris Wheel. 

My handsome husband! 

This pretty much sums up our trip! We were on the beach every day, enjoying the weather (although there were days the wind was quite chilly!), reading, going to the pool and hot tub, dining out, and just realxin' in the good ol' South! 

We loved our vacation and we will definitely be back here again. There were so many things we didn't get to do that we would love to on our next trip. 

I can't believe how fast March flew by. I'll be staying here in North Carolina the majority of the time Caleb is deployed and I know that God will use that time to grow and stretch my reliance and faith in Him. I'm still enjoying my Thursday morning bible study with the women at the church, loving my AWANA tweens that make me laugh on Sundays, humbled to be the pianist on our worship team that really seeks my opinions, and still working and training Angel to be the angel I know she is.  A lot of my neighbor's will be leaving this summer, either because they are moving or visiting their home town. I'll be looking forward to reaching out to some other new friends that I have that are coming here in the summer and looking forward to the times that I'll be visiting San Diego to see my family. 

This is a picture of us yesterday after a grueling workout. Caleb has his PFT (Physical Fitness Test) tomorrow which consists of a 3 mile run (perfect score is doing it in 18 minutes!), 20 pull-ups, and 100 sit-ups in under 2 minutes!

Hope everyone is having a lovely start to the week so far. We love and miss you all. 

~Nancy