My favorite feature of our Wayne County property is the creek that runs through it.

We saw this sign outside an Outer Banks restaurant...so true.  In fact, I might change "ALL YEAR" to "FOREVER"!

Because I took SO many photos and it's just so much fun going through them and reliving the happy moments that make me smile, today I'm sharing a few many more from our July beach vacation.

All man-made play areas pale in comparison to those that are God-made...and the ocean is BEST waterpark ever created!

Here we are, in all our glory...the family group who vacationed together at Hatteras, NC last month.

Magical sunrises...

Along with their Dad, these are my greatest gifts from God!

After months of sorting through, cleaning out, divvying up, and selling the accumulation of 63 years of living in the same house, on Monday we finally closed on the sale of Mama's house.

It's not something I ever pictured myself doing, but when the church elders decided to have an outing together with their spouses, who am I to be a party-pooper?

Of the four family Christmas celebrations we had, our very best one was the last one...when all of our kids and grandkids got together the Saturday after Christmas.