A trip to the beach and answered prayer

 So what do you get when you take one grandma, 3 moms, 1 dad......

 1- 15 passenger, 1- 12 passenger, and 1- mini van....

 Full of 16 children, 2 of which are babies :) and the oldest of the crew is 13?  You guessed it you get the Geer, Dixson, Wright Family combo :)  And LOTS OF CUTE KID FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Joanna thoroughly enjoyed her first trip to the beach.  She ate some sand, had some fun, and played- a LOT!!!

 This little boy.....decided to ask the question....what can I do to give mommy a heart attack?  Hmmmm.......  I could take off running full force down the beach front right near the waves that are really huge with my little barely 30lb. body.......for over a half mile.......REALLY?  Yes really......the only reason I can think of is he looked up and didn't see "the family" and took off running to find us- in the opposite direction.  Thank the LORD I was standing "not too far away" and saw him take off.  Although he was far enough there was no way I was easily catching him.  This mommy I am sure looked absolutely ridiculous running in a swimsuit (try not to get sick seriously), all the way down the beach all the while thinking- I can't yell for Jason and the others they are too far away....and he is STILL RUNNING!

To make matters worse.  I had just told the family I was going back in the ocean for a while.....and after a bit they tried to find me.....and couldn't find me......and didn't see me all the way down the beach so assumed something happened to me.  YIKES!!!!

PRAISE GOD!  We were all ok!!!! 

 And with that much cuteness going on......

 the fun was HUGE!!!

 I mean look at that smile!

 Look at these 2 boys playing :)

 And even though it was way too windy, and a bit cold to start....

 It was still fun with family.....

 Look at this cutie!!!  Awww....Jessa.....

 Great fun was had by all.....and the only drawback- sunburn....oh dear.  It was overcast....and even though we are former camp directors and told staff and campers all the time- don't get sunburned, and we are all experienced parents- yeah sunburns are not fun.  OOOPPPSS!!! 

Gotta love the grandma and grandbaby!!!

AND WE FOUND A PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!!!!!  I would have said something sooner, but no internet- we just found out Tuesday :)  And let me tell you this mommy's heart has felt much much much better knowing we get to go somewhere much safer soon!!!  (Saturday we move in).  We drove by the place the other day - just 10ish miles down the road :)  So excited and relieved.  And of course Jason couldn't resist bugging them yet for the millionth time about our internet- and we finally got our own hook up today.  Yeah, that only took 2 1/2 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank the Lord for family!  For safety.  Have you ever had a time in your life that you felt very unsafe?  Reminds me daily since we have been here that God is our safety net.  It has brought my heart to a place to think of all the people around the world that don't ever feel safe.  Of all the children that never feel or even understand what the word SAFE means?  My heart breaks.......because safety should be a basic that everyone should know.  Praying especially for those that don't feel safe today- join me......... (which has me thinking....could you be a child's safe place?)