Well.....I wanted to start by telling the story behind this wonderful picture of my family. That's my husband and I with our three chirldren at the beach last week. We were visiting Clearwater Beach near Tampa for our Spring Break. We have never had a real "beach" vacation with our children. Oh we've taken them to the beach on numerous occasions, but the "beach" trips before were always associated with a business trip or baseball tournament. Those trips were fun, but not relaxing. A beach trip SHOULD be relaxing! This trip was relaxing (minus the day we spent at DisneyWorld, but I'll share that story another time)! Although the water was a bit too chilly to swim, we enjoyed seeing and hearing it, and watching some brave ones get in for a short dip. Back to the picture....my sweet husband researched and got the name of a local photographer to come and take the pictures of our family on the beach because 1-he knew that I have always wanted those beautiful beach pictures of our family, and he's so thoughtful that way, and 2-he wanted one of just the two of us from behind holding hands at sunset!!! How romantic is that? He can be guilty of really spoiling me! And I love it!

I am so thankful for these pictures! I know that at any time this picture can change. There are lots of different circumstances that might cause that change. You can use your own imagination. But for now I am just thankful that I now have my family beach pictures from our "beach" vacation. They are very precious to me! The ones in the pictures are my dearest on Earth!