FRIDAY FAREWELLS !

Two grandsons with varying last names but sharing an unusual middle name, (Davenport) are leaving one  dwelling place and heading for another.  Actually the new dwelling places are oh so similar but in different states. AR and NC. Think campuses! 

LEAVING FLORIDA

WITH A UNIVERSAL DETOUR!

How time has flown!

A NC car full!

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY BOUND

Where has time gone?

From South Holmes to tp a  campus dorm.

.....ALBRIGHT # 307 ..........

FULLY DECORATED AND ORGANIZED BY THE WHOLE FAMILY

Cousins with not only blood connections but spiritual ones as well!

HALLELUJAH!

A.B.C. ......(R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z).....X.Y.Zs at the beach!

Entries (3) will be entered starting from the end of the alphabet----weird, idiosyncratic person that I am--will want the entries to flow from top to bottom (A-Z) as they are read, when completed.

Thus, today's alphabet focus letters are R-Z.  Updates/replacements may be added as I find other photos.

R---reading, relaxing and ripcurrents 

S---sandcastles, sea oats, sandy burials, snorkeling and "Shark Shot Put" (an olympic sport of our own making)

 

T---Tea Times

U---USA "Beach"Team---pre-olympic trials

V---vacation for 17. How blessed it is when the brethren dwell together in unity. (Psalm 133:1)

W---white sand beaches and white foamy surf

X---xtraordinary extras---laughs known & understood only to those who were there!

Y---yoga on the balcony, on the sand, on the boardwalk & inside for the grannies

Z---Zephyr---ah-h those beach breezes during picture night

BOY COUSINS' DAY

Cousins' Day is really July 24th but tonight all the boy cousins were together at dinner to give a "wave out" to cousin Lucy, the only female in this cousins' camp.

So to our sweet Lucy in Brooklyn these "waves" are for you!!! 

We miss you and will see you in Texas at Thanksgiving! 

Love from Nathan, Noah, Caleb, John Parker, Andrew and Owen.

"Congra-TEA-lations"

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. (Psalm 145: 7, KJV)

God is good. Today my heart was filled to overflowing with His goodness. One grandson graduated from kindergarten and I was able to attend the event. Something that has not always been a possibility as a working mother/grandmother. How fun to congratulate him on completing the course and laughing at his response to his mommy's comment about "crying at his graduation."

"You don't have to cry, Mommy; I promise I'll be good today."

Plus, a Texas grandson is in town with his daddy for his heritage trip and his 6th birthday. I was able to splash thru the water at Mud Island's Riverwalk with him and congratulate him on his map skills---and for keeping me "directionally" on my toes. I wonder if I passed on some of my Ms Rand-McNally genes to him.

Sharing any milestone with a grandchild is worth celebrating. Kudos. Congratulations. Pats on the back. All are important ways to encourage. 

Celebrating cousins! Congratulations! More food was in their stomachs and on the table than on the floor! Celebrating laughter. John Parker's definition of his fish basket was priceless. "They killed a fish and made him into a chicken strip."

Today, my utterance of His great goodness is that I'm still around to share these times with family.

We all need to celebrate each moment, be thankful and find reasons to serve a cuppa congra-TEA-lations to others---even in the little things.