Comes but once a year

Labor Day weekend that is ~ the extended three day weekend. :) Which, I guess you can say ours officially started Thursday evening when we drove down to see how Hurricane Earl was effecting our surf / vacation spot. The waves were huge and my pictures do not do justice. As the sky grew dark, the waves were consistently licking the bottom of the pier. And with each wave, the pier shook. We know because we were up there with the other spectators. ;)

Enjoying my PB&J sandwich under the pier.

Tony went to work on Friday, while I cleaned an prepared for company that evening. We were so glad to break bread with Don & Belinda! Sweet fellowship indeed! We had mexican lasagna with all the sides and peach cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Saturday we slept in .... it was soooo nice! Tony did school work, we went to his parents house for a while, then joined a few friends at the beach. We had a great time hanging out. The guys surfed, I watched and walked along the sand while listening to "The Little Princess" on double speed. It is such a sweet story of grace and generosity. The evening sky was beautiful and our pizza dinner oh so good. :)

 Sunday morning we went to church with Tony's family. Seven year old Cayleigh was saved a few weeks ago (she called me that very night to tell me) and was being baptized. It was a sweet celebration!! After church we both did a workout and made our way to the local park to proclaim the gospel. Then we celebrated all the September birthdays at Tony's parents house. Young Marshall prayed the blessing over the food and also thanked God that Cayleigh is saved, that she was able to be baptized, and prayed that she will continue to learn more about God. Oh, how I praise God for our little neices and nephews. May God continue to do a great work in their hearts.

In the eveing we spent time with my family!!! Watched a movie, examined all the monarch butterflies that dad is raising, and talked about various things. :)

Monday we woke up at 4:15am, enjoyed a bowl of scrambled eggs together, packed the car, and were in the water surfing by 6:30am. We surfed with the rising sun 'til 10am. We had so much fun in the water together!! After a lunch of waffles, we both tackled some "labors" around the house. Specifically school work for Tony, and a completed striped baby blanket I'm selling locally. :) Labor day weekend ended with the both of us very sleepy and cuddled in bed.