Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Birthday BLESSINGS...

My birthday this year included a surprise ocean getaway! At Ocean Shores, we strolled the beaches, worked out in the hotel exercise room, swam in the pool and hot tub, and other tourist activities! I found 3 sand dollars and joked we were on our way to paying off our hotel bill!

We saw the remains of somebody's sand castle crumbling on the shore as the ocean reclaimed its territory.

We enjoyed a delightful birthday dinner, complete with snicker cheesecake and a candle for me, and carrot cake for him (of course!). While we ate, we watched the sunset and let me SHOW you what God did for my birthday blessing (scroll down!)

WOWWEEE...Can't God do good things for us? What a blessing!

9 comments:

Lisa Laxton said...

WOW! That is incredible! You must have been a very good girl this last year for God to send you such a special gift! I thrilled for you that you were able to get such an awesome picture of it! Happy Birthday!!

Sally Ann said...

AWESOME! I love how you wrote it. It sounds wonderful! Glad you had a good day. I love you!

Vaughnde said...

WOW That is some Sunset! Ocean Shores? Man! That's one of the best places on the Washington West Coast!

Alice said...

So glad that you and Dad could get away for your birthday. Dad is always so romantic..
The sunset is breath-taking!

Anonymous said...

Great pictures! I'm sure you can't wait to get home and do some scrappin'! :)

On a different note, your snickers pie sounds so heavenly! Mmmm, makes me want to eat a snickers! Glad you had a happy birthday!

Rosemary said...

Lovely birthday surprise! What a wonderful time it sounds like you had. I love your journaling. That sunset is fantastic too. Great ending to a wonderful day!

preacher said...

I enjoyed every minute with you.

Shannon said...

I love the sunset & the snicker cheesecake sounded good, mmmmm.

Unknown said...

Sigh... this looks wonderful! Lucky duck. I'm happy you had such a great birthday.