beach recap

our three day beach vacation was exactly the kind of rest I had hoped it would be.
relaxing, restful.
i read Heaven is for real.  and got chills many times; it's crazy good.
and started (and am halfway though 1,000 gifts)
that book will get its own post.

have grace on my appearance, friends.  I was a burnt lobster at the beach.

now we are back to reality. 

Monday morning came with a surprise that I will be the head mentor of a college girl from Denmark that is here for two weeks volunteering.

Pray for me friends, I am selfish with my time and don't always want to teach.

insta Friday

good morning.

it's Friday, and I'm not at work.

we're getting ready for our eye dr. appts

and then heading to the beach.

have a great weekend.

daydreaming the day away...

because tomorrow I will be here.

and call I can think about is:

the sound of the waves as I go to sleep...naptimes, night-time, beach naptime.

I am thinking lots of sleep is in my future.

the laughs and giggles I will have with my two sisters.

I am SO SO happy to finally have sisters. 

the reading!  I have purchased "Heaven is for real"

I know, it's not the books we talked about yesterday.

but it was on sale for the kindle edition.

$5 wins. 

if I finish it over the weekend (it's really really short)

I will go to one of the others.

the time with my family.

they are so sweet, so precious, and so encouraging.
being with them is rest and comfort to my soul.

I may even make a playlist for the drive down.
any music suggestions?
new worship music you are loving?
my tunes need a little spark of something new.

but for the next 8 hours I will try to get through these reports

that my interns left me to do.

things for the beach

this weekend is our family vacation to Galveston.

my second father (FIL) has rented a beach house with 5 rooms!  5 rooms!

and we will all be joining for some time away, and sweet time together.

i'm calling it battershell beach blast.

because that's cute.

and i'm still in love with my new last name.

I am so excited.  SO SO excited.  I have the day off on Friday,

and since we can't get to the beach house until 3ish anyway,

I have an eye dr appt that morning.

I love the eye dr.

I love the click click noise as they give you option 1 or 2.

I love the smell.

The eye dr is my favorite dr.

So Friday is looking up.  (and this post was not supposed to be about the eye dr, but I will let you see my new glasses when I get them).

this post is supposed to be about beach things.

all the things I am looking forward to doing at the beach.

I am trying to finish HP this week so I can start a new book this weekend. 

don't get me wrong, HP has been awesome.

but I 'm ready to know the ending and move on.

some of the contenders for beach weekend are:

I have heard so much good about both of these. 

a perfect beach weekend is some time outside and a good book.  what do you think? which of these should I read?