The Taylors: Summer Fun at Laguna Beach

This past May,our family again had the great privilege of going with Sam and the student ministry to beach camp. This time our church hosted our own camp in Panama City Beach at Laguna Beach. And to make it even better, Caleb came as the worship pastor for the week...which of course means Lia got to come too!!! I was soooo excited. They had not seen Clara since she had been born, Missouri was a LONG way from North Carolina! And of course I'd need extra help with my kids while Sam was occupied with teenagers, so my mom came too! It was a perfect week! The boys were thrilled to return to the beach. I was unsure about taking Clara as a 4 month old but she was a champ. Loved every second...and the students did too! Hoping to return next summer.

Seriously?!?! Yes, they just are this sweet :-)

This is the "cabin" that my fam stayed in. It was so perfect. Very "beach campish" but just right!

Uncle Caleb and Aunt Lia with Clara for the first time. It was love at first sight ;-)

Playing in the water with Daddy. They were not near as nervous around the ocean waves as they were last year. They just loved it!

Mac had decided at home before leaving for the trip that he knew he was going to find a shell that he could hear the ocean in. If you go to the beach much you know that sometimes you go, there are lots of shells. Other times, none. This was pretty much a "none" time. But it didn't stop Mac from looking and believing. We couldn't stand for him to be disappointed, so Mom went to a souvenir shop, bought two huge shells, and hid them on the beach while we were walking and searching. They totally thought that we just stumbled upon them and could not believe how lucky they were to find shells to hear the ocean! It was priceless!! It never once crossed their minds that we had looked for days, found no shells, and then all of a sudden we found two perfect ones. Love their innocence. Won't last forever!

Aunt Lia and Uncle Caleb are so great to all of their nieces and nephews. All of the kids adore them and love playing with them. Caleb and Lia are such great sports!!!

Sweet pumpkin on the beach. On the first day we lugged loads of stuff to set up on the beach, kept her out there maybe an hour or two, then never took so much out there again. haha

Swimming time

All three of my favorite things!

Yay for an awesome Camp Pastor at a fun retreat center! (crazy enough, this is the same place that Lia went to camp in the summer when she was in high school in Texas...good memories)

The day we drove to the beach was my birthday. My mom is so great and thoughtful and bought gifts, party gear, and candy to celebrate on the hour for the entire eight hours that it took us to drive there. It made my day, and the kids thought it was so great! And who wouldn't when you get lots of candy the whole car ride! haha