We were blessed to be able to head back to Topsail Island again this summer..and it just happened to fall on the same week as my birthday! A perfect present. Our gracious friends have shared their beach house with us now for the third summer in a row and it truly is a little slice of heaven for us.


For the most part...the weather was amazing. Not too hot during the morning...maybe a few clouds...but all in all it was beautiful! Several times though...while we were there we saw the most incredible display of lightning fireworks we have ever witnessed.


This summer, Jackson has truly emerged as a fearless, wave body surfer! In summers past, Jackson MIGHT put a pinky toe in the water...and then be completely satisfied to spend the rest of the trip settled safely in the sand. But this time around...he was neck deep in the waves...and even knocked down a time or two. He would quickly jump back up and get right back into the excitement of it! We praised the Lord one night because we have been praying for the last several months that his tube would fall out of his ear. (He had surgery several years earlier and they were supposed to fall out on their own...but one was particularly stubborn) Well...salty water did the trick!


Uncle Jeremy was able to join us for the second half of the trip. He and Jason took the kids fishing one night...and it quickly turned into the highlight of the trip!!