Since I was in Nashville from Thursday until today, my fellas decided that they’d take advantage of my absence and head to the beach for a few days. I didn’t mention their little father/son trip earlier because I am wary of announcing to the internet that HEY, OUR HOUSE IS EMPTY, but now we’re all home again and everybody’s safe and sound. NOTHING TO SEE HERE, Ring of Thieves!
Anyway, I have started about four different posts over the last 24 hours (more Mexican food misadventures with Melanie, links to a couple of great posts from Compassion El Salvador, last week’s episode of “The Office,” and this one), and I’ll try to get to all of that other stuff eventually. But for the last hour I’ve been looking at all of the beach pictures and thinking about how much I love water, sand and sky. It makes me all weepy, really. Too much beauty for my heart to take. And when you add my favorite people in the whole world to the mix, well, I get a little captivated.
I KNOW.
Before the boys left last week, I asked Alex if there was something special that the two of us could do when he got home again. He said, “Let’s snuggle up and read books, Mama,” and so tonight, about 30 minutes after he walked in the door, that is exactly what we did. We snuggled up and read a chapter of “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.” It was delightful.
But before we started reading, I asked Alex to tell me about his favorite part of the trip. Without missing a beat he said, “Just getting to spend all of that time with Daddy!”
It made my heart smile.
Have a great week, everybody.
Kelly says:
This post just made my heart swell. Can’t take the sweetness. That boy is precious! :-)
November 15th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Holly @ Crownlaiddown says:
All I can say is “Mmmm!” with a tone of awesomeness and not the yummy kind. Amazing. I also love how you love your family. Have a blessed week, friend!
November 15th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Lora says:
Sweet!
November 15th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
gracemama1432 says:
Beautiful pictures…what beaches?
November 15th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
andrea says:
wow Gods creation is amazing!!
your little boy is adorable!
cant wait to hear about your trip!
November 15th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Mary says:
What beach is that? It’s beautiful!!
November 15th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Traci@TotalMomsense says:
Oh Sophie- I know the weather here was magnificent, but I think your boys got the better end of the deal this weekend! Hope y’all had fun. The pictures are breathtaking.
November 15th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
pendy says:
Love it when kids can have some one-on-one with a parent…and the photos are icing on the cake. Gorgeous.
November 15th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Southern Fried Mama says:
What gorgeous photos those are! Looks like your men had a great time!
November 15th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
BooMama says:
They were right outside of Orange Beach – D’s brother has a condo down there.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:01 am
gracemama1432 says:
Incredible pics…beautiful memories!
November 16th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Ashley says:
LOVE the pictures! :)
November 16th, 2009 at 1:12 am
joyce says:
water, sand, and sky make me weepy too, especially when you add my girlies to the mix. sigh.
Beautiful pictures!
November 16th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Lisa @ The PW says:
What a dollbaby… Sydney still likes to snuggle and read books and it is my favorite part of the day. I’m trying to convince her she’ll love Screwtape Letters or Mere Christianity but thus far our books must have some type of pony in them.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Kaye says:
Beautiful pictures, thanks so much for sharing. What a special time for your little one and his Dad, great memories for both of them.
Have a wonderfully blessed day,
Kaye
Matthew 21:22
November 16th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Staci says:
Ah, precious!
I really needed the beach pictures today – here it’s in the 30’s with a pretty good wind chill going!
November 16th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Lauren Kelly says:
Awww, this made my heart smile!!!!!!!!
November 16th, 2009 at 8:18 am
charlotte says:
Oh I knew it! I was looking at these pics thinking…it’s gotta be Orange Beach, Perdido, or Pensacola Beach. I know my beaches :) Orange beach/Perdido my faves cause that’s where I’m from!! Made me smile, too.
November 16th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Mary says:
Your pictures are wonderful. Thanks for sharing the beach with us!
November 16th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Jennie says:
Awwwww. Kids can just melt your heart :)
November 16th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Megan (FriedOkra0 says:
Those are beautiful, especially that last one! I am so glad they had a great time and what a great thing for your Alex to come home to – reading one of the best books EVER with his Mama.
(And ever since that unfortunate Michael, Dwight, Andy and Oscar business trip episode of The Office, I can never read or hear “{It, He, She} was delightful!” without cracking up. I always hear Andy’s voice saying it in my head.)
November 16th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Kelly says:
Beautiful Alabama Gulf Coast. I swear, there’s no other beach like it!
November 16th, 2009 at 9:14 am
wanda says:
Melts my heart too!
Daddy’s ROCK!!!
November 16th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Nancy says:
Love some Father/Son time! What a beautiful sky…only from God. :)
November 16th, 2009 at 10:22 am
weavermom says:
Beautiful!
November 16th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Julie says:
Precious gift for your ‘two men’!! Glad you had a great weekend!
Sorry for your Bulldogs : ( sniff…sniff…
November 16th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
amber says:
That is absolutely too sweet! And the beach pictures are GORGEOUS!!! Thanks for the mini beach fix:)
It does my heart good to hear that big boys can still snuggle up with their mamas and love getting to hang out with their daddies. My big boy turned 3 this past weekend & I spent a few hours crying bittersweet tears as I looked at pictures and thought about how much he’s grown up already.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Judy says:
You DO realize how blessed you are, don’t you? With both your boys!!
November 16th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Megan says:
Great photos! So nice for the “boys” to do things together!
November 16th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
rrmama says:
Very sweet! And great pictures to boot!
November 16th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Amanda says:
Oh, how I love the beach. Delightful pics!
November 16th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Fran says:
This is my absolute favorite time of the year to head to the beach!!! So glad they got to do that!!!
And the pix??? HEAVEN!
Love ya girl. Welcome home!
November 16th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Lisa D. says:
Wow! Your two men are great photographers, Boo. Looks like a great time was had by all.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Cathy says:
Such beautiful beach pictures!
November 16th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Erin says:
your little boy sounds like such a sweetheart! i pray that my boys stay that sweet too!!!!
November 16th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Debra says:
Your boy is adorable and sounds like a real love! I love your beach pictures, the sunset and sky are beautiful. The beach and sunsets, as well as the sunrise are some of my all time favorite things to enjoy and take pictures of.
November 17th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Suzy says:
Awwwwwwwww! He reminds me of my son, who is now 23.
November 18th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
juice says:
What a sweet post. It is such a luxury to spend time* with family these days.
*Just time – not errands, chores, to-dos, etc!
November 19th, 2009 at 11:45 am