Lisa Beth

Our last day of our vacation we spent at this gorgeous beach house that Erin had rented for the week (she also rented a harley, so we didn’t feel too bad that we hadn’t brought the bike for her to ride, haha).  Here are some inside shots of the place to help you get a feel for how luxurious it was.  I had never stayed in an ocean front beach house before, and it was SO much fun.

It was a cloudy rainy day on Monday morning, so some of the shots turned out a bit dark, but you get the picture…

The kitchen window faced the ocean’s waves… it was such a cozy morning… Eric and Erin’s dad, Marty are slowly waking up as the coffee kicks in…

I’m experimenting on up-close shots and adjusting the lens to focus on the closer object and blur out the background.  photography is so much fun.

Here is Erin making her famous crepes!!

And her mom, Joy being silly… I caught her with her curlers in, so she posed to complete the look–haha!

We enjoyed quite a spread for our breakfast of an array of fresh fruits as options to create our own made-to-order crepes. This is probably my favorite picture

Erin and I enjoyed a nice long stroll on the beach in the misty rain catching up.  This was the walkway from the house to the beach:

Eric and Marty had a rivalry pool game going on..

and there were many spirited ping-pong matches… I think Erin and Marty were dubbed the champions if I remember correctly… I did find the trick to beat Erin was to make her laugh so hard to the point of distraction

We had such a relaxing day enjoying quality time with Erin and her mom, dad, and sister Carly.  You can’t beat soaking in a hot tub with a back-drop of the ocean waves and a light ocean mist on your face carried by the wind of the surf… what a way to finish out our weekend of celebrating our 3 year anniversary!

Also, right outside our bedroom was a hammock!

I am so overwhelmed at the generosity of my friend Erin.  She has been such a blessing in our lives since we moved to NC.  Not just because she gave us her motorcycle and let us stay at her rented beach house … it’s more than that.  She is just one of those true friends who is somewhat of a kindred spirit.  I miss her so much since she was deployed to Afghanistan.  Our book club still sends her packages and writes her letters and sends her the books that we are reading so she can still participate.  It’s so cool getting those hand-written letters back from her in the mail knowing that she wrote them in such a far-away place.  Thank you, Erin–and all our other armed forces–who are sacrificing so much, being away from their families and friends and familiarity to serve overseas in our military.

So! That was our trip! Hope you enjoyed going on this blog journey with me and that these images bring a “vacation for the eyes” as they do for me each time I look back at them.   Eric and I are so happy to be able to travel and explore this beautiful world God created.  We feel so grateful that we have been given 3 wonderful years together, and I look forward to many many more  I look forward to growing old with this man and to one day sitting on our front porch, reminiscing back on all our adventures.  I love you, Eric!!

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