My girls are having a blast. O was sitting at dinner last night and asked Eric why were still here with all these people. He told her we were having a week-long slumber party. She is in heaven.
My dad broke us in right when we had only been here 10 minutes and he let a crab loose upstairs where the bedrooms are. A very fast crab!
We all ran like crazy and I stopped to laugh when I found my mom on all fours on top of the bed.
That's just my dad. Good times!
This is our first time at this particular beach and it is very different from what we are used to. The house is ocean front, but what separates it from the ocean is about 2 acres of marshland.
I woke yesterday morning at 6:00 and stepped outside with my bible and journal - looked up and had to focus my eyes again. Standing about 30 yards from me were 6 foxes. At the beach.
I ran to get my camera and then woke the whole house up.
Some were impressed. Some were not, but that doesn't happen to me everyday. In fact, never.
Later, we were walking across the LONG deck that takes you to the ocean and everyone stopped halfway to 'watch' a raccoon protect her babies hidden in tall bermuda grass. The raccoon feels threatened (I'm thinking she was justified since a group of people stop to stare at her) so she jumps to hiss at us and scare us.
She did. Or, at least she scared me because I ran like a bullet back to the house while screaming like a baby. My family was still standing at the bush while laughing hysterically. I shouted, "WHERE ARE WE?? I'm city-folk! I thought we were going to the beach!"
It's different. A portion of my family embraces nature and wildlife and loves to cuddle and hug bugs and snakes.
Another portion of the family is not impressed.
That portion would be Eric, myself and our 2 diva girls.
So, pray for me. I make the long trek to the ocean in about another hour.
It's a jungle out there!
9 comments:
Sounds like you are going to have the best week!!! Your dad is funny too with that crab! Love a jokster in a family!!!
I am right there with you about being "City-Folk"! My family and I are NOT nature people! I will be praying for you!
I am picturing the entire scene with the crab and laughing as well!! You not a fan of wildlife- who would have guessed????? Remember the eel at Myrtle Beach? You ran so fast that I think smoke came from your heels. Have a great time and tell everyone that I said hey!
You are so STINKIN' funny! Seriously...I love stoppin' by....I always find time to laugh.
Enjoy your time at the ocean!
:-)
Yes - I'd be with you and Eric and the diva girls (I have three of my own) -- I would have run from a hissing raccoon too. Raccoons are NOT NICE!!!!
And they could have rabies.....oh - did I just put that thought in your head? Hope not! Just saying I'm with ya.
Hope you have a BLAST at the beach! Be careful wandering through the jungle.
in HIM
Mindy
hahah! Too funny :) Be brave out there!
Hilarious! It sounds like you might have some great teaching illustrations come out of this trip to the jungle... i mean the beach! :-)
Thank you for leaving me a comment on my blog! :-) You had asked me how the Esther study was for me... which inspired me to blog about it :-) So if you'd like to read my answer, I just posted it.
I'm glad to hear for the most part its great so far, that Eric can he not come up with the best answers???
When we go in July, I'll be glad to have my own slumber party, I can handle the whole group but in small increments, I'm just saying......lol ! Enjoy all of God's creations, I would have never thought you'd see that kind of wildlife at the beach either.......thanks for letting us know you are okay and having "fun" lol !
lb
A racoon awake in the daytime usually equals rabies. Or at least that's what I was taught. I would have been screaming with you!!!
You have to post a picture of the foxes - I'm captivated by the thought of it!
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