Woodbull Family: The Palms

Day 10: Last day at the Palms :(

Since it was our last full day at the Palms, we wanted to spend all day out on the beach! :)

So we started out on a walk and ran into this HUGE river... ok, well it's not that big, but it did get deep in some spots:)

After we crossed the river, we looked up on the beach and saw that lil' black hump up there.

Well, we were all too curious and walked up to see what it was... It was a lil' sea lion! It was so cute, but really weak! So Damarise, Gracie, Bethy and I ran up to a Nature Reserve that was close by, and told the lady there what we had found. Meanwhile, a guy who walked by said that it had probably gotten chased onto shore by a white shark. So, after a lil' while we ended up leaving it there.

While we were there though, we shooed the flies off of it and poured water on it to cool it down.

And of course, got a picture with it:)

Then we left and some of the boys slid down the sand walls.... It's fun! :)

Walking back home for lunch.

And the 2nd, Andrew and Benaiah playing following the leader:)

After lunch and a game of Rook we went back down to the beach to check on the sea lion. It was doing much better!! It was actually sitting up... and turing it's back to us;) hehe, that's when we decided we better leave it be. And when we came back that night, it was gone.

Crossing the river again:)

And then it got really deep!!! Thank you brothers for going out first:)

We then found this really cool hiking trail!

It had some rickety stair cases... it kinda looked like we were in the TV show 'Survivor'

Oh yah, and they had HUMUNGO rollie pollies!

Our dirty feet after the walk:)

A lake that was on the hiking trail :)

And the board walk that was off and on through out the trail! So pretty and senic!

Hehe, Dot, Bethy and I by the lake.

And walking home... Goodbye Palms.

Day 9: BBQ!!!

While on vacation we had to barbecue! :) After not barbecuing for the whole time we've been in Mozzi, this was a real treat!

The Parents... and Kent, standing around the grills.

The Meat:) Mmmmm

Hamburgers!!! YUM!

All of the girls minus Dot eating :) It tasted wonderful!

And poor, lonely Andrew eating:)

Day 8: Sunrise Service, Family, Church time, Rook, the Beach and Walking... What a wonderful Sunday!

On Sunday morning, we rose bright... well dark... and early;) we walked down to the beach and sat up on some rocks to watch the sun rise:) We were about 5 feet from the ocean. We got to sing hymns and worship songs while we were sitting there! It was wonderful to get to praise our marvelous, magnificent Creator, while watching the waves crash and the sun rise! God is Amazing!

The sun peeking out through the clouds! I love the sun rays!

Everyone on the rocks:)

Uncle Ken and Aunt Lisa watching the sunrise:)

We serve an AWESOME God!!!!

He is the Indescribable Creator!!!

Bethy, myself, and Gracie watching the sunrise.

Trying to do lil' kid smiles:)

Feet:)

Cool flowers on a tree:)

After church time with our separate families, we hung out together:)

hehe, Kent and Gracie thinking... I think

After lunch, we played Rook, well just Bethy, Kent, Uncle Charles, Damarise and I (We didn't take this pic;) )

Then Kent, Bethy, Damarise and I walked outside of the Palms to see what was around. It was a blast!

Bethy, Damarise and I 'followed' the signs, like we did when we first met the each other. Hehe, it brought back a ton of memories:) We were stuck at this stop sign for a while thought, cause Kent wouldn't say "go" for us ;) hehe.

And back at the Palms!

What a WONDERFUL day!!!

Day 7: Sand Creations Extravaganza!

The boy's sand castle! It was amazing!!!

Cool house inside their castle:)

Gracie made herself a chair:) hehe

And Sarah is quite talented... ok 'quite' is putting it mildly! She is amazingly talented! She made this treasure chest while we were sitting in the sand being bored! It looked even cooler in person!

Then all of us Woodbulls started to make our own castle:) So we split into groups of who worked on what... Kent and I worked on one bridge... that collapsed and we had to rebuild;) But you learn from your mistakes right? ;)