A "Winner" of a Day

The forecast called for rain this morning...but the Lord gave us sunshine (and, boy, have we been missing the sunshine!). We wasted no time heading out to the park and beach! The kids and Bryan started with a game of whiffle ball in the park (complete with the "strike zone chair" and pitching rules!), we had a picnic lunch and then we walked the couple of blocks to the beach.



The tide was out...and so were the little crabs! The kids spent a good chunk of time turning over rocks and any other place they thought the crabs might be hiding!
Then, we headed out for a walk. At times we had to wade knee deep (for the kids) but the water had already been warmed by the sun and it felt great!Thankfully, that is the only thing we felt because, after we had been walking for a while, I spotted a jelly fish "swimming" in the seaweed! It was beautiful...and such a neat blessing to see such an amazing, intricate creation of God right there in front of your feet! But I am so glad that none of our feet stepped on any of them! I guess it's off to buy some water shoes if we want to do that again!:)
And, of course, we can't forget about the shells. Our dear Faith has always been a collector...and her collection of shells is growing! This time around, she and Bryan found a couple of big ones!

But, I am guessing that is not the news you have been waiting to hear!:)

MICAH AND HIS TEAM WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!

What a game! It was just as intense as Wednesday night's game! The other team started off the game with a run and we tied it up. A couple innings later they scored 3 more and just like that we were down 4-1. Micah started pitching in the 5th (only 11 pitches!) and the Royals held them. They came back in the bottom of the 5th and scored 4 runs!!! Micah's hit brought in the go ahead run! Micah came back to pitch the final inning (he said he was so nervous he was shaking, poor kid)....and between his pitching (he did great!) and the Royals making some amazing plays they came out champions! Yep...the whole thing was even "tears in the eyes" worthy!!! What a night! What a gift from God!