Ocean Shores Vacation/Conference

My family went to Ocean Shores, WA last weekend. We were there for a Family Economics and Mentorship Conference. We did get to spend Thursday night enjoying a *little* "vacation". ;) 

When we first got there and while my dad was checking us in to our room my sister, Grace, and I decided to "run" down to the beach and Blake decided to come along. As we were walking down I noticed deer prints in the sand. Coming back I took a different direction than everyone else and stumbled upon other sundry items that deer have left behind. *ahem* When we all got back on the same path Blake informed us that he had actually spooked the deer and made it run off. We continued to see these deer over the next couple of days in the back and front yards of the hotel. (A man even told my dad and Blake that there had been a cougar sighting on the beach.) Lots of wildlife! :P

Here's the view from our room. As usual the picture doesn't quite capture it. :-/ (and yes, that's me on the left in the awesome rain boots that I didn't need because it never rained. :P)

Once we got all our stuff into our room we all went down to the beach and got a bit wet.
The sunset/clouds/waves were so pretty!

On our way to the beach...

The Asa kids are strangely drawn to the ocean. :P

Thinking deep thoughts. ;)

Freezing!!!!!!!!! That wave right past me had just splashed up to my knees and got my pants wet. :(

My dear mother washing my feet so I didn't fall in the sink. This corner stunk SO bad! It was where people washed off their clams or mussels or whatever they had and put the shells in the garbage there on the right. Yeah...!

That night was rather rough. Grace's cold got worse (no thanks to her swim in the ocean). :( She wasn't able to attend the conference and had to stay in the hotel room all day on Friday.

Sam and I goofing off with my Dad's phone and the hotel mirror. ;)

And now we're really goofing off! :P

Me and my bro :D

I think my Dad and I are the only members of my family who went to *every* session. :P It was a LONG two days, but it's always encouraging to meet with so many like-minded Christians.

Here's a pic of the pizza party after the conference. Find Waldo! Or Danny Craig..or whoever else you might recognize. :P

I got to spend some time with friends who I haven't seen for six months! That was super awesome!!! Now we're counting down another six months till the next homeschool conference!
Super stoked for that one!!!! :D Click here for some info on who's speaking at it.

Grace and I were scheming something up. :P

I love how everyone jumped into this one! It was taking us a long time to get the picture taken so we kept asking people to join us. Who knows how big it would have got had we kept going. ;)

(btw...Thanks to everyone who contributed to these pics!) 

I'll end the post with my favorite quote of the conference. (There might have been better ones, but this is the only one I can remember. ;) It was given by R.C. Sproul Jr. while he was talking about the new and perfect bodies we'll have in heaven.  

*said in a genuinely concerned and caring tone of voice*

"All you people who struggle with tallness...will be healed!"