Just to make all our Michigan friends jealous, we went to the beach today (Virginia Beach, right around 47th Street), in low-70s weather. We got warm in our short sleeves and jeans. Sara visited some yarn shops - and got a stellar buy 1 get 1 free deal. We ingested our best lunch ever, at a local Italian joint (fettucine alfredo to die for!). And the kids got to pet crabs and turtles at the outstanding Virginia Beach aquarium, thanks to a tip from a friend. The only downers were no bookstores, and a traffic delay going through the tunnel on the way back up highway 64 (probably quite normal for the local commuters). Sara had her first experience knitting underwater (in the tunnel; no direct water contact). Zach had his first ocean-view feeding, on the sand.
And I even got in a teaching moment with Grace and Owen, explaining that the roaring of the waves (they were pretty big) was like the voice of God (Rev 1:15). This was interesting, as I explained it first to Owen, then again to Grace when she walked up, and I had Owen fill in the blanks, repeating it to her. Where I had said the many waters were like God's voice, Owen said it was like Jesus. He made that connection sub-consciously, on his own! Living up to his (John) Owen name already. What a prodigy theologian!
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