At the Beach

This weekend I got to stay at my aunt’s place in Galveston with my sister, aunt, and gramie. It was a great chance to spend time with family before I head out to Atlanta this week. I’ve been excited but also a little nervous about the fall. Walking along the empty beach in the evenings, God relaxed me. The moon was almost full and was the only light on our beach. The black water met the black sky and the waves and light conversation were the only noise. I loved it! Here are some pictures from the weekend.

If given a choice, I would choice the almost green waters of Galveston over the more sought after blue waters of Florida or Mexico. I love this side of the gulf. I grew up here.

Hurricane Ike hit Galveston almost two years ago. It was only a category two storm, but the amount and force at which the water hit the coast caused a lot of damage. When I was in Galveston last I could see how far the water came in the island by the line where the healthy tress met the dead trees. When you drove around you could see big orange Xs to mark the trees to be cut down. It was depressing. The island is starting to bounce back. Many businesses are back and there are new houses. Artists have come in and carved pieces out of the stumps of some of the dead trees. I think there are about 50 around the island. These two above were my favorite. Aren't they cool?

Sweek on the Sweek

I’ve been going through a lot of old stuff this summer trying to get rid of as much as possible. I want to get it down to where I only have 5 or 6 boxes at my parents' place so I will be ready to go back overseas within this next year. This past week I ran across a diary I kept in second grade. My horrible spelling makes it read like a book in another language, but I decoded two of my favorite entries for guys. If you have had to edit any of my recent papers, you know my spelling is still not great but thankfully it has improved a lot!

I wrote: to day I witi to daycare and sweek on The sweek and seed socse form The Sada a Mosice and Woch Nech Trees!

Translation: Today I went to daycare and swung on the swings and sang songs from the sound of music and watched (I don’t know what to make of “Nech”) trees!

I wrote: to day I went on a trip to San Antonio and Vist wite pepol That I never mit and spin a nite at The hotetile and went on a boate

Translation: Today I went on a trip to San Antonio and visited with people that I never met and spent a night at the hotel and went on a boat. (I think my mom helped me with some of the bigger words)