Vacation!!

Last week saw us packing up the van and headed towards the NC coast to visit my parents for 5 days!! We were all so excited! :) Matt wanted to take the boat down so we could do some fishing in the Intercoastal Waterway. Dad was going to take his boat out too. So we got there last Thursday night. Dad already had his boat hooked up and on Friday morning, we planned to load up in the boats and spend the day on the water. Ah, but things don't always go according to plan, do they? :)

During the night, around 2:00 a.m., my Dad woke up with pain from a kidney stone!!! By morning, he was in bad pain. Then, Jacob wakes up having asthma problems. So instead of going boating, Matt and I headed to town to get an inhaler for him. Later in the day, when it appeared that everybody was "stable", Matt and I went out on the boat for a while. We fished. Caught one. How big? Don't ask? LOL!

So, the next day, Dad is much worse...he's getting dehydrated and the pain is bad; Matt and my mom end up at the hospital with him for several hours. They pushed fluids and loaded him up with pain meds. He comes home and sleeps. Matt and I go back out on the water for a while. One more fish. How big? Smaller than the first one. hahaha! Sunday morning finds my poor Dad a bit better...but not for long. He's pretty bad in the evening. But Monday morning, he is MUCH better....though pretty wiped out. Monday turns out cold and rainy. No boating that day...but ya know what? All things considered, we all had a most enjoyable visit. I felt so badly for Dad. But "somehow" (hmmm, must have been the Lord)...we just had so much fun being together. Even with Dad being so sick, we did lots of things...Mom was able to take the kids to the beach every day except Monday because it was raining.

We had a Graduation Party for Jacob... We took family photos.... And more family photos...
Preserved good memories for cousins and best friends...
Thoroughly enjoyed my Mom and Dad's gorgeous back yard. (Mom spends hours per day out there working in the hot sun, don't ya, Mom?) :) And to top it all off, Matt and I even got to get away overnight for our own little vacation. :) So, yes sir, in spite of kidney stones and asthma problems, I have no complaints about this year's vacation. Couldn't have asked for a better time or better company. :) More good memories socked away for years to come.