Monday, October 14, 2013

Nate's Beachy Birthday

Last week we went on a week long trip to Corolla, NC.  Here are some pictures.
Here are some pictures of us riding the waves or running from the waves or being clobbered by the waves. 

A beautiful sunrise. 

Wave pictures

Patience, Papa, and Grace

Patience and I

Under the waves is Dad.  I am looking on wondering how this will turn out. 
Nate was turning six that day so we had cinnamon buns for breakfast. Dad put a candle in it.


Nate's birthday cake!!

Blowing out the candles!!!

Eating the cake.  It was an ice cream cake with fudge in with the  chocolate ice cream.  Yum!!

We climbed a light house.  It was fun. Tali and mama didn't like it all that much though.

Just one of the views from the light house. 

Patience and Tali at the top.  Tali decided not to go any closer to the railing. 

Tali cautiously coming down. 

The light house. 

Worshiping at night

Some more water pictures

Luka trying to block the water, but he got clobbered.



Getting ready to enjoy the beach!!!!

Look at that wave!!!!!

Dad

Nate spent most of his time in the sand or splashing in the shallow water.  He tried going out for a while but when big waves tipped him over he was heading for the sand.







The three Normoyle girls: Grace, Patience and TaliJoy.  We decided to take some family photos while we were at the beach.  So there will be a lot that follows. 

A seagull

Mother and Father



The Normoyle Children




Our family:  L to R Patience, Tali, Mother, Father, Tabor, Grace, Luka, and Nate.

Nate

Tali enjoying the hot tub.

Nate enjoying the hot tub.

Luka

Luka enjoying the hot tub

Tabor

My three brothers: Tabor, Luka, and Nate


Mother and Father

Mother

Grace

Patience


Tali

Dad and Patience

Patience playing in the sand.

Beginning of a sand Castle.

Tabor  and Luka behind him. 

Papa completing the castle. The boys including dad and Tali worked on the castle I think.  The castle is in the very senter and the halve circle dents were moats.  to keep the water out. We thought that it would be pretty safe from the waves, but the next two days it rained and was very windy.  The water went all the way up to the dunes.  Patience and I are in the back.

Luka

Seagulls would be around looking for crabs. 

We loved riding the waves. 

Tali and Mama floating on a sort of raft. 

Lots of us loved the swinging seats on our porch.  When we would dry off that was my favorite way, just swing.
 We all really enjoyed the beach.  We also got to surprise our three brothers. We went on Nate's birthday week.  Thanks for reading this. Well, may the Lord Bless you. 


Friday, October 11, 2013

Life...


Posted by: Patience
 
"Only one life, 'twill soon be past; only what's done for Christ will last." 
 - C. T. Studd

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Your little minutes...

Posted by: Patience

I was cleaning bathrooms when I came across a little sand clock my great grandparents gave us last year...we didn't need it on the bathroom counter anymore, we had another decoration for it now. Clean, clean, clean...where should I put it? I was done with the bathrooms now. Hmm...
Well folks, carrying such a peice of decor got me singing! You see, we know a song that goes like this:

"Don't despise a single minute,
Each has sixty seconds in it.
If you seize it, you can use it,
Do not waste it or abuse it!
If you pray your little minute,
Has eternal value in it.
You can use it fill it save it if you pray it."
-Unknown
 
So with this song bouncing around in my brain, I walked into my room and set the sand clock down next to a picture of a friend I have in Asia. "Pray." I thought. Prayer is so important! Prayer is like an invisible weapon you can use to tear down unseen walls and  bless others with. One prayer could change the course of a day, life, or nation, one prayer from a heart with faith the size of a mustard seed. We don't need to do much except ask, persist, and believe in Him who promises to do better than we can start to imagine (Eph. 3:20). Here is a verse that has encouraged me recently in prayer, it reminds me of how eager God is to give us gifts, we just don't recieve because we don't ask (James 2:2b-3):
 

  "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" -Romans 8:32

What a great God we serve!