Preston and the Beach.

The Dalbey Trio arrived a day early to the retreat so that we could settle in and have some family time together on the beach. We also had a day in the middle of the retreat where we could go to the beach and play. Preston LOVED the beach. He spent over an hour making sandcastles and digging in the sand with daddy and our friends. Here are a few photos from our 2 days at the beach.

Ahh, I love this last photos because it just shows how relaxing the beach can be. Preston is out in the water with Steven and our friend, Drew.

Home

The Dalbey Trio is home from Mexico. We had an amazing time and I will now begin to recap all that took place over our 10 day journey. Before I launch into a series of posts on all we did and experienced I will share one important thing I learned while I was away. I learned that I am deeply loved. I am loved not only by God but deeply loved by dear friends and family. I feel like I experienced a much needed dose of this love on our trip and it has left me greatly encouraged. Thank you.

Now, I will begin my series of posts. Here are some photos of the resort we stayed at while working with the Missionary students. First, our dear bird friends.

Next, a beautiful swan.

Here is a picture of part of the pool. It was beautiful.

This is a picture of the Lobby at our resort. It has a lot of space for Preston to run!

Here is a side hall from the lobby. I just love the beautiful colors.

More photos to come!

Mexico

The Dalbey Trio is in Mexico! We are here serving with Mission to the World (MTW) at their Latin America/South America Area Retreat. Our job is to be youth leaders to the missionary students. We are having a blast. We are connecting with our students, the youth team and dear missionary friends.

We feel encouraged, supported and affirmed in everything we do. We have had some time to process some personal stuff as a couple with dear friends and connect with others doing Youth Ministry. We will post photos and comments when we return home mid next week.

We love and miss everyone and look forward to catching up with life when we return.

Baby Update

I wanted to send out a special baby update.

First, Steven and I have a new Niece and Preston has a new Cousin. Her name is Evelyn but her parents are calling her Evie. Here is a photo.

Second, I felt our baby kick for the first time last night. I was lying in bed reading and felt 3 little taps inside my tummy. It was very sweet and an encouraging reminder that things are going well. I am now 15 weeks and happily into the 2nd Trimester. My energy has returned and I am just slightly starting to show.

Garage Sale Update and Photos

I am happy to report that our Garage Sale was an overall success. While we didn't get as many 'shoppers' as I had hoped for, the people who came to shop did buy and were very generous. Some of our big ticket items included a tred mill, a gps and a Gucci bag. We sold a few clothing items, frames, vases and glass pieces. Overall, we made $200 and all the proceeds go to our Missions Trip next week. I will be sure to share more details about our trip in a few days.

In other news, part of our neighbors tree feel down the other day. You can see the sight in the photo I took from our window on Thursday. We are so thankful that it did not hit our fence but simply fell over. Our neighbor had a friend come and chop everything down so all is 'normal' again.
The Dalbey trio also attending a Birthday party last night for our dear friend, Sarah. We had so much fun playing tennis and volleyball, hanging out with students and eating some yummy pizza. Thank you, Sarah, for the invite!