Monday
Easter Sunday Egg Hunt
Easter Sunday we were able to hide eggs once again for all the kids. All of my little cousins and Kynsley enjoyed looking for the eggs around Papa and Granny's yard.
Saturday
Kynsley on Easter Sunday
With Granny Jos flowers in bloom and the North Carolina Blue skies...our Easter Sunday was beautiful. Kynsley looked so pretty in her dress. Although she thought her basket looked better as her Easter bonnet.
Easter Egg Hunt
Granny Patty invited a few of our friends over for an afternoon Easter Egg Hunt. She had special snacks and we all enjoyed getting to spend time together. The little ones had to find their eggs inside, because it was a little bit too windy. But for the older ones they had to find their eggs outside. Malachi found the special egg with the money inside! Although we're still missing a few eggs the kids had a blast!
Thursday
Discoveries in the Sand
After a yuumy dinner on Sunday afternoon. The 4 of us took a long walk on the beach. Kynsley was hesitate about getting too close to the water! But finally she ran down to stick her feet in. It was such a beautiful sunny day. Although I left her kite in the room, we enjoyed picking up seashells and watching the birds and boats go by!
Fort Caswell
On January 31, 1946, Fort Caswell was designated as war surplus and assigned for disposal. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina purchased the 250 acre fort from the Government on Sept. 29, 1949 for $86,000. At that time, there were 77 buildings located on the property.
Fort Caswell was under construction from 1826 until 1836. The remainder of the fort, seven long cement batteries, along with barracks and officer’s quarters, a hospital/morgue, bakery, horse barn, firehouse & prison, were built around the turn of the century.
This area was an important settlement and attracted everyone frominternationaltravelers to pirates.
Because of the lack of adequate defenses in this area, in 1825 Congress authorized the construction of a fort on Oak Island. The fort was an outstanding engineering accomplishment, one of the strongest in the world. It was a pentagonal structure with a two-story citadel and surrounded by a dry moat and a wet moat. It was named in 1833 for the first Governor of NC, elected by the General Assembly, and Revolutionary hero, Richard Caswell.
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, many soldiers died here from yellow fever, small pox, and other diseases. However, there was never a life lost to enemy fire at Ft. Caswell, even though the fort changed hands four times during the War.
After World War I, the world was thought to be at peace for good and in 1923 the Coast Artillery abandoned Fort Caswell. One reason for its abandonment was its isolation. Until 1928, there was no road to Oak Island. The only means of approach was by water.
During World War II, Fort Caswell served as an army base and submarine lookout post. Once more the fort helped protect the North Carolina coast and the port of Wilmington during a military crisis.
During the Persian Gulf War, again we played a vital part in the defense of our country. We housed 165 military personnel who worked at a nearby ocean terminal loading ships going to the Gulf. After the war, we housed military personnel while they unloaded ships. The same was true during the Haitian war.
Today, the N.C. Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell is a religious retreat and conference center
Fort Caswell was under construction from 1826 until 1836. The remainder of the fort, seven long cement batteries, along with barracks and officer’s quarters, a hospital/morgue, bakery, horse barn, firehouse & prison, were built around the turn of the century.
This area was an important settlement and attracted everyone frominternationaltravelers to pirates.
Because of the lack of adequate defenses in this area, in 1825 Congress authorized the construction of a fort on Oak Island. The fort was an outstanding engineering accomplishment, one of the strongest in the world. It was a pentagonal structure with a two-story citadel and surrounded by a dry moat and a wet moat. It was named in 1833 for the first Governor of NC, elected by the General Assembly, and Revolutionary hero, Richard Caswell.
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, many soldiers died here from yellow fever, small pox, and other diseases. However, there was never a life lost to enemy fire at Ft. Caswell, even though the fort changed hands four times during the War.
After World War I, the world was thought to be at peace for good and in 1923 the Coast Artillery abandoned Fort Caswell. One reason for its abandonment was its isolation. Until 1928, there was no road to Oak Island. The only means of approach was by water.
During World War II, Fort Caswell served as an army base and submarine lookout post. Once more the fort helped protect the North Carolina coast and the port of Wilmington during a military crisis.
During the Persian Gulf War, again we played a vital part in the defense of our country. We housed 165 military personnel who worked at a nearby ocean terminal loading ships going to the Gulf. After the war, we housed military personnel while they unloaded ships. The same was true during the Haitian war.
Today, the N.C. Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell is a religious retreat and conference center
Sunrise Service
Daddy and I walked down to the beach for Sunrise Service on Sunday morning. Everyone was joking that we were just practicing for next week. The message was all about the week leading up to Jesus' resurrection. The pain and suffering He went through for US.
I'm reminded of lyrics from a song my parents sing.
"Do you still feel the nails, every time I fail, do you hear the crowd cry crucify again? Am I causing you pain, I know I've got to change, I just can't bare the thought of hurting HIM".
I'm reminded of lyrics from a song my parents sing.
"Do you still feel the nails, every time I fail, do you hear the crowd cry crucify again? Am I causing you pain, I know I've got to change, I just can't bare the thought of hurting HIM".
Tuesday
its so hard to say good-bye
Our last night together we all went out to dinner. We went back to Papa and Granny's so Scottie could get lots of hugs from the family.
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- appie413
- I'm a outgoing, country gal! I love the spending time with my amazing husband and beautiful daughter, which the Lord has blessed me with. I love sitting around a board game or a game of cards with family and friends!