Easter Weekend

Having some bubbly fun while coloring my Easter eggs.

My first community egg hunt at church

It was over in like 30 seconds, but I snagged 10 eggs!

There were lots of other fun things to do: face painting, a jump house and petting zoo.  Mommy & I got to ride in a cute little cart pulled by a llama.

 Hunting for eggs at home is fun too!

I love the expression on your face when you found this little chickie egg

Look over there . . .  how about look down, LOL!

 

I found a cute little bunny watering my garden . .  .

 Thank you Uncle Randy and Auntie Lori for the chocolate bunnies, jelly beans and Minnie Mouse t-shirt, I loved them  can you tell?

Little Penguin Loves The Snow

We got boat loads of snow over past couple of days and have been home bound for 3 days.  We have found some fun things to do....like baking and cooking yummy meals, putting away our Christmas decorations, lots of art projects AND......              

Our first time sledding as a family.  Daddy got our little tobogganer going from the top of our driveway

She's fearless

And I greeted her at the bottom . . . .Mama even took some rides down with her! We had a ball!

Watching the birds feeding from the house has been activity that we have all enjoyed.  We have large groups visiting us daily and I put new seed out daily.

 

Out in the garden

She was a helpful little penguin playing with Maddy and shaking off all of the snow from my prized Japanese maple trees

First snowman made at our home

D A N C I N G with G L E E

Welcome to our home, Frosty!

Happy New Year!

Carlsbad Beach, California

We spent some time boogieing the night away with my mom and nieces, Katherine and Taylor

The guys stayed downstairs and watched movies

Can you tell who had more fun??

The girls getting their groove on!  Katherine and Taylor, thanks for bringing the hats and noise makers . . .

Intermission time . . .

We fit in a game of Yahtzee before we rung in the New Year.  This was Liliah's first game and she rolled 2 Yahtzee's and beat her Nana (and everyone else) with a score of 426

Ringing in the Year of 2012 - thanks girls, we had a blast . . .

Huntington Beach, CA - AHHH!

 

We are enjoying our vacation in sunny southern California!  Huntington Beach is my childhood/teenage stomping ground!  My mom spent many Saturdays in the summer taking her girls to the beach.  We'd get in our cute little bikinis, pack a picnic lunch and head off to play in the surf and sand.  I cherish those days and the memories I have of them.



Familiar sights



 

She loved digging through the sand and pitching it over her head.  We just tried to stay clear!

  

Time for sandcastle building







Time to head to the water and introduce her to . . .



sticking her toes in and running away. . .



Loving my time at the beach.  Thank you sweetie, for catching these moments.




Feeling the pull of the tide . . .



I love this picture of her .  We were hunting for seashells for our sandcastle.

 We finished our day by heading to the pier in the background and grabbing burgers from Ruby's.  We soaked up the sun over our lunch and people watched.  It was the perfect day! 



Christmas Morning

The girls on Christmas morning!



Big presents first!!! Daddy bought me a t-ball set

 

Then off to the next one!

A box full of art supplies . . .

Early morning portrait . . .

It was the best Christmas ever!