Spring Break Fun at the Beach!

Our family was super excited that our niece, Lydia, got to come and spend her spring break with us! What's spring break without a trip to the beach? We headed to Mickler's Beach for this trip because I've found that it's not nearly as crowded on the weekdays and it's nice to have a big parking lot with showers to rinse off before getting in the car to come home. 

We packed our lunches and stayed out there for a good 4-5 hours!   My girls definitely take after their dad with their love for the beach!!!

I forgot to take my camera with me, so all I got were a couple of shots with my phone.  I'm still trying to figure out how to take a decent picture on my phone...oh, well, I don't think my photography skills will ever be what I'd like them to be!!!

Happy Easter!

Anna Learns to Ride her Bike!!!

It's always a momentous occasion with a child learns to ride their bike without training wheels!  Anna learned how to this past January! She is 4 years old and a pro...maybe a little too confident at times!

 She's got it...and Daddy has a broken back!

 She loves it!!!

Christmas

A few of our memorable moments from a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of our Savior!

 Christmas with the Vickery/Britt Family

Roasting Marshmallows at the Pennington Christmas

Time with MeMe and Mackenzie

Playing with the potato shooter contraption my brother made!

 Pennington Christmas

 Christmas Eve program the girls performed and singing Happy Birthday to Jesus!

Christmas morning fun!

Playing with their new outside toys!

Christmas with Pop-Pop and Phyllis

A Christmas Card Picture in the Making!

I am far from a professional photographer, which is why I have to take a million (and that's only a small exaggeration) of pictures just to get one good shot to use for our Christmas cards.  It's always funny to me when I look back over the sequence of pictures taken!


Alexandra was cracking me up with her faces and smiles for these!

We did two different "photo shoots" and I took almost 200 pictures before getting one for our Christmas cards!  I always have to let them do some funny faces and act silly just to keep them interested and happy!

But we finally got a great one!!!! 

I also decided I was going to make our Christmas cards this year!  Yes, it saved me money, but it was time consuming and I was "over" them well before I was done!  They did turn out super, super cute and I got many wonderful comments on them.

I should have taken a picture of one of ours, but I did save some to put in each f the girl's memory box!