(Better later than never, huh?)
First.... here is one of my favorite songs that explains so much better than I can why Easter is so important:
This Easter was a bit different than our typical Easter. Usually we are home, get up early, the kids find a scavenger hunt of Easter eggs leading to a small little gift for them, go to a early service at church followed by a delicious catered breakfast from Dan'l Boone Inn, and then make our way to Sparta to spend time with Eric's family. This year, though, the kids and I went to my sister, Tiffany's, beach house with my parents and sisters. We still got up early, the Easter bunny came and continued his tradition of leaving the eggs hidden around the house with clues to a present (only after Jackson had asked many times if he was still going to do this or not).
(Here they are finding their goodies that consisted of some garden gloves, Reese's Eggs, &a Hermit Crab that Jackson named "Steve")
Above: Elsie playing with her new sand bucket aunt TT sent her
Left: Ansley LOVED Steve, our new pet hermit crab!
Right: Jackson was most excited to have a headlamp for Easter- thanks TT!
We then got ready and went to a church service at a church that was walking distance from Tiff's beach house, and then we spent the rest of the day relaxing by the beautiful ocean!
The kids all ready for church! My sweet sisters & I
Impossible to get these 5 to stand still for a picture! 
Mamaw Di & Papaw Fred with their grandbabies
Mamaw Di & Papaw Fred with their grandbabies
Aunt Jessica with Jackson Lee
The beautiful McDaniel family
We had a great time, but of course we missed daddy who had to stay behind because he couldn't miss work at his job that he just recently started. We had such a relaxing, peaceful trip that involved spending a lot of time on the beach watching the kids play in the sand and the (very cold!) ocean!
Here are some (okay- a lot!) of pictures of our first trip to Topsail Island!
Elsie fell one morning out of her chair and ended up with a busted lip and a front tooth knocked back! Maybe one day she'll learn not to stand on everything! :)
The beautiful beach house leading straight to the beach!
 |
| Since their beach house is right on the beach, you can sit out on the porch and watch the dolphins swimming in the ocean, and amazing sunsets like this! |
(PS- here is the link to rent their home in case you are interested.
http://www.vrbo.com/372438
It is ideal with kids... it was so nice to not have to worry about packing snacks/drinks/etc. to go to the beach, because all you had to do was walk up the stairs! )
No comments:
Post a Comment