Easter Weekend Part 2

Over the Easter weekend we all took the kids over to the Gulf side so they could play in the waves. They had SO much fun. Zachary especially. So much so that I hardly have any pictures of him (close up at least). He pretty much stayed out in the water waiting for the waves to come in.

Addison loves the water just as much as her brother.
I took a lot of pictures of Sophie. She stayed up by the beach. She loves the water just as much as the other two but is a little more careful about it. I thought this picture was really neat because you can see her reflection in the water/sand.

I had fun just taking shots of her as she walked around....

"Hey!"

We tried hard to get a good picture of the three of them. Still didn't get one of all three looking in the right direction!

Addison's face cracks me up in this picture.

Daddy & their little girls.

Linda & Sarah

I tried getting a little footprint in the sand but they weren't showing up very well. Still think this picture is sweet.I should let y'all believe that Addison drew this happy face but it was Jason. :)

Addie was freezing from playing in the water. She tried laying down to warm up.

And here are the two reasons we have such a wonderful place to retreat to on the weekends.

Martin aka Pop

Linda aka Grandmama

Easter Weekend

We went to the bay for Easter weekend. This post would be super long if I put everything in it so I am going to break it up into three different ones. We had a great time. I had bought a washers game from Wal-mart and so we got that out on Friday. It was a lot of fun. For those of you who don't know washers it's basically two square boxes with a big PVC pipe in the middle of it. You set them about 20 feet apart and then try and throw washers into it. You get one point for making it into the box and three points for actually making it into the pipe. It's not as easy as it sounds but it's a ton of fun. Here are the guys playing Friday night. As you can see we built another bonfire because Zachary just loves them. He's all about the smores.

Here are Zachary and Jason playing on Saturday. You aren't suppose to stand this close but Zach insisted. :) You can see the box better in this picture.Addison LOVES to play in the water. Doesn't matter that the water is freezing either.

Saturday afternoon Grandmama got everything ready for the kids to dye Easter eggs. Zachary has done this a number of times but it was the first time for the girls.

We had busy day on Saturday. Jason built a fort out of lumber for the kids to play in.

Here is Zachary enjoying his lunch on the deck.

That afternoon Zachary and Pop walked around and gathered fresh flowers to put in their Easter baskets so the Easter bunny would have something to eat.

Next I am going to post pictures from our trip over the the gulf side where the kids played in the water. They had SO much fun....

Bayou Bluff's Easter Egg Hunt

This afternoon we took the kids to the tennis club for their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Wouldn't say it's much of an actual hunt, at least not for Addie's age. They just throw the eggs on the ground. But this was her first time to gather eggs so it was fine. She didn't get a whole lot because the older kids were just too fast!Unfortunately I didn't get any shots of Zachary hunting because Jason and I were on tag team duty and he had Z while I was with Addie. I did get him with his Easter basket.
Afterwards the kids played on the playground for a while.

John, Sarah & Sophie were there as well!
Sophie & Addie checking out each others outfits.

Swing time!Zachary was walking/running and not looking at where he was going (like he always does) and ran face first into a pole. I tried to take a picture of the bruise that started forming on his face almost immediately but it didn't really show up. His expression is pretty funny though.
Some other random shots.

For those of you who like to take pictures, you will understand where I am coming from. I absolutely love it when I take a really good picture. Now, I'm no professional by any means but I think this picture of Sophie is so good. Beautiful girl!!

Sunday's Best

I took some pictures of the kids in their church clothes today. Aren't they just precious!

Addie turns the Big 2!

Our little girl turned 2 years old on March 28th. We celebrated her big day at the bay with Grandmama & Pop. Here is the beautiful birthday girl!! Zachary is such a helpful big brother, he assisted Addie in opening her presents.

"Assisting" her some more.I was so excited to give her this cradle for her dolls. She always puts them to bed on the floor with a blanket so I thought she'd really love it. Every time one of us would try to put the doll to sleep she'd kick up a fuss. (Not the reaction I was expecting.) Later I found her in the cradle herself. Apparently she was fussing earlier because SHE wanted to get in it. After getting in it once the excitement wore off and she hasn't tried it again.Grandmama search high and low to find her the perfect doll house. I have to say she did a great job. This one is really neat!!!Later that morning she and Grandmama did some sunning.

That evening after dinner we had cupcakes and ice cream. Zachary wanted to blow out the candle so badly. But he held out long enough for Addison to give it a try.Here is Jason telling her how to do it.She tries it again. Happy Birthday Addie!