Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Get Ready . . . The Beach Pictures Overfloweth . . .

After returning - OVER A MONTH AGO - from a fabulous beach vacation, I realize that I have not posted the crazy amount of pictures that I really wanted to, so over this next week (or so), I will be posting more beach pictures.

There are a few reasons for this.
1. I hardly ever print pictures, so this is often the only way I get to see my images.
2. I plan on making a blog book so that I will actually have these images to have and to hold forever .
3. I just like seeing pictures of my munchkins, so get ready!
4. It may or may not have taken me this long to go through them and edit the keepers.
5. I may or may not be a little bit meticulous about editing my family pictures.

So, without further adieu, I give you the fist of many more beach pictures to come.

We stayed at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa, Florida in a rented cabin. The "cabin" was more like a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom small home that was wonderfully clean and perfect and brand spankin' new!


The Park was a large RV/Camping/Cabin park with a nice pool, kids activities, spacious and lovely grounds and of course, that beautiful white sand beach!

It was 7/10th's of a mile to the beach, so we hiked it the first few days. This was great on the walk to the beach . . . not so great with two small munchkins on the walk back. (our solution to this will come in another post)

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The beaches in the NW corner of Florida are some of my favorite beaches ever. Such unspoiled beauty. I'm just sick over this oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico.

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This was my munchkins first trip to the beach. I was nervous that they wouldn't like the sand or the water or the experience in general, but really, I didn't have anything to worry about. They were naturals on the beach!

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More pictures to come!

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Little Lady

There's nothing much I want to say today.

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Just that I love this little lady to no end.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

A Smiling Soul

Every once in a while, he will look at me and REALLY smile.

It's the type of smile that makes me think he's just happy to be here - truly and genuinely happy to be here . . . with me . . . at that moment.

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He's not being goofy or making faces or yelling at his sister or smiling/cheesing for the camera. He just looks up at me, and smiles, and his eyes sparkle, and my soul smiles.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

We Love the Swings

Run, run as fast as you can.

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Last one to the swing set is a rotten egg!

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OK, no rotten eggs here.

Just a fun time at the park.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Sproutlets

Sproutlets

Piggy-Tails

Top-Knots

Whatever it is you call them . . .

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I sure think they're cute!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Happy Father's Day

Lots of lovin'-n-laughter happened around here today.

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Hope all you daddies out there had a wonderful day.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Symmetry and Order

He has this little car ritual.

Even spacing - All facing the same direction - No gaps - All aligned.

Every day.

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He arranges them, then I put them back in his car carrier while he sleeps.

He wakes the next day, and it's one of the first things he wants to do.


I love that he loves order . . . although I have no idea where he gets that from?