Happy Birthday Baby Ellie!!

Feb 21, 2010

Ellie's first birthday was February 21st. The day was so nice they decided to have her party on the beach.

There were whales playing with a boat just off the coast! (Until the Coast Guard chased the boats away)

Ellie got this cute little lion that she loved posing with.

Dani loved playing in the sand and surf.

Ellie got to "stroll" the beach, give lots of hugs, and hang with her cousins.

Dani was soooo cute in her party hat.

Then it was time for Ellie to have cake!

Of course Mommy had to take lots of pictures of everything.

Dani had a great time in the sand.

All that fun makes for a tired little girl, but this time it wasn't my tired little girl :)

And even though she's not a baby anymore Dani still insists on calling her "Baby Ellie". It was also very cute trying to explain that my dad is Ellie's Grandpa too, not just Dani's Grandpa...Dani didn't seem happy to have to share him :)

Beach vacation 2010

As most of you know, we go to the beach for vacation every year. This year the weather wasn't as nice as it has been in recent years so Mommy didn't take as many pictures as usual. But no matter the weather or the number of pictures taken it was still a great time for all of us. We checked in on Sat Feb 6th and checked out on Sat the 13th.

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It was Tues before I pulled the camera out for a few quick pics. The sky was stormy and full of birds.

While giving Dani her bath it seemed necessary to take a picture showing how long her hair has gotten.

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Started the day with a beautiful sunrise.

Then we went to Gary's house to help him. He was using a loader to clear out his pond and it fell in a hole. His property is beautiful!

John spent the day helping try to get it out of the hole.

Dani and I went to Sugar Mill gardens while Daddy was working at Gary's. It's changed a lot since we were there 2 years ago! Now you can walk right up inside the ruins!!

Dani seemed to enjoy it too.

The ugly dinos are still there. I didn't notice the sign until after I had taken pics of Dani sitting on it...OOPS!

The flowers there are beautiful.

The next day we went back with Daddy!

I'm teaching Dani early to take the time to stop and smell the flowers

More beautiful flowers

More dino fun

In the 3 on the left you'll see that Daddy pretended to put his head in the dino's mouth, so of course Dani had to copy.

There were some neat looking holes in the wall of the fern grotto that we took advantage of

With being able to go up in the ruins it made for some nice family pictures.

The front gate gave another nice opportunity

After that we didn't take many pictures but here are a few of the beautiful stormy sky

Unfortunately, it had to end some time!