We had the amazing opportunity to spend Easter weekend on vacation!  It wasn’t a particularly restful vacation but we had a TON of fun and I would do it again in a heartbeat!  We stayed in a 3 bedroom condo with some of our extended family that was literally on the beach.  Between fun in the sun, some outlet mall shopping, searching for crabs in the moonlight and Easter photos our 2 day “vacation” was crammed full of activities.  It is hard to sit back and just relax when there is so much you want to experience in such a short time :-)

Friday

My kids have been talking about going to the beach ever since we planned it and they were SO excited to get there after a 6 hour car ride and arriving at 9:30pm.  In the morning they woke up and rushed to the window and were so sad to see rain and storms…  It was absolutely pitiful when I told them that we were doing a shopping day instead of playing on the beach…  In spite of the rain we did take them on a rainy walk down to get our toes wet though ;-)  An afternoon of shopping the outlet malls to pick up some things for their new baby sister (supposedly arriving the beginning of August) and then out to eat at a local seafood place! (Ahhhhhmazing) :-)

Saturday

The next day was filled with the beach!  It was BEAUTIFUL!!!  Crystal clear water, gorgeous white sand and 3 adorable children to take pictures of.  Noah wasn’t really feeling well though so it was a little difficult to get much of a smile out of him…

That night we went looking for crabs on the beach.  We didn’t find any crabs but we did see a pelican!  I LOVE knowing my camera as well as I do!!!  It was very dark out with only the light of the moon and I didn’t have a tripod with me…  I would have never been able to get this image otherwise :-)

Sunday! Easter day!  Picture day!  Travel day…

We got an early start and had a fun time taking Easter pictures on the beach with the kids.  It was SO nice to have my husband helping out!  Noah literally wanted to RUN in to the water.  It was very funny actually ;-)  They keep us on our toes, that’s for sure!

I made her dress this year :-)  It is actually something I do on the side here and there…  I only make custom dresses but if you want to take a look at what I have done in the past you can check out my Precocious Peanut Facebook page or my Precocious Peanut Etsy Shop.

I am a little sad to post these photos actually…  I think I have had a grin plastered on my face the whole time I have been working on them!  They are such precious memories and I can honestly say they represent this trip well :-) Please leave a comment and let me know what you think :-)  I would love to hear from you!