OBX Vacation

As I mentioned in a previous post, the weather was anything but spectacular during our vacation in the Outer Banks, but we had a great time with our family!

Josh, Wendi, Richard, Austin, Aunt Kimmie, Emma, and Justin on the Nature Hike. We actually cheated and drove to a spot, took a picture, looked at the water then got back in the car and drove to the lighthouse. It was WAY too cold to walk :)

The Corolla Lighthouse. Isn't it beautiful?

Emma loved when Austin and Justin rode in the backseat. She always wanted to hold their hands!

Emma and Grandma Gwen braving a few minutes on the beach. Although we didn't get to stay on the beach long we did get to fly the kite for a minute, play in the dirt for a second, and see a wild horse a thousand feet from us! Hey, it's the experience that counts, right?

Emma on a not-so-freezing day playing tee ball. She'd make Papa Ernie proud!

Emma and her Daddy flying Opie, the Octopus kite!

Em in action! She was chasing a balloon and I happened to get this cool shot!

And on our stop-over in Fayetteville heading home, the weather was beautiful, of course, and Em enjoyed the pool at the hotel!

Emma chilling with her Daddy. Doesn't she just look like an amazingly happy little angel? Precious baby, wonderful Daddy, priceless memories!

Our Easter

Since we spent Easter in Corolla, NC and the drive was 10.5 hours, we stopped over in Fayetteville and lucky for us, Aunt GeeGee and Grayson decided to join us for the night!Emma kissing sweet, precious Baby Grayson. She was wonderful with him! She loves him so much and was such a helper! She wanted to kiss him as much as I did!

Richard, my mom, and WeeWee watched the kiddos for Jennifer and I to go out to eat. Mama said the babies were wonderful and Emma was a sweetie! Of course Grayson was super laid back, and Richard and Grayson bonded! Jennifer and I were super grateful for the girls night!

Then we completed the drive to OBX! Here are Emma's, Justin's, and Austin's Easter baskets from the Easter Bunny!

Right when Em woke up we went upstairs to see what the Easter Bunny brought! She couldn't wait to get to the Cadbury Eggs! Here she is with her mouth stuffed with a mini-Cadbury at 6:30am.

And after the sun came up she was ready to wear the bunny ears to head outside with Aunt Kimmie and brave the EXTREMELY cold temps!

Although the weather was horrible for our week in Corolla, we are so very grateful to have been able to spend it with family. Once you move away you really take for granted having family right next door. So it was truly a blessing to have family around to celebrate Easter with Em. Now it's time for the Billingsley side to plan a big vacation!!!

Start of Easter Festivities

Our Easter was filled with so many fun activities! In fact, we've been so busy that I haven't had time to update our blog recently.
Here's my attempt to summarize the last month...Enjoy!

Here's Em at the Spring Festival at Bright Beginnings. She had a ball playing with her friends in the hay, participating in the games, jumping in the bounce house, and riding the hay ride!

Emma and her Daddy at Connors Amazing Acres. Now this was certainly a treat for Em and all of us! We had a blast!

The first thing Emma notices as we enter? The farm dog! She petted and kissed this dog for the first few minutes. I had to practically pry her off of him. He was a trooper, though! She LOVED the corn box! When she got out she had kernels in her shoes and between her toes! Again, she didn't want the fun to end.

And the egg hunt begins...she did great hunting the eggs! She got a ton, until she noticed the toys! Then she was ready to play!

We had a great day visiting with the animals, playing with friends, hunting Easter eggs, and sliding down the huge slide. Our little princess is definitely a country girl at heart!