Easter 2011

Easter 2011

Sadly, this Easter is probably the last holiday we'd spend at Lolo and Lola's house.  We made sure it was a good one.  We even all sat and ate at the dining table.  I don't know if we've ever done that before! 

On Friday Zoey and Gabriel promptly splashed down into the kiddie pool.  We busted out the water guns, beach toys, and sprinkler for them.

On Saturday Zoey and Gabriel did their Easter Egg Hunt.  They did great!  We hid eggs around the garden and in fun places in the backyard.  Only a few had candy, but the two toddlers enjoyed foam stickers, jelly beans, and chocolate.

After dinner we relaxed and watched Disney's Tangled.

On Sunday we managed to get to church and stay for a little while.  Zoey seemed super cranky that day.  We had to bribe her with jelly beans so we could take some nice pictures!

Happy Easter!

More photos here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/metria/Easter2011?feat=directlink

Zoey's 1st Beach Trip

Texas Sand Fest 2011

Port Aransas, TX

Zoey and the Wingler clan went to the 2011 Texas Sand Fest in Port Aransas, TX.  Zoey's very first beach trip!  We had a blast playing on the beach, in the pool, and hanging out with Zoey's grandparents, Uncle Todd, and cousin Jillian.  We watched Uncle Tyler and his classmates participate in the sand sculpture contest.  

Here is Zoey helping:

Zoey loved the sand.  She thoroughly enjoyed digging with her shovels, filling her bucket, and pouring water out of her watering can.  The ocean was pretty cold, but that didn't stop her and her Daddy.  She got pretty upset that she was too little to follow Daddy into deeper water.  That was ok, though, she also had a blast swimming at the pool.  The water was cold there too!  She toughed it out and enjoyed her floatie and practiced her kicks.  When we weren't out and about, she loved playing inside the beach house and out on the deck.  We casually watched a Toy Story marathon while we played and ate dinner.  

We had a great time.  We even had a nice drive into Corpus Cristi on the way back, where we stopped to have lunch and look at the U.S.S. Lexington.  We'll have to make the next beach trip there.  The water looked cleaner and there was also an aquarium and other fun spots to check out.

Zoey enjoys long walks on the beach, sunsets, and juice boxes.

Zoey's 1st Year

Zoey's 1st Year

I've added all of the photos from Zoey's first year on Earth to Google's photo host, Picasa:

https://picasaweb.google.com/metria/ZoeyS1stYear

I really like using Picasa for all my personal online photo stuff!  Enjoy this re-cap!