SPRING BREAK BEACH TRIP 2009

All of you Floridians will get a giggle seeing us in our coats on the beach!!

This time of year you can find some great sea shells!

We had a great girls only trip to the beach with our good friends the Webbs!

We even found a sand dollar! We learned while we were in Jamaica that the reason it is this color is because it is either still alive, or has been alive recently. They don't turn white until they die and completely dry out.

Sweet Julia at dinner one evening.

We even met up with our friends the Vogels who have a beach house in Ocean City.

For some reason, Miss Boo thought that if you go to the beach, then you get cotton candy. I have no clue how she made this connection, but she NEVER stopped talking about finding cotton candy. It was much more difficult than one might think to find cotton candy during off-season at the beach. BUT, we finally managed to find some, and her trip to the beach was then complete!

Walking down the historic Rehobeth Beach boardwalk!

Soaking up some sun (yes, in our coats).

Whoa Maddie!! How did you get so tall?

We found a sweet little make-up boutique and had some girly fun in there!! All the girls had a little make-over. Emily chose purple eye shadow AND purple lip gloss. Now that's my diva!

And to finish off our trip, I hopped into the driver's seat after loading up the van to find this lovely little visitor on the steering wheel. (It was a recently acquired toy snake). I just about jumped out of my pants, which was followed by six giggling girls - you would have thought I had BOYS back there instead of girls!!

HAPPY EASTER 2009!

Her very first curls!!

All my sweet Easter girls with their baskets! (and yes, she is taller than me now!)

It looks all sunny and warm but it was FREEZING!!

Some Easter love from the boys.

Every year at Easter it seems I manage to capture the classic "personality pose". This year, even the dog's personalities are showing!

Happy Easter from the O'Steen Family!

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

This was Hannah's first year at the Ballet Academy at MCPA. She had done some classes when she was younger, but now she is getting a little more serious about dance. Today she participated in the Achievement Awards where she was able to perform a little bit of what she has been learning this year. This was a HUGE accomplishment for her, because her very least favorite thing in the world is to perform in the spotlight..... alone. We shed a few tears leading up to the show, but she conquered her fears and went out there and did her very best. We are SOO proud of our little brave ballerina.

Hannah's best buddy Madison.

My brave girl.

Hannah and Madison look up to the Burnham girls - they are great dancers (and wonderful friends)!

A final curtsy.

Applause for Hannah for doing so well on her written test of ballet terms.

DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE

Well, its that time of year again!! I have about ten thousand (well, maybe a BIT of an exaggeration) dance pictures to edit! What a dream night it was for all those little girls! It was a magical wonderland! Here are just a few pics from the evening. I have been a bad blogger lately, I admit it. I have been so very busy researching homeschool curriculum and ideas, along with regular life stuff. But I'm still here - and trying to NOT be on the computer!! :)