a simple life: spring break 2011

i never posted our spring break pictures--so here we go...
we spent most of the week in waco visiting family.

we started off at mama dee's & pawpaw's. dee had gotten mckinlee a calligraphy set & that kept her busy for a long time. she got really good & is writing my name on the inside of all my books!!

we had yummy meals--here's just one of them.
grilled ribs, chicken & potatoes. mom & les made them and they were wonderful!

we also played on danielle's new computer--primarily photo booth.
this picture of me just made us hysterical!
this little program also kept mckinlee busy for a long time.

and of course sadie kept us busy too!

mom (and sadie) played the piano & we sang.
flipping through danielle's songbook we found eternal flame by the bangles & had to sing that one. brought back a lot of 1980's memories!

one afternoon danielle was busy inside so sadie & i went outside to play for a while.
she found this bowl of shells on the table and played with them forever.

oh my goodness. love that face.

and these chubby hands.

she just loved lining up those shells & putting them in the bowl

oh how i love this child!

then we took her to visit mama jeanne (my grandma)
where she had fun playing with balls...

watching mckinlee play the viola...

and moving these little chairs around!

she worked forever moving them from place to place.

then she'd turn around and do it all again--this went on forever!
(she wasn't mad in this picture...just very intent.)

then we took a few pictures with mama jeanne.
this one cracked us up of sadie patting down mj's hair!

here we are with mj & my sweet cousin, jolie

when we stayed with my mom we spent some time playing their wii.
here she & mck are having fun.

me trying to row a boat--harder than in sounds!

right before we left to come home, we went with danielle to get sadie's pictures taken.
mckinlee kept her occupied while we decided on pictures.
they turned out SO cute!