Hello friends,
We spent the day at the beach yesterday celebrating Daddy's birthday! Donnie's birthday actually isn't until the 25th - but since we are having Allie's 1st birthday party next weekend, we decided to celebrate Daddy's birthday a little early. There is a restaurant that serves breakfast right on the beach - All-You-Can-Eat Pancakes - and that's where Daddy wanted to go for his birthday. And we had the most PERFECT day! The weather was absolutely beautiful and we all had the best time spending the day with family and friends. I just treasure days like this!
Kyle & Brandon eating breakfast on the beach!
I have to admit that I was a little nervous taking Allie to the beach! We weren't sure how she would react to the sand and the ocean - and we were all hoping she would love it since the beach is one of our favorite places to go! But no worries - because baby girl absolutely LOVED the beach. She was so much fun and she had a ball playing in the sand and water. We got such a kick out of watching her and I think we definitely have a beach baby on our hands - which thrills us all! :)
Here's part of the "adult gang" enjoying the beautiful day!
The hardest part - was making sure she didn't eat the sand! :)
Despite the fact that the water was FREEZING - the boys still got in and had so much fun!
Allie wanted to join her brothers in the water so bad! She kept trying to make a mad dash to the water. She would point to the ocean and say "Bath" - I guess it looked like a giant bathtub to her and she wanted to get in!
So finally Daddy & Grandpa took her down to feel the water.
Even though the water was cold, Allie loved it! She would just squeal with delight when a wave would come and we had so much fun watching her enjoy the ocean. I can't wait till the summer!
My Beach Bums!
The boys had fun building sand castles and enjoying the sunshine!
And well - when we turned our back for a minute - here is baby girl trying to run back into the water!
So proud of herself for making it into the water!
Daddy had a great day!
Ending with a scripture . . .
"This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it."
"This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24
Rejoicing in this day,
Rejoicing in this day, 
22 comments:
Beautiful Heather! And Happy Birthday Donnie - even if a little early. I had to laugh when you said you couldn't wait for summer .. ha ha .. me too .. it is very cold here in eastern Canada (although, un-seasonably 49 today!). It was 7 over the weekend! Thanks for letting me see the ocean :)
Hi Heather-
Just did some research and put some info on Alexandria's website in honor of her 5 year Angelversary. We are trying to get the info out to as many as possible via CB or other websites or even emails. So I was wondering if you could pass along as much or as little as you see fit. If all the bereaved families band together I know we can make a difference.
Love the pics at the beach....wish we lived closer to it!!! It was Alexandria's favorite place in the world.
Mom to Angel Alexandria forever-
Alison Haddock
www.caringbridge.org/page/
alexandriasangels
I absolutely LOVE the last one. She appears to love being in her dads arms.
So So Sweet! Allie looks so cute in the color purple too!...All smiles as usual. I bet she slept a long time when she got home. The air and beach make Jonathan soooooo tired.
This is such a fun and cute age. I want it to last for a long time. With all the technology there is..you would think they would have come up with something by now.... :)
Love and Hugs..and a big kiss to Baby Allie from Baby Jonathan!
What a fun day! As usual the pictures are great! Thanks for sharing your family with us.
What a day for rejoicing!! You live in such a beautiful climate. We are freezing, high of 1 degree today and snow everywhere. Oh how I wish I was on the beach with my kids today. We are spending the day inside playing pirate ships. Have a blessed week!
I always enjoy your blog! The Midwest is pretty bleak right now and those beach photos warm us up!
Sharon
Happy Birthday Allie and Donnie! Heather, the pictures are just wonderful, I really love the ones of Allie at the water, and playing in the sand, and the one of her in her little Tutu, is just precious! Glad to hear the boys are on the mend, I hope Devin and Allie dodge the bullet! Always remembering your sweet Jacob! (those pictures are priceless).
Allie is so cute! She loves to go everywhere!! What a happy girl! And those thighs...I just want to pinch them! She's just delicious!
Jennifer
PS - I need to move to Florida! We're freezing here!
I'm sitting here in my freezing cold house looking at your beach pictures while we have a fresh foot of new snow on the ground and below zero windchills. It all looks SO beautiful and makes me wonder why in the world we live here and not there! I'm even more determined to go south on a warm vacation! :)
Happy Birthday Donnie!! I'm so glad you all had such a beautiful day to celebrate an amazing husband/Daddy!
What wonderful family pictures!!!! You guys have such awesome family!!
I was wondering how do you do the top of your blog like that ? It is so neat .Just curious :)Have a Good night .
Love the beach pictures! Happy Birthday, Donnie!
Heather,
So glad that Donnie had a great early birthday. When I look at your blog compared to mine, it looks as if we live on different continents. The beach looks so peaceful and relaxing. When we head to Florida, we might just look you up. Have you ever thought about swapping houses for vacation....Just Kidding. Hope that Allie has a Great 1st Birthday, but with the loving family that she has, she will always have great birthdays.
In Him,
Kelly
Ok, first off, I am totally jealous of this. I spent the weekend freezing my tush off taking my kids on a trip!!
Allie gets cuter every time I see her. We are beach people too. Reese also loves it--and sand. I hear it is a good source of iron:>)
Happy Birthday, Donnie--and Allie. Can't believe she is already one!!
Beach? February??? Sounds like Louisiana! We have the ac on one day and the heat the next!
Love all of the pics, especially the one of Allie walking towards the water with her Grandpa and Daddy holding her hands, cute cute!
The boys sure are growing!
Happy Birthday Donnie!!!
FROGing-
Rohrbachs,
My mom uses a photoshop to make the collage and I just add the image to the header! My mom can work some picture magic - she is very talented! :)
Love & FROG,
Heather
What lovely pictures, I hope Donnie has a lovely day!
Okay DUCKWORTHS how much more teasing can you cast upon your adoring audience (LOL)! Some of us sit in a winterwonderland, non-stop rain, or they are like me, the "beach" is over 2hours away, filled with YUCKY BROWN WATER (gotta love the GULFCOAST) seedweed that clings to your feet and brings back childhood memories of the movie JAWS the movie and cool temps that will freeze your tush off! My jaw literally dropped when I saw that gorgeous weather!!I'm so JEALOUS!! Hey we'll trade ya, the boys would love the seedweed clinging to their feet....hey they are boys...they love that kind of icky stuff!!
I love all the pics, my favorite is the one w/Allie holding daddy's and grandpa's hand. Just think daddy will be holding those sweet precious hand as she experiences so many FIRST!!
I think I will take you up on the offer of starting my BLOG, take it easy on me, I'm not too computer saavy now, you have to take it easy on me!! Contact me whenever you get a chance, no need to rush, I know how a household full of kiddos can't get real busy!!!!
I would love to share my BREE with everyone!
Heather,
I love the beach pictures, it's cold and snowing here. I love the ocean so much and Gracie has so much fun.Allie looked like she was having a great time.This summer she will really enjoy it, when the water is warm. Tell Donnie I said Happy Birthday. Have a great week.
Carmen
Heather... how SWEET are those pictures? Your boys seem to be "eating little Allie up!" Gabe is like me... he LOVES baby girls! (When we went to Susan's he STAYED with the GIRLS!)HOPEFULLY my sister-in-law will get a baby soon and maybe THAT will fix our baby fever ONCE AND FOR ALL. ;-)
Tell Donnie & Allie we send each of them a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH!?!?
What a blessing to be able to enjoy God's beautiful landscape on a special day (even if it were a few days early) Happy Birthday!
Happy 1st Birthday to Allie (on the 20th right?) I also enjoyed the beach pictures-oh how I would love to be there in the warmth and sunshine-this winter in Kansas is getting very old! Love all the pics of the kids-Allie looks like she knows how to hang at the beach :)I am looking forwrd to seeing bday celebration photos.
Keep Imagining!
Tracy
http:pricelessjourney.blogspot
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