Happy Easter

This Easter my sister Becca and her husband Chris moved into their first house. We had a lot of fun helping them paint and are so thrilled for them and all of the memories they'll create in that home. In-between the craziness of the move, we took a little time at the Peckenpaugh cottage to celebrate Easter. Annika had a blast pulling things out of her Easter basket and playing with Easter eggs. Unfortunately she experienced a little separation anxiety during church...I think we have a task ahead of us to make sure she likes worshiping at church as much as she likes her Easter basket.

Because of the beautiful April weather, we also had the treat

of a walk to the beach. It made us excited and hopeful that summer is just around the corner.

P.S. For those of you who are familiar with my mom's beautiful smocking, you might recognize Annika's Easter dress. I've been begging her to pull some of it out of storage and she shared some very special pieces with me, including this dress that Jacki wore for her first birthday. It was so fun to see Annika in it.

Not so good...

I'll admit that I'm the type of mom that takes hundreds of photos of Annika to get just one good one that I can share with all. I've had a few conversations lately about how digital cameras give us such an easy ability to filter out all of the bad photos and how our kids aren't going to have any photos worth looking back and really laughing at.

So...about a week ago I was in Chicago for work and because the timing corresponded with Branden's spring break, he and Annika came along. Since they were getting to spend a fun day without me, I instructed Branden to take a few photos. He's going to kill me for posting them, but this is what I got. I thought everyone might enjoy a chuckle today.