Colonial Williamsburg - Part One

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 On our way to the Outer Banks (and on the way back) we stopped for a night in Colonial Williamsburg.  It's one of my favorite places on earth!  In fact, it's where we spent our honeymoon. :)

The kids seemed to really enjoy it, which made me very happy to be able to share something I love so much with them.  When we have more time, we will definitely be making a trip back for a more extended stay.

The peaceful setting and gorgeous buildings just beg to be photographed.  I would love to use the pictures we snapped somewhere in our home. That will be a project for after the holidays though.

During one of our walks, I let the kids have the camera to take pictures of whatever spoke to them.  They got some great shots, including these!

There was a lot of this too...

Back to Reality

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We spent last week in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  Sadly, this week it is back to school and work.  

The weather was beautiful and we spent a lot of time at the beach.  We also managed to climb Hatteras lighthouse, visit the aquarium, fly kites at the sand dunes, and take a sunset boat cruise.  One of my favorite things we did was rent a 4WD Jeep and drive the northern beaches.  The roads end and from there you can just drive right along the water on the sand.  The beaches are also home to wild horses and it was fun to search for them.

We rented an oceanfront house and the sunrises took your breath away.

Popsicles on the pier 

 

When you see a chair this large, you are obligated to stop for pictures.

We like to play with silly hats in gift shops.  shrug.

I also attempted to take pictures of the kids on the beach...the results did not turn out as well as I had hoped, but I still got a few cute shots.  Ugh, still need to get those photography classes I have been saying I need for the last 5 years.  Someday!

I picked up the white dresses, for Evie and my niece, from Naartjie, love that brand!  Plus, I just never get tired of taking pictures of Evie on the beach in white dresses.

Without realizing, I re-created this shot from our beach pictures two years ago.  Crazy to see how much they can change in just two short years.

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