Last Trip to the Mountain Property

A couple months ago, we sold our mountain property that we have owned since before kids.  Well, as you can imagine, we haven't exactly used the land much since having kids.  It was a beautiful piece of property on a small river that we had thought we might build on some day, but in the meantime we could go up and swim, camp, etc.  But that just didn't happen much with the kids.  So, we decided to part ways with the land and put the money to use on the property we actually use all the time - our house :)  Since there are so many things we still want to do to the house, it has helped get a few more projects underway. 

But anyways, a few months ago we spent a Saturday up at the mountain property one last time before we sold it.  And it almost made us regret selling it because the girls had a FABULOUS time.  They waded in the water with daddy, and then, our extremely cautious girl just decided she was done with wading and wanted to swim, so she stripped down and did just that!  It was so cute - she was in heaven.  We'll have to find some other land that we can use so she let her outdoor adventure spirit run free from time to time :)

Back to Reality!

Well, I'm behind on the blogging, but that's because our house was without little feet running through it for a whole week! I was enjoying some 'Me' time, that's for sure! It was a long time coming, 17 months without a night away from my littlest! I got some extra sleep, got a few projects done, and remembered that I really do still like hanging out with my husband! Two years of 'Grandparents Camp' (this year the first for Keelyn) and I think this is definitely going to become an annual thing! Now to catch up on the blog...... Here's a few pictures at the park with daddy the week before they left:

Chill-axin'

With Daddy (she's a bit more of a snuggler than her sister)

On her bean bag, with her beloved goldfish

Daddy Daughter Dance

This weekend, we had great plans. A trip to Lake Lanier with our community group. Renting a lake house. And on Saturday night, the daddies would take the big girls to a daddy daughter Valentines dance. One dad looked long and hard for a dance that wasn't just in a school gym. This one was at the Lake Lanier Grand Resort. He even bought scroll invitations from the "king" to the ball for the girls. Too cute. But, as is life with little ones, 2 out of the 4 families was struck down with illness. (luckily, our family was not one of them!). So, while we had to cancel the lake house, the daddies still drove up for the dance on Saturday night and had a marvelous time! It was so fun seeing the girls all dressed up for their date. I think this may become an annual thing (and hopefully all the girls will get to go next year!). A few pictures:

Looking so pretty (I couldn't resist dressing Keelyn up a little too for the pre-dance pictures!)

Ready for their date!

At the dance

WMV Hunt Pictures

The next few posts are going to be mostly pictures for my own documentation of our busy weekend. First some pictures & videos from the big egg hunt at Whittier Mill Village:

My favorite of the day with her loot :)





















With her daddy






















Here they are last year, what a difference a year makes..... *sigh*















Pony Ridin'

Spring Has Sprung!

Spring seems to be (more or less) in full force these days in Atlanta & I could not be MORE happy! We are loving going to the parks more & more, taking walks, riding trikes (okay just one trike!), and even last Saturday I made a picnic lunch for our family & we ate our lunch out in the backyard. What fun!

I couldn't get Mackenzie to pose for me to commemorate our little picnic, so I first just took a picture of Daddy. Then, when I handed Keelyn to Daddy and said I would just take a picture of

Keelyn - suddenly she wants in the picture! (I'm getting some mileage out of taking pictures of

Keelyn to get Mackenzie in the picture these days :P ). However, she still didn't want to look at the camera for this one..... Oh well, I like this picture anyways :)

At the Mountains

Two weekends ago (and the beginning of over a week of BEAUTIFUL weather here) Brannon took Mackenzie up to our mountain property to play & hang out (and also gave me a big break having 5 or so hours with just one kid....amazing how easy one kid seems nowadays!). We bought this property years ago, and don't use it much since having kids so we often debate if we should sell it (if we even could sell it these days.....) but now Mackenzie is getting to an age where she's gonna be fun to take up there & man is it beautiful up there.....maybe we'll hold on to it! Here's a couple videos daddy took.

Are You Ready...

For some football??? At the McKay house, we watch ALOT of football. Brannon LOVES it, and even I really like it alot too. Especially this year when our Atlanta Falcons are going to make a potentially great playoff run..... Anyways, I digress. We have been blessed with a house full of girls, and Brannon is just hoping one of them will enjoy it the way their mommy does! So far, Mackenzie is sort of not so into it. If the TV is on NFL Network in the morning when I turn it on (which it often is as Brannon watches that channel ALOT and is often the last thing he watches at night), then Mackenzie starts yelling at me "NO FOOTBALL Mommy!!! NO FOOTBALL!!!". That has Brannon worried she won't like it. I'm not convinced, I think she just prefers cartoons and wants me to put it on that instead of football. But maybe one day she'll get into it! For now, he thoroughly enjoys the rare occasion when Keelyn likes being held while seated & will seat with him and watch it!

Look Alikes

When I got up on our first Saturday at home as a family (I got to sleep in with Keelyn due to having three other adults in the house that first weekend!), I found my two look alikes watching a little Saturday morning TV together. Aren't they the cutest?? (well, there is one other person in this cute category but she was with me & not in the pic!).

Teeny Tiny

I love how tiny my babies look when their daddy is holding them!

Daddy's Girl

Here's a few fun shots I shot of Brannon & his little girl at the cabin shortly before heading home. IT was a fun weekend, and hard to believe, it was our last little getaway as a family of three. Before we know it, we'll have F-O-U-R of us to pack up & take places. The adventure awaits....... Until then, here's the daddy & his only child for a little bit longer: