Matthew, Annelise & I left for the Virginia Beach on May 23rd and stayed there a week. I have a cousin, Skyla who lives in Richmond and she came down to stay in the beach house with us. My grandparents and my uncle also spent the vacation with us. We had so much fun and got to spend good quality time together. Since Matthew works so much, I enjoyed the time with him and Lisee more than anything. The house we rented was absolutely fabulous. It had a sandbox, a playhouse, and a teeter-totter in the front yard, along with many ride-on cars and toys. She just loved getting on the see-saw with Matthew.

This was Lisee’s first trip to the beach except for when she was 6 months old. She loved the ocean! She had too much fun jumping in the waves with her daddy. A guy that worked for a beach photography company approached us and wanted to take pictures of Annelise playing in the ocean. I said yes but she wasn’t liking him at all. He kept trying to get her to pose and say “bumblebees” and she huffed and puffed and just gave him looks of death as if to say “I’m trying to play here!”. You could tell he wasn’t a parent so it was funny to watch him with my 2 year-old who could definitely give an adult a run for their money especially when they’re not used to children. The pictures turned out horrible so we didn’t buy any. The ones my grandmother took were much better. She captured the suprise on Lisee’s little face when the waves would roll in. These pictures are priceless. I definitely would rate this as the best family vacation ever, but there’s many more years to come so we’ll have to try and top it!