So I have a question on how I can avoid this in the future. These two shots were taken moments apart. The first one was backlit by the sun and I used my fill flash. The other one, they were facing the sun. Notice how orange they look when I used my flash. Does anybody know why or how I can avoid it in the future. I'm guessing my whitebalance plays in - I'm a jpeg shooter..... any input would be great!

If I had to guess, I would say you have your camera on AWB.

The blue sky in the 1st one may have caused it to try and "warm" the image up (resulting in the orange skin tones) and the 2nd, the green of the grass with the bright sand was easier to recognize as a "natural" color, resulting in a more natural looking tone (although it looks a bit washed out to me).

What settings did you use?

Shan

I most likely did use AWB - a bad habit I thought I kicked, but apparently not always - is there a spot in lightroom where I can see what the white balance was set for? I can't seem to find it. I guess I'll have to be more careful that I don't have the AWB crutch anymore.

In lightroom, under the develop module, your first "option" under "treatment" should say "WB: (and then what you had set)". Typically, it will say "As shot." You can change that to whatever white balance you want and then adjust the sliders below labeled "Temp" and "Tint" to taste.