Happy Birthday Dylan!

Just wanted to give a quick shout-out to my niece Dylan who celebrated her first birthday this past weekend with a luau. Happy Birthday D!

D with my cute bro and sis-in-law
"Yeah, that's right-- I'm one!"

Fun with the Littles

Another fun playdate with Lauren and Sam Little. Lauren is now FIVE, which just blows my mind as I remember her as an infant like it was yesterday. These photos were taken with Kelli's super-fancy "Dad camera" -- I think it may be time for an upgrade for me (hint, hint Eric).

Las Primas

Cousins Kayla and Abby had a slumber party with us this weekend so Jamie and Steve could celebrate their anniversary and we had such a great time-- Merritt is just in awe of them and doesn't stop smiling when they're around.

The aftermath of Mer's first spaghetti dinner (K & A rolled their own meatballs-- delish!)Doting cousins reading to Mer

Downtime at the Lake

After a hectic month of stomach bugs, living out of a suitcase at Hoop and Bobbie's while our floors were refinished and Hurricane Ike damage was finally repaired, a road trip to San Antonio, busy days at Kick and other miscellaneous holiday craziness, we wrapped up the season with some much-needed downtime at the lakehouse. Grumpy and Nonna in from Phoenix were our special guests.

Introducing Claire, Hoop and Bobbie's new addition-- this is her inaugural Blog appearance!