Bootleg and Birthday Cake

We celebrated Todd's birthday this weekend with a 1929 Chicago-style murder mystery game. While no one correctly guessed Tommy Gunn's murderer, we clearly had a great time getting decked out in our gangster/flapper "glad rags."

The Guys
Al Kohol takes aim at Gil T. Azell

Me and my "Big Six"

The Dolls

The Speakeasy

A Super Weekend

We enjoyed a fun visit from DiDi this weekend, who of course had to make sure Mer was outfitted with some Cardinals spirit!

Post-op Jessie

A couple of sore backs from heaving this 76-pound beast up and down the stairs and a kabillion dollars later, Jess is on the mend after her knee surgery. Squirrels and cats, consider yourselves warned-- she'll be back with a vengeance!

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!

Holiday Road Trip

We broke in our car DVD player for a road trip to see family in San Antonio (how did anyone travel with kids before these??) this past weekend.

Granddad and Aunt Meredith teaching Mer the fine art of cookie dunking
Enjoying the Christmas tree

A highchair with history-- my brother and sisters all ate here

Woo hoo-- Mexican brunch!