Her Mother's Daughter

Of course this won't come as a shock to anyone who knows the real me, but it appears that Mer's hair may have a little body to it...

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!