inaugural dove hunt

 we had such a great time this morning on our first dove hunt.

 we all killed a few birds

 

and then we had to clean 'em

men apparently don't like taking hunting pics, but i had to have proof that i was there!

officially addicted!!

the view from our table each morning

 reese and mackenzie have been heading outside each morning around breakfast to take pictures when we look out the window and see this...

and this...

(reese took both of these)

tree house project

the kiddos have been wanting Colin to build a tree house for a while.  

 so, we are starting a new "family project" (please note the absence of most 

of the family in these pictures) (please also note the absence of any trees 

attached - thereby making it more of a fort).

 i had fun working with this guy and learned many new things. 

 reese was the official photographer for this project.

 this is documented so that i will forever remember my first time using a power tool.

we have a long way to go, but the project has officially started.

aggie football

we had the opportunity to go to an aggie game as a family this year and everyone wanted to go.  

while we were there, mackenzie and reese really wanted to visit the a&m campus library .  lucky for them, colin knew just where it was located.  

the kiddos were amazed at the enormous number of books.

 as it turns out, it was even bigger than the four-story library that we remembered.

they now have a skywalk to a library annex. 

although it wasn't my idea, it was pretty neat stuff!