happy birthday reese!!

reese celebrated her birthday this weekend with a few of her friends from school. her one request was that she be able to go swimming since it has been such a long time. so...we loaded up and went to waco to stay at a hotel with a pool. we had the best time and managed to get everyone in bed before midnight. however, we had a rude awakening at 1:30 am when the hotel fire alarm went off. we had to evacuate the hotel for about half an hour. the kiddos were troopers and seemed to actually enjoy the excitement.

colin made this swimming pool cake for reese.

we played every swimming game we could think of.

ready for bed!

but first a healthy snack.

jackson and colin shared a bed. king jackson evidently requires a bit more space than the average three year old.

happy birthday reese!!

new boots

who doesn't love a new pair of boots?? jack man was so excited to get new boots that he put them on when he was dripping wet - right after taking a shower. he has worn them every day since...naked, in his jammies, with sweat pants, jeans, undies or whatever he feels like.

judging from this picture, he must think the boots give him some sort of super power.

my crew all booted up.

some shots from mackenzie's lens

we had such a fun day today. reese played some b-ball and then we had some

fun the country way.

one of reese's good buddies.

this one's an interesting angle, but kinda cool.

so now you know why it was such a fun day for me!

and a beautiful end to a relaxing day.

like father, like son

i think colin has done this a time or two in his youth...

i found this in the refrigerator yesterday. if you can't tell, it is a fresh stick of butter that someone couldn't resist. the teeth marks happen to match perfectly with jack's.

maybe thats why he has the energy to do this...