6.26.2011

cousin's camp, part II


oh.my.goodness.  i am tired.  what an incredible week!  if you read part one, you saw day one, after the water park.  well the kids just left and link went down for a much-needed nap, and now i am on my computer for the first time in days.  :)

we greeted soliders at DFW, went to legoland, rode a carousel, ate some bubba's, swam at SMU, ate some chuy's, watched a movie at jay's office theater, played hide and seek, played some xbox, slept a little at our house, swam at colonial, helped uncle jay caddy at colonial, ate burgers, saw cars 2, had time at hunny and papa's house, slept a teeny bit more, ate at mi cocina (with most of the older cousins, almost the whole fam at once!), and oh-so-much more!  jay and i also managed to squeeze in some work, taking link to his cousin jack's first birthday party, taking link to get a few more naps, church today, working out, keeping a friend's sick dog this week, and for jay, a LOT more caddy-ing at judd's club championship.  :)  that's all my brain can process and/or remember right now.  :)  there were warm fuzzy exchanges for good behavior, prayers, bible verses, and songs.  oh, and a lot of fun memories made.  thanks kids, for a wonderful week!

(p.s.  i also got a taste of what it would be like to have five kids.  HATS OFF to anyone that does, because i barely made it through one week!)


greeting solders - welcome home troops!





diving at SMU - even papa got into it (above)



precious boys!  so sweet.



lots of snuggles, above with hunny at movie night, below with caroline in his tent


below, link after camp, and showing EXACTLY how i feel! 


byebye for now, time for me to catch a quick nap while my crazy kiddo catches up on sleep, too.  :)

6.23.2011

cousin's camp, day one

well i guess technically it's day two, but the first full day.  it's that time of year again, and the youngest link cousins (asher, caroline, carson, and nathan) are in town for camp!  it's so much fun, and today has been perfect thus far.  as the youngest participant, link has to take breaks from camp for naps and early bedtimes, but he sure gets a lot of special treatment from his older cousins, which he LOVES.


it's so amazing because we took the kids to this same park last year and link wasn't quite yet walking, but definitely not swimming or sliding.  this year he was running all over the park, swimming to us in the lazy river, and sliding down every slide he was allowed on.  crazy how that seems like it was just a couple of months ago!



with papa


with sweet caroline



splish, splash!  summer is so fun...and we still have three days of camp left!!  woohoo!  (i promise we got more pics of the other kids, just not on my iphone).  i'll get more tomorrow!


6.06.2011

these pictures were taken almost exactly a year apart. this is going by so fast!!!!

8 months old

20 months old

we've already hit over 100 degrees here in dallas, had our first pool party of the summer today, and vacations are all booked, planned, and ready!  before we know it it will be september again and link will be two.  unreal.  i'm just trying to take time everyday to sit down and thank the Lord for each day, savoring the little moments, snuggles, and sweet smiles of our precious boy!  he keeps me on my toes and is the busiest little guy i've ever known, but i love him so and wouldn't have it any other way!