A Special Birthday

Today is Ryder's 11th birthday!  Wow!  We are so excited that we got to celebrate with him while were at the beach.

We went to the Rainforest Cafe and he got the fancy volcano dessert!

It was a fun night:

A yummy dinner followed by mini golf!

It's really fun to get to spend some good quality time with Ryder!

I'm so thankful that the whole Wood family welcomed Ryder with open arms and treated him as one of their own.  It was super fun to have him, not only with Walker and Everly, but all the cousins.  I think everyone had a blast!!

**side note - I've back dated several blog posts from our beach vacation, so they are now below the post I wrote a few days ago!  Finally…. caught up!

We Interrupt This Program….

… taking a quick break from studying for our big football draft.  Yes, I've been doing that instead of blogging.  So sorry.  (But, did you know that football is almost back!? Hooray!)

Yes, I realize that it's been a month since I blogged. It's been a wonderful August, including a great beach trip.  I promise to give many more details soon, but right now Clark and I need to get through this  draft.  I promise to be back soon!

In the meantime, here are some adorable pictures:

See you soon, WoodWords!

Professional Photographer?

I am not a professional photographer.  I'm not even a good amateur photographer.  But, I do have a good camera!

One night during our beach vacation, we got dressed up and went out at sunset to get some pictures.  I'm happy we have that good camera!  We got some great photos.

I realize that there are a lot, with very little commentary, but I think the pictures speak for themselves.

Fun in the Pool

I'm going to admit it…. I really don't know how to organize/blog about our beach trip.  I'm kind of overwhelmed.  We had such a great time and have SO many pictures!  So, I'm just going to do what comes to me.

Starting with this…. fun at the pool!

The condos had a couple of great pools.  It's nice to take a dip after being on the beach!  The kids had a ball swimming with Aidan.

And, just because this picture cracks me up….

Ha!  She's so funny.

One night, Nanna and Bubba took us all out for dinner.  We had fun taking some "sunset" pictures after:

It was a bit bright!  More pictures to come!!!!!

The Beach!

Oh my…. we have SO many pictures from the beach.  I don't even know where to start!  So, I'll break it up!

We went and picked Ryder up and and spent four days with all of Clark's family.  So much fun!  We had two condos and really had a nice time.

Just enough room for three kids and all the gear!

Wow, did my kids take to boogie boarding!  They loved it.

And, they had a great time playing in the sand!

And, Everly and Nanna were always on the hunt for seashells!

More fun pictures…

And, a favorite of mine!  Precious babes:

Every kid needs their name in the sand!

More fun beach pictures to come!

Fabulous Birthday Bash

It took some time, but we are so thankful that we've really gotten to know our neighbors and have found some really fun friends!

We got to celebrate one of them in style!  Nicki turned 30 and her fun hubby took a huge crowd to eat in Houston on a party bus!

 It was so fun to get dressed up and literally have to worry about nothing!

Oh, and definitely fun to hang out with great friends!!!

Such a fun party, date night, girl time…. it was everything wrapped up into one!  Suhdir set the bar high for the rest of the big birthdays coming up!