Jill Howell turns 35

It's crazy how many Jills I have met in my old age. I didn't know that many growing up but now there are everywhere.... My best friend is Jill and we have so much in common... she also has 4 kids, (4 girls), lives in our neighborhood, drives a black suburban and is married to a great guy! We are both very blessed.. not sure what that has to do with our name, I was just babbling! Anyway, she turned 35 last month and we had a blast going out. Her husband Brad surprised her with a limo and a night at Mark's... Cody and I were lucky enough to be asked to join the fun and to have the gay pride parade outside our balcony room to entertain us... the wine helped too :-) Thanks for the great night Jill, and for being the best friend ever! Not sure how I would survive this crazy life without you!

Happy 4th of July

We had an awesome 4th of July! We went to our family ranch in Stephenville... my brother and his girlfriend, my parents and grandmother met us there. We decorated the float, road through town and threw TONS of candy to the crowd! The boys LOVED it!

Our friends The Lanhams came down from Graham and we spent Saturday playing outside with them.... We miss them so much! All our kids had a blast!

We had a wonderful weekend of fun, family, food and great friends!

More birthday pictures

The party was fun!

It's official... she is a princess... she has been crowned

We celebrated Reese-Kathryn's birthday with a party. Does is seem like the partying never ends around here or what?!?!?!? Reese-Kathryn rose to the occasion! I told my mom I couldn't have asked for more from her! She cracked us up when we put the tiara on her and gave her the wand... she looked at us like "I have been waiting for this moment for a year!" She then decided to DIVE into her cake. She tore into it and tore it apart WAY worse than any of her brothers ever did. Proof, she will be the toughest princess on the block! She loves all her new toys and does not like her brothers to mess with any of them... especially the pink ones..... Like I said, I couldn't ask for more!!!

Surf's up and Anderson is always ready to hit the beach!!

The boy LOVES the water... especially the beach. We spent a week in Galveston with the Hayslips and the day we got home... he woke up saying "I want beach!!!"---- Just like his mama!

The princess is 1!

What a year! We have been blessed with the sweetest baby girl ever! She is truly a gift from God! We can't imagine our lives without her. Her brothers think she is the cutest thing they have ever seen.... her daddy and I agree!!

She's almost 1!

Reese-Kathryn is a big girl now!!! We've turned her forward in the car and she LOVES it! I truly can't believe she will be 1 on Tuesday. She is standing and cruising, I think she might walk soon! She already thinks she's famous in her shades!!!