hey dude...

Dear Nana & Botz,

Once again the Dude Ranch (family reunion) was wonderful- thanks for such a great week!

~ gorgeous horserides, check

~ daily fun at the water park (I want my own lazy river someday), check

~ insane amounts of insanely delicious food, check

~ tee time every morning, check

~ ryan smelling like golf for a week, check :)

~ matching t-shirts with the same print as the past 10 years, check

~ seeing how grown up all the 'little' cousins are, check

~ puffy tacos & riverwalking in san antonio, check

~ evening drives through "town", check

~ watching the super-tough & studly twins turn into goo while trying to get gracie to smile, check

~ more giant bugs species than I ever needed to see, check

~ Blue Bell ice cream, check-check-check!

~ a lil'bit less pale than we were a week ago, check

What a great time! All of the pictures of our kids are busy 'action' shots, and Jaac & Grace never stopped smiling! (my dad's observation about jaac-jaac was that it was like he was in the Groundhog Day vortex, where everyday he gets to wake up and do all the same exciting things, over and over again! So funny, so true!) On the third day, I woke up to him shaking me in bed, saying "mama, I want to go to the waterpark today please!" And you know that's a really long sentence for him!

Thank you for everything, I know it's a lot of work & sacrifice for you, but we all LOVE The Flying L, and we love you! :)

{and to all the passengers of Delta flight #4497,

I am truly sorry for the last 25 minutes of your flight. Truly. So sorry.}