They've Changed a Little

Lucky Seven

I have avoided blogging about Caleb's birthday because if Caleb is turning another year older, it means I am as well. We share our special day, just like my brother and I shared it growing up. And this birthday for me was somewhat of a 'big' birthday. Not that I have the photos to document it. Which I suppose is for the best, but for some reason Ben does not take pictures of me even when he is behind the camera.

Caleb requested a Dallas Mavericks cake which turns out is very hard to do. The horse and basketball logo doesn't look all that complicated, but with butter cream icing it just doesn't translate, for me at least. So I did some of the logo and included his name and age where the horse should have been. You really can't see the cake in this picture and you're not missing much.

I've seen a lot of interviews for kids on their birthdays lately and decided to try it. Here are Caleb's answers for this year.

1. Who is your best friend? Travis

2. What is are some of your hobbies? Practice soccer

3. What is your favorite animal? panther

4. What is your favorite food? pizza

5. What is your favorite dessert? brownies

6. What do you like to do with your family? play

7. What do you want to be when you grow up? Not sure

8. What makes you happy? Being around my family

9. What makes you sad? When I’m away from my family

10. What is your favorite movie? Cars

11. What is your favorite book? Diary of a Wimpy Kid

12. What was the best part of your b-day? swimming

13. What do you like to wear? Regular clothes

14. If you could go anywhere for vacation where would you go? Dallas

15. What is your favorite game to play? Blurt

16. What is your favorite sport to play? football

17. What is your favorite team to watch? Buckeyes

18. What is your favorite thing about school? science

19. If you had $100 what would you buy? A car-when I’m old enough to buy one

20. What is something that happened to you this year that you hope you never forget? My birthday

Father's Day

Lovin' the Lake

My cousin Melissa and her hubby Todd visited my parents at the Lake House this past week. We spent about four days out there in the water.

A Decade of Love...and Sometimes War

On June 2, 2001, this happened:

(This is the only pic from our wedding on my computer. Isn't it weird that we used to use film??)

We started out by celebrating with the kids on Thursday. Jason's Deli and Lunar Mini-Golf.

On Friday, we dropped the kids off at Gma's and Gpa's and headed to Dallas.


WoooHoooo!! No kids!!

We ate at a nice Mexican Restaurant within walking distance of the hotel. We saw some historical markers and took a few night pictures.


Saturday we visited the Dallas Arboretum which was quite impressive.


And finished off our quick getaway with Freebirds burritos and Sprinkles cupcakes. Both are to-die-for.


And if you live in E TX good news--the manager told us Freebirds is coming to L-view and Tyler!!! That alone made our trip worthwhile :) No such luck with Sprinkles I'm afraid...

Thanks Ben for an awesome 10 years!! Here's to MANY more!!