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4 years ago today, i held this little guy for the first time...


and today...

he's not so little anymore!

we woke up this morning at the wonderfully magic hour of 6am. and we've been birthday'n it up ever since!

presents...


the breakfast of champions...


checking out the new clubs...


if he plays as much as his daddy, he will for sure be the next tiger woods (or a dang good caddy!)...


swimming with the neighborhood crew (really tough to get a good pic of this bunch)...


unfortunately (according to him), his birthday doesn't fall during the school year. so, he has never gotten to celebrate at school. well, this week he had "music camp" at church (that's for another post), so he was so excited to get to take cupcakes to school and have everybody sing to him. and get a balloon. and a crown.

throw in some mexican food and some baskin robbins, and call it a day! a happy birthday!
we love you, william!

outside in august

sweaty...


sweaty brother...


sweaty brother hug...


aside from all the sweat,

do i get mad at him for destroying my crepe myrtle? or am i supposed to be happy that he just wants to bring mama flowers??

hmmmmm.

look, mom...no rails!

this past weekend, wes told me to take the rails off of his bed so it could "be like william." i say told because there was no asking involved. he straight up told me to get those things off of his bed. so when i changed the sheets, i followed orders...

...and he climbed in and slept like they were never there in the first place. well, except for the 545am wake up call because he "need to get dirty in the potty, daaaaaaddddyyy!" i don't think the two are related, but if they are i'm not above making him sleep with rails on his bed until college or ya know...until he learns to wipe himself!!

a day in the life of reed

sleep


chill out


get a bath


relax


scream from 7-9pm

get up the next morning and do it all again!! :)

still at it...

even though summer is drawing to a close with all the schools starting up here, we are going to keep on pretending like it's summer for as long as we can!

it's a little chilly after 6pm, but it just takes a second to warm up to it...


and then it's full force for an hour or so!

getting ready to race...


wes is winning...


no wait, william is ahead...


wes doesn't care. he's ready to go again!


catching a quick breather...


this one just sits in the shade and snoozes. he'll get in on the action next summer!


one last jump before showertime!

now, how can anybody like the winter more than summer after days like these??

somebody answer me

where exactly am i supposed to put the groceries???

i'm officially old

because i am giddy about my new toy! no, it's not a new pair of running shoes or a tennis racket. it's not even a new electronic gadget...well, yeah, it kind of is!

isn't she pretty??

and efficient! and, she doesn't get stuck in the spin cycle, dance across the room or eat our clothes! in other words....she's awesome!

but the best part of a new washer and dryer....

they since have added windows, doors and stickers to decorate their house/tunnel. it's great for the rainy afternoons. clearly, the little people think the washer and dryer was a good purchase as well!

now, if the thing would just cook supper, we'd be in business!