i heart the hyatt hill country

we woke up bright & early this morning thanks to my kid's excitement! we got dressed and went down to breakfast in the little cafe. we told the kids that we were going to go outside to take a walk and try to get some pictures. the grounds of this resort are amazing. surprisingly, the kids were on board and we got some great pictures. here are a few...

crystal taking a picture of me taking a picture of jared!

caleigha and brandon

me and my littlest love

brandon is such a heart. he has been such a sweet addition to our family.

he is such a happy boy!

yay crystal for capturing a few good pictures of me and brandon!

crystal and caleigha

caleigha was NOT a fan of the grass!


lauren loves crystal. we did not plan this, but lauren and crystal almost had the exact same shirt on!

caleigha is such a happy girl, and it is obvious her mama is smitten by her!

after our little photo taking session, we went back upstairs and got packed up and then dressed for some more lazy river time.

lauren is having a blast!

jared and lauren are behaving nicely. lots of giggles and smiles make me happy!

caleigha is having fun in the water too! everyone keeps stopping us to talk to her and comment on her cuteness!


goofy boy!

love those raisin feet!

there were a few more pictures after this, but on the disposable camera. those are too grainy to even bother posting. don't ask why we had to bust out the disposable.

okay...i'll tell you.

we are floating along the back section of the river. i'm daydreaming and i look over at brandon who has been sleeping in his floatie for a while now. a little visual...he's leaning over the seat part of the floatie and resting his head on the front donut part. i notice that the front of his hat is all wet. i jump up and out of my float to grab him and scream for crystal who is a little ways back from me. i thought he had his face down in the water. it wasn't though. i think at some point water must have splashed over. obviously any mother would jump up and freak out over a situation like that. so thankful that my worst nightmare of a child drowning wasn't true. but something did drown. crystal's camera. crystal's camera that i dropped jumping out of my float. i pass off brandon to her and start grabbing underwater for the camera. THANKFULLY i got it out before water got into the battery/camera card compartment. i was sick to my stomach. all of our trip pictures outside were on that camera. not to mention it was crystal's mom's camera, and she hadn't uploaded a lot of her photos off of it either. obviously i was sick to my stomach.

we ended up busting out the disposable camera to get a few pictures just in case the camera card was ruined, ate lunch and then headed back to houston. after james got back from denver, we rushed to cvs and found out that the camera card was indeed okay and we breathed a sigh of relief. the camera could be replaced, but the memories of the trip couldn't. so thankful. and thank goodness that crystal didn't give me too hard of a time about ruining the camera. :) now i just have to figure out how i'm going to break the news to her mom!

even though we were exhausted from the quick road trip, we went to the movies to see "my sister's keeper." it was a boo hoo movie. and mine and crystal's first movie together. awww. how sweet. :) i'm going to be so sad when she leaves.