TX/OU Weekend at Hyatt Lost Pines with the Godparents!

For the past ten years or so, the TX/OU weekend has provided a great opportunity to connect with my (Bruce's) college roommates, Travis and Spencer, and their respective families as they've expanded. We normally pick a city and plant ourselves there for 24-36 hours, as this is sometimes the only interaction we're all able to have on an annual basis. This year was a nice rite of passage, as it was the first time that the Milams were part of the expanding brood.

The trip started with our first solo car ride for the boys, who did spectacular well for the first 2.5 hours . . . Adam managed a feeding and two bottles before the frustration of being cramped in their carseats let to a choir of crying for the last 45 minutes or so . . . all in all, not a bad showing.

While the Creeds unfortuantely had to miss this year's get-together, we made our way to the Hyatt Lost Pines resort outside of Austin and had some great times with the Waids: Travis and Denise, who are the boys Godparents, and Teal (my Goddaughter) and Collette, who have become the best Godsisters that the boys could ever want. As you can see from the pics, the girls are fantastic with the boys, who soak up all of their attention like little sponges. The weather was great and the boys enjoyed a lot of giggles with the girls (see pics below).

A nice aside was getting to spend some time with Anna and Andy and our own Goddaugher, Zoe, who is precious. Sadly, we failed to get pics of that visit, but we'll be better next time.

Here are the pics:

Milam clan . . . all four in orange despite the loss:

The boys with their favorite playmates . . . Teal giving Ethan a squeeze while Collette adorned Noel with blocks (confusion and laughter ensued):















Noel getting swarmed by the Waid girls . . . that's a lotta love he's getting













Lastly, I couldn't resist including this one . . . how much fun can you have with a roll of toilet paper? Ethan just showed you!