reflections on the summer.

i finally found the rest of my summer pictures from my vacation in new york.  

we had such a good time and i miss that wonderful place, those wonderful temperatures, and those wonderful people.

our lovely group.  look for this picture in the next camp brochure :)  

 the kids.
we have similar pictures from 15+ years ago.  minus a bunch of kids who couldn't come this summer.
how fun it is to see us all grown up (well most of us!)
also notice how i am obviously not part of the o'dell family.  the foot height difference should be your first clue.  i much resemble a midget in this photo.

cole at the beach for the first time. 

staring me down after a battle for the camera.

cutie.

funny picture. 

 hanging with the boys.

cole has never had so much rough housing in his life.  he loved it.  anything to play with the big boys.
here he is being spun in circles on stephen's head.

 best bud nate.

swimming with poppy.

 the beginning of the baby bump.  little did i know then the surprise of twins!

the dining hall.  which i would have enjoyed more if every single meal had not made me run to the bathroom.  good times. 

i was relieved one evening to go and enjoy a concert and here were cole's babysitters.
it takes a team, i tell ya.
not really, they were all just too sweet not to help!

 not sure where he picked up this lovely habit.

we had so much fun.  and it was so memorable for cole.  he still asks about emily, nate, josh, courtney and stephen EVERY SINGLE DAY.  i kid you not. he doesn't need a picture or prompting, just random times he looks at me and says "nate?" "no, honey, we are not going to see nate today, he is in maryland." 

"dosh?"  "no, honey, we are not going to see josh today, he is in maryland." and it goes through all 5 o'dell siblings.  seriously, almost 2 months later, EVERY SINGLE DAY.  it cracks me up.  

we love our friends (who are always welcome to fly to texas to babysit by the way) and we look forward to vacationing with them again soon!

p.s. many photos courtesy of emily o'dell!