Alden Family

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hahahahaha!

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William and Philip!

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Us with Birthday girl Lisa!

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Lisa's birthday dinner at Flemming's

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Philip rented a limo and we had dinner at Flemming's Steakhouse (one of our favorites!!!) and partied in downtown Austin. Great visit and we always enjoy hanging out with them :)

Philip and Lisa

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Very great friends of ours. We try to vivist them in Austin several times per year.

Loved seeing them!!!

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Me and my buddies in Austin

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Austin

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Last weekend, we visited some great friends from high school. It was Lisa's birthday so we went to help celebrate!

More buddies...LOVED their costume, "How to Train a Dragon" Teri actually made all the costumes :)

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Our good friends, Brad & Rhonda!

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Trick or Treated out!

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hahahaha!

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Logan and his Buddy Sammy.

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These two have been buddies since Kindergarten. They trick-or-treated and we all went to a neighborhood party. Loved their costumes :)

He wore this sucker for 4 days! Trips to the grocery store were quite entertaining!

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hahahahaha! :)

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Bananas!!!! hahahahaha!

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Logan wanted to be a "banana" for Halloween. When Liam found out, he wanted to be the exact same thing as Logan. Thankfully, the costume store had 1 last child size banana costume! Loved it :)

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Halloween 2010

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Bass player for Eli Young Band (Jon)

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Mike Eli (lead singer)

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Eli Young Band (and Captain Morgan)

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Love, Love, love the Eli Young Band...check them out, they are awesome!

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Us with Jon Jones (Eli Young Band)

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Uggggg....we had fun hanging out with them but unfortunately the port-o-potts are in most of the pics! Next time I will select my background better :)

Me and my buddy Rhonda!

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Waiting for Eli Young.

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Our buddy, Danny, his friend, and one of William's co workers. It was great seeing our friend again...we all went to high school together!

Buddy hooked us up :)

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Our good buddy gave us tickets, and passes to the VIP lounge. They were handing out hats (no, we don't normally wear them!)

My good friend, Rhonda, went to Ziegfest with us!

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Nana, Logan, and Liam!

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Nana watched the kiddos so we could hang out with an old friend and the Eli Young Band (I love them!!!!) We went to Ziegfest and had a blast! I love this picture :)

Daddy and the boys :)

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Yayyyy, new gear!

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New gear!

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William came home with new gear (his was pretty beat up and worn out!) Liam loved trying on the new stuff!

Liam loves Daddy's gear!

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Liam trying on Daddy's gear.

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Sleepy Boys!

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Finally catching up on some blog updates. William is working at HFD and Alief Fire Dept. on his days off. He was tired when he came home so decided to take a nap. Liam decided to join him :)

Our new baby

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So we now own a 4 month old Aussie/Catahoula mix. We named her Sydney. She is an Australian bred working dog. She is bred to heard cattle. It is very entertaining watching her try and herd Liam from room to room! So far, so good. She is very sweet, we just need to make sure she gets alot of exercise!

Dolphins

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Booo...I swear there were several dolphins playing out there (hundreds, lol) You can kind of see them near the top of the water but every time I took a pic, they were gone....super quick! Very cool though, they were slapping their tail fins on top of the water! Logan got video, so I may try and post some next week.

Grandpa John

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Coming back from the beach

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More Hot tub time-machine!

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Nana and the boys at the beach.

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I still can not believe how close the shore line is and the visibility! They could literally turn and wave at us!

Nana walking the kiddos down to the beach!

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It is amazing that with all the homes gone, we can actually see them at the beach! We used to have to call to ask where they are so we could come join them.

Chillin at Mom & John's

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Liam acting "cool!"

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The view from Mom & John's new home!

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No obstructed views this time! Amazing views, words can not describe!!! Hard to believe they used to have a row of homes across the street, and another street with homes on both sides in front of that. Ike really destroyed so many homes. Forynately, their new home is built to withstand those kind of storms and this sucker is here to stay!

Hot tub time-machine!

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We left Galveston and came to visit Mom & John. Mom cooked some amazing meals, I probably gained 5 pounds just that weekend! So worth it though, I really enjoyed seeing them again, and seeing their new home! I am so so happy they are finally back at the beach and in their new home. It is absolutely beautiful! :)

Galveston swim time!

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Swimming at Galveston the day after Philip's birthday

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The kids had a blast, the adults sipped on bottles of water while recovering from the previous night! No oil yet on these beaches, swim while you can!

Group shot at Voo-Doo Lounge in Galveston

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and no, we have no idea who the guy on the far left is...lol! He kinda gravitated towards our photo and here he is.....ackward!

Me and William at "The Drip" in Galveston

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Our friend's oldest daughter babysat for us and we partied here with Philip's friends and family for his birthday. We had such a nice time and really enjoyed seeing Philip, Lisa, Scout, and their family members again!

William in Galveston!

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Logan in Galveston

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All of a sudden, my 1st "baby" looks so grown up! He keeps having these growth spurts and it's not stopping anytime soon! He is already taller than me ...and still growing! My 13 yr old is about 5'11.

Logan and Liam...beach bound!

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Liam ready for a few days in Galveston & Crystal Beach!

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Long over-due blog updates! Last weekend we stayed in Galveston for a few days with some friends for our buddy Philip's birthday. We left and went to Crystal Beach to stay with Nana & Grandpa John. We had such a nice weekend with great friends, and really enjoyed visiting with my mom! Their new home is so beautiful and I am so happy to see them at the beach again. Mom and John belong at the beach :)

hahaha...we're kidding!

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Me and William!

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We had fun! Neighbors, friends new and old, and friends from the past were there! The weather was perfect, and we were blessed because it is supposed to rain a lot now. Beautiful day, and the mud bugs were yummy!

Logan and Daddy!

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Not digging the bounce house too much!

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Wipeout!!!

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William & Liam again!

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They had a band, bounce house, tons of food, and cocktails!!!

William and Liam!

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We went to the annual KC crawfish boil...we go every year! We always run into new, and old friends and every year the turn-out gets bigger! This year we had to park at the Ft. Bend County Fairgrounds and catch a shuttle to the event. Liam's shirt is actually "lobster roll" but it looks so much like a crawfish we make him wear it to all the crawfish events!

Crazy cat!

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Tiger is always trying to dress herself...weird, I know! She is usually stepping into pants or shorts on the floor. This time, she stuck both paws into Logan's dress shoes when he came home from a band event. She's....different!

STRAWBERRY!!!!!

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Logan wanted strawberries last year and I insited that we should focus on the veggies that prospered in the past. I gave in and well, he was right! He is growing some amazing strawberries in his garden this year. Many are still green but this was his first ripe berry... and due to his little brother's addiction with strawberries, he said Liam can eat it! Liam kept saying "Mommy, I can not eat it until you take the picture for Nana?" Nana, here is Logan's 1st "crop" of strawberry, and I will let Liam eat it in the morning! So proud of Logan and his determination to grow his own food and prevent us from having to go buy something he can grow himself :)

Me and Rhonda...we survived!!

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Many events to celebrate!

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It was "extra credit day," St. Patrick's day, Spring break, and...Sammy's 13th birthday!!!! Oh, and one of the most amazing (weather) days we had in a long time!

The one that tried to eat us!

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I didn't see this sucker until Rhonda was pulling Liam ahead of me in the wagon and got to this point. I grabbed her arm and said, "another gator, slow down" This one ended up turning around and facing us on the path with his mouth open. We walked so slowly and quietly, but it was already irritated by us it jumped, turned, went into the water turning around to face us again. We screamed and ran as fast as we could. It happened so quick that if it came for us rather then the water we would not have been able to outrun it. I have never seen a gator move that quick in person, very scary stuff! Needless to say we ended our gator-hunt and headed for the playground to wait on the older boys. My heart was pounding for at least an hour after that. Unfortunately we had to pass all the gators again to get back, we were a little freaked out!

Baby gators!!!

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The park ranger was with us and kept a close eye on mamma gator while we checked out the babies. I was quite worried, but wow, what an amazing opportunity! I can not believe we were allowed to get so close to them in the wild, pretty amazing! Liam loved them and wanted to pet them so bad...thank God for seatbelts in wagons :)

CREEPY...Mommy gator guarding her babies!

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The park ranger was with us (on same creepy path surrounded by gators) she said we could get this close and even get closer to the babies. She warned us that the Mom does not want to leave her babies so we should be ok, but if we are too close she will hiss, raise her foot at us and eventually attack. Very cool, but very creepy! Liam loved it, of course!

This sneaky sucker...

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We were pulling Liam in his wagon around a lake. The left side of the path was full of swampy water, and the right side was clear water. Gators were everywhere! This sneaky sucker on the left looked like a log until we were right beside him....so creepy!

Liam not afraid of gator #1

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First gator spotting of the day!

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These suckers were so close to the paths. They were just enjoying the great weather, and didn't keep their distance very well! We saw at least 13...and we were almost chased by 1. :(

Me and Liam gator-hunting!

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The outting was actually on St. Patricks Day! We had so much fun, and Liam enjoyed it. Everything was cool until the gator attacked! Liam was not afraid of the gators at all, fortunately his wagon has a seat belt!

Rhonda and Liam!

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Rhonda is Logan's best friend's Mother. She is one of my best friends in the world...how convenient :) She actually hosted one of my baby showers a week before Liam was born (he decided to throw us off schedule and arrive early!) We had such an adventure, but the gators were everywhere! We finally took Liam to the playground and ate lunch after a gator became a little too aggressive with us!

Logan's extra credit!

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(Yes, behind on my blogging, sorry!) Logan had an extra credit project over Spring Break for one of his GT classes. He had to meet his teacher and fellow classmates at Brazos Bend State Park for about 3 hours and hike. My friend Rhonda and I brought Logan, Sammy (his best bud since Kindergarden) and Liam. The boys took off and We decided to pull Liam around in his wagon looking for gators and meet up with the older boys later. This picture is when the paths crossed and we ran into Logan and his group. Logan is in the middle wearing a white shirt. They had so much fun, and we all saw so many gators...too many!

Liam and Keegan's playdate!

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Liam and I met with Farrell and Keegan for lunch today...such a beautiful day! Keegan's parents have been such wonderful friends for several years now. The boys were born within 3 weeks of each other and we have many photos of the early get-togethers! They are finally old enough to play and interact. We had so much fun catching up and visiting and watching our adorable kiddos interact. We are all so blessed! Looking forward to many more play dates, we definitely need to do this more often :) ...by the way, this is as we were leaving, Keegan gave Liam a huge hug goodbye!

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Liam

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Liam and Keegan

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Liam and Keegan!

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Weeeeee!!!!

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us again

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Me and William

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Me and William :)

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William and Liam

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Logan

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