Alex is a Teenager!

Somehow we blinked and we no longer have children, we have two teenagers!  Happy 13th birthday, Alex!!

This boy LOVES his birthday and wants to celebrate with everyone for the entire month.  We decided to keep it to a one-day celebration but did have plenty of visitors in and out of our Airbnb house all day.

We had Alex convinced that cookie cakes weren't available on his birthday and he had to settle for just a regular cookie from Great American Cookies.  He was clearly disappointed but took it like a champ.

The first round of gifts and hugs!

The thrill was real when we pulled out his real cake and this boy was excited.

The second crew to come celebrate, and Stacey and the boys were staying for the week!

We found that the ducks at North Shore park were happy to be fed any time of day...they were such friendly guys and girls.

Grumpy wanted to rent a boat on Lake Conroe and take all his grandsons out tubing.  They happily accepted!

We found a very willing driver as well.

It was a really gorgeous afternoon and such a fun couple of hours on the water.

We had some water fun at the Airbnb as well.  It had a really great pool and backyard.

We had to stop by and feed all the ducks again!

Carter found the perfect hiding spot!

Reid had fun playing chess with Uncle Matt.

It was a wonderful week celebrating our new teenager and enjoying time with the cousins!  Too bad every week can't be like this one.