WFU Reunion in Texas

It's been over a month since we took this trip, but I wanted to post some pictures anyway. These pictures are from a mini college reunion I had with my Wake Forest friends. 7 of us including husbands and babies all met in Texas (which is not where our college was by the way - Wake Forest is in NC for those of you not familiar with it). My friend Mary Claire's husband's family runs a ministry in Fort Worth, TX, and they have an awesome ranch outside of the city where they do retreats and conferences. They graciously let us stay there, and we had such a great time (well most of us, as I'll explain in a minute). Many of us hadn't seen each other in a couple years (which means we hadn't met each other's babies), so it was so great to be together, and our husbands enjoyed getting to know each other better too (and they got to shoot some guns, so that makes any trip worthwhile to them).

The sad part of the weekend was that Brandon was sick the whole time! He had a fever and was just not himself at all. He did not run around and laugh like usual, so I was sad everyone didn't get to see his fun personality. He was a trooper being in a different place, though. We found out later that he had a double ear infection.

Here are the pictures:

Christie and baby Kate (5 months) - the only girl and obviously the object of affection of all 5 of the boys.

Baby Cooper (10 months) - Erin and Paul's baby

Kristen and her son Zack (almost 2 and therefore the veteran baby and leader of the pack.

Baby William (a.k.a. Tank as Krzysztof named him) - 7 months - Caroline and Brad's baby

William, Kate, Zack, Sam, Cooper, and Brandon. Clearly Kate knows she is the center of attention. Kristen, Allegra, and I went for a hike with Krzysztof down to the river from the ranch. It is so mountainous and beautiful there! Not what most people picture when they think Texas.
Here is the back porch of the ranch. We spent a lot of time hanging out back there.
Here's Cooper again! Krzysztof nick named him Curious Cooper, which has apparently stuck with his parents.
Mary Claire's husband David took KZ, Brandon, and I on a jeep ride. We all loved it!
And here is Mary Claire with baby Sam (7 months)

I can't wait to all get together again!