Our Best Texas Buddies

We want you to meet our friends who live in Texas.

This is JD. He's 11 and he made this really cool fort for his army men. His mom wasn't real keen on my mom's suggestion that melting them would be fun. He gave us a bag of army men to bring home. Now Mom's rummaging for shoe boxes and popsicle sticks to make a log cabin for them. The matches have been hidden.This is Hannah Beth. She's 7. Andy LOVES her. He can't even say "Annabeff" without growing a smile.

Here's a rare moment when Cade (the youngest at 3 years old) and Andy played together. Usually it's Jonah and Cade who run around like a couple of wild animals. Andy's usually too busy hugging Hannah Beth.

Their cousin, Aubrey, came over one day and this trio founded The Club of Toothless Wonders.

Oh, and here's a picture of one of the two baths the Jewell kids took on the whole Texas trip. Mom figured that spending part of every day in Grandma's chlorinated pool should serve the purpose.