surrogat family at the lake

so i spent this july 4th on a beautiful lake in crockett, tx - a sleepy little town between here and houston, where all of the tallest pine trees in texas have decided to dwell - the lake house where we spent the weekend belongs to a friend of a friends' parents....hairdresser's second cousin's sister-in-law...jk - anyway - it belongs to two of the most wonderful and welcoming people that i have had the pleasure of spending time with - and it's become kind of a tradition for aaron and i to crash their family reunion come july 4th - and i spent the (all too short) weekend fishing, swimming, water skiing, kayaking, chasing kids, making s'mores, setting off fireworks, drinking wine, and photographing everything in sight so as to not forget those 3 awesome summer days and nights - thanks genie and chuck for another memorable 4th!

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surprise!!!!!!...sort of

so the plan was to surprise jason on his birthday by stuffing all of his friends inside of his favorite bar and screaming and jumping and waving at him when he walked through the door - pretty standard as far as surprise parties go, but a fun one nonetheless - when you're expecting to run in and take your annual birthday shot, and find 20 or 30 of your friends, dulce de leche cupcakes, and balloons - it's pretty surprising right?....unless you forget that jason knows what kind of cars we all drive, and we managed to line the streets outside the bar with them...oops - even though he was tipped off, he did indulge us all with a little manufactured shock and awe...thanks jason

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