Three's Company

So we spent last week at a resort in east Texas vacationing with Bryon's family. It had all the elements of a great vacation for kids - family, warm weather, swimming, lakes, boats, BBQ, mini golf, ice cream sandwiches, checkers, puzzles, a family of stray cats under our porch. I missed many photo opportunities over the week, but the day before we left, I snapped this photo of Sam, Jake and Abby poolside. I like this picture because I think it represents not only the vacation but our family on any given day.

See, if you look at the photo there's Abby - Miss Roll With the Punches, Miss Happy Go Lucky. And similarly, there's Sam. Where Abby is sugar and spice, Sam is snips and snails and puppy dog tails. And then there's Jake, arms crossed, frowning. Not that he's always the grouchy one, but at any given time someone is cross. Occasionally everyone is in a good mood. When that happens, it is giddy. It is buoyant. But it's kind of like watching lightning bugs at dusk - the second you see one it's gone, re-appearing a few feet away but leaving a small glow that you can see even when you close your eyes.