The last day we went out to watch cattle being branded and given vaccines which I don't have any pictures of because I forgot. And then on the way back to Grandma Ruth's each of the kids rode on a horse with a family member and I rode by myself.
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| Just in case you don't know, from L to R : Me (Lindsay), Mark, Billie with Sutton, Uncle Bill, Aunt Sara with Laina, Uncle Rich, and Aunt Renee with Bodie. |
Then later that day, Mark and the kids and I went fishing at Uncle Rich and Aunt Sara's pond.
We rode on the four-wheeler to get there. The kids absolutely loved that!
Learning how to cast.
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| "Woohoo! You did it!" |
Fishing with my kids brings back so many good memories of my dad taking all three of us plus my 3 cousins and a friend or two fishing. I'm pretty sure he didn't get to fish at all. And now I understand why he was always just a little frustrated the whole time. I still think that we all always had so much fun!
Just like we have with our kids now.
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| Yay! Marky!! |
Exploring
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| That's Bodie in there. |
The landscape is so beautiful there.
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| That's the pond we were fishing at. Mark's down there on the right side of the pond...it's hard to see him since he's a speck. hehe |
Our panoramic view.
Waiting for Daddy.
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| Twisting. |
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| "Mom, my hands are gross." |
My silly children
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| Sutton lost his shoes in the mud while exploring. We found them but they were coated! |
When we got back, we played and played in Aunt Sara's big sand pile (of which I also didn't get pictures, cuz I'm good like that). Then headed back to Grandma's for much-needed baths. First they went into the swimming pool to get the most of the sand off. It's amazing the places that sand goes.
Mark and I celebrated our 11th anniversary while we were there. Mark's parents and Grandma watched the kids one afternoon while Mark and I went on a date out to eat out and to spend some money. Our time alone went too quickly. Then we met them all at a restaurant where Mark's parents treated us all for Grandma Ruth and Grandma Sally's birthdays and our anniversary. It was such nice time.
We love going out to the Ranch.
Our family loves everything about it, from the people to the activities to the land.
God really outdid himself when He created the Ranch and the people who live there.
I guess that Laina's and my conversation sums it up.
Laina: "Mom, I wish I was Grandma Ruth's child."
Me: "Why?"
Laina (and Sutton chimed in to explain, too): "So I can always live at the ranch!"
Me: "Well, what about me?!"
Laina: "You can come whenever you want."
Me: "To visit?"
Laina smiling and nodding: "Yep."
