If I could fit on one of those chairs laying down, I probably would have done the same thing. You can tell by the lack of nutrition on his plate that I was more than a little tired that day too- not much effort was put into preparing that dinner!
Reminds me of the Schlitterbahn commercials... Come Plaaaay...
Except my kids are actually enjoying themselves. It's amazing how much fun they have in such a tiny pool.
Started the evening off with some pony rides. The kids LOVE this part. For some reason, I didn't get a good pic of TJ- seems I say that a lot lately.
The Roberson family came out to join us in the fun! I thought this was a great pic of Grant and Travis.
Does it get any cuter than that? They were loving it- horses, cows, cowboys, tractors- I mean what's not to love? It was so fun having our best buds with us- Alli and TJ just adore their Grant and Jakers!
After watching a few events at the rodeo and letting the kids chase after some calves in the calf scramble and get nowhere near them, we headed to the carnival for some rides and games (I love this part). I'm sorry, but I just don't think you ever get too old to enjoy riding rides and playing games for prizes.
More rides! So much fun now that they are both big enough to ride alone. Notice Alli holding on to TJ's swing keeping him close.
Had a fish funeral this last week. Tears were shed. Lots of questions were asked about why animals have to die. And now we have this grave in the backyard. Alli said "The decorations are love. He needs more decorations." She's so sweet. That's a drawing of Conrad on the bottom. TJ added all the other little marks.
This year we dyed and glittered our eggs. So fun. They didn't last until Easter morning though. They didn't even last until the end of that day. The kids played egg hunt with them all day and they were almost all cracked by evening. I think I found one intact about a week later.
Easter morning egg hunt. The kids were really into it this year.
Posing by our neighbor's bluebonnets. I was so excited about the wildflowers this year.
At church. We weren't able to get a very successful family pic this year. Oh well.
I did however get some pretty cute pics of Alli and Jack. She sure does miss him since he went off to kindergarten. We just don't get to see him often enough anymore.
And then we headed out to Stockdale to spend the day with my Nana and she took us to the city cemetery to see the fields of wildflowers. They were breath-taking. The indian paintbrushes were so thick and beautiful!
That's mama bird sitting on her eggs in the nest that is resting in our car wash supply bucket. Oh well- guess we won't be able to wash the cars for a while (which is not a big deal since we are in 2 rentals right now, but that's another story).
And those are the tiny baby birds the day they hatched. I was so excited when I walked out there expecting to see the eggs or the mama bird and I saw those little beaks instead. Hi babies!!
Is that not the cutest ugly thing you have ever seen? They grow up so fast.
Turns out there are 6 of these little guys. We were pretty certain there were 5 until today when I could clearly see 6. I guess one has been hiding under the others. Mom and dad have been very busy flying back and forth taking care of them.
I just love checking on them everyday. The other day I found one outside the nest, so Dwaine carefully put him back in using a paper towel so mama wouldn't smell human on him. Not sure how he wandered out but it's a good thing all those car wash mits were there to catch him. We used to talk about how stupid those birds were for trying to build in our garage, but maybe they aren't so stupid after all.
Stopped along the way for a roadside bluebonnet pic. This was in March when they had first started blooming and they were so thick and beautiful!
He loves to go super fast!
Perch fishing off the dock.
The fishing wasn't as good as it usually is out there, but we were at least able to fill an ice chest by the end of the trip.
Alli taking her turn at the wheel.
Just some cute videos (or bideos as TJ says) that I wanted to share...
We had quite the rainstorm a couple weekends ago and it left a flowing creek in the back yard. The kids had a blast running, splashing and floating their boats all the way down it. It's not often that we get to play in the rain around here. Sorry about the loud background noise- Dwaine was pressure washing the back patio- thanks Travis for letting us borrow it!
T-ball practice. Not bad considering we rarely do this. Maybe we need to start doing it more often!
TJ's awesome dance moves!
Alli, on the other hand, is so thrilled about it all. She absolutely LOVED the school and can not wait for this next step in her life. I even shot a video of her standing in front of the school after registration saying things like "This is my new school and surely I am so excited about going to kindergarten because this is the best place I have ever been." I mean she went on and on and was speaking as if she was standing in front of an audience. It was adorable! Well, I accidentally erased that video from my camera. Oh yes, I did. So hopefully, we can recreate something similar on that first day. You better believe I'll try!
The most adorably sweet, smart, funny kindergarten student-to-be in front of her big new school. Can she really be big enough for this?
Dwaine and the kids standing on an overlook point.
Same overlook, different view.
Ranch hand in training watching daddy work on the first task after signing the papers- posting some private property signs. It took a while for it to really feel like it was ours, but lots of hard work later, it has sunk in! Getting our name on it helped...
Alli and Autumn having fun striking some movie star poses. I love this pic!
Alli and TJ posing for some pictures in one of the creek beds. 
A picnic in the valley- this is my favorite place to relax and have lunch.
Autumn, Alli, TJ and Shelby celebrating after a little rock climbing- they made it to the top!
This fallen tree created the perfect picture opportunity.
The boys being boys.
More ranch hands in training.
Alli found her first arrowhead on our family camping trip at the ranch this last weekend. She's making daddy very proud!
