Wildlife ranch

A couple of weekends ago my mom and step dad came to visit.  We love having visitors, and they love to play.  We decided to check out this place called Sharkarosa wildlife ranch.  It was a mini zoo with some exotic animals that you could look at, but most of them you could pet.  You then took a “train” ride around to see more of the animals.  We went with some friends of ours, and I think it’s safe to say everyone had a great time! 

**Sorry some of the pictures are sideways….. I can’t seem to figure out this “new” blogger format (grrrr)**

Build-a-bear

This may be old news to some, but we have never done this before. My sister-in-law gave the boys some gift cards for Christmas, so we headed off to “build their bears”. I just thought this was darling, and I loved watching the boys having there bear’s come to life. **Warning** picture overload!!! But I just wanted to capture it all!
The selection
Dillon making his wish Stuffing Carson making his wish And another stuffing Giving their new bears a bath Clothing selection……. (WOW!) Dillon just happy! Dillon’s cloths Dressing him all up Carson’s all ready

Smile

T.H.E. thing to do…….

Around mid March, there were patches everywhere of the blue bonnet flowers. It’s the wild flower of Texas, and they were gorgeous! Well apparently its T.H.E. thing to do here, go get your blue bonnet pictures taken. Everybody keep asking me, have you done your pictures yet, have you done your pictures yet? I took the kids and finally got the blue bonnet pictures, and here they are. We were a couple of weeks late, so they weren’t as “fresh” as they could have been, but next year for sure I will be on top of that ball :) Silly faces!
SO precious

In preparation

I’m a little behind on my posting….. so sue me! To get ready for Easter, of course we dyed eggs. Fun and messy. Nuff said. And here is Christopher’s creation with the cracked egg. I just love him!

A VERY happy Easter!

We had a GREAT day! It started out with checking out the loot that the Easter bunny left for us.
We have actually had a bunny come visit us a couple of times in the back yard. Carson is so stinking cute and keep looking outside calling for the bunny, he wanted to tell him thank you and give him a love.
We then headed off to an Egg drop. Apparently it’s THE thing to do here in Texas. A helicopter comes and drops TONS of eggs in a designated area and then the kids run for it to collect it. It was really cool and the boys LOVED it. I was very shocked at how forceful the wind really was. Lots and lots of fun!!!
Good bye helicopter…..We then headed off to some friend’s house for some lunch and a hunt for more eggs, just what the kids needed. The weather here all week has been GEORGOUS but not today. Thank goodness it cooperated for the helicopter, but literally two minutes after we got in the car is was POORING! We could have hid the eggs in the house, but what fun would that have been? Our friends are from Arizona and apparently they did this all the time when they were younger, you just make a garbage bag poncho :) At first the boys weren’t sure, but they had fun in the rain “hunting” for eggs. Us adults got a little wet too, but we all had a great time! Here they all are playing in the puddle…… fun fun fun!

Rotten luck!

In February the diamond to my engagement ring fell out :( then the other night my wedding ring broke. Thank goodness I can still wear it, but I still feel so naked without my other ring on. It makes me scared to wear my diamond necklaces……..
How my ring is supposed to look
See how the four little diamonds on the side broke off :(I know it a bad picture, but here is the missing diamond from my ring :(

Home again home again....

We are back! The kids and I headed home (to Utah) for TEN days and had lots and lots of fun! It was so fun to see all our friends and family and to have lots of time to just hang out. We sure miss everyone, but are very happy to be home with Chris! Of course I didn’t bring the camera, so I have no pictures to prove it, but we had a really good time. Thanks to everyone who played with us, fed us, helped us, and housed us. We REALLY appreciated it! Again, Happy Birthday Dillon! I hope you enjoyed your Birthday trip, but now it’s back to school you go!