Thanksgiving at Cove Creek 2009

This year was the first year since I can remember that I didn't go to my Grandmother's for Thanksgiving, we went to our cousins Scott and Laurie's Ranch called Cove Creek with Ryan's family...and we had a terrific time... Of course I had to start out the day with pictures before everyone got dirty...

Gabby

Yummy...Lunch Time!!

Going for a ride around the ranch!

Now ready to go hunting...yes, we are taking 3 little girls with us AND we still saw deer!!

Getting in the stand!

We saw this big buck and quite a few does and a couple of other bucks a little further away!

Rylie conked out and then went Gabby...which made keeping them quiet a lot easier!!! Then they both were snoring a little...it was very funny!!

Katie and her Daddy!

Smore Time...thanks to Aunt Joni we all had a fun making smores around the campfire!!

Faith

Bryce telling Reid, Rylie and Katie some kind of story!

Look at Aunt Joni throwing that football to her grandson, Jake!! Very Cute!

Rylie couldn't get enough marshmalllows!!

The Kiddos after a long, fun day of playing...playing...playing!!

Pajama and movie time!!

The next morning after a terrific breakfast made by Aunt D, we headed to MamaJan's to help put up her Christmas Tree!

Aunt Sunny and the girls putting on ornaments!

Rylie took this one of Sierra!

Our wall of stockings for Christmas Morning!

MamaJan, Katie and Jonathan!

Then we got home and I was still in the Christmas decorating mood and we got ours out at 8:00 at night...thanks Ryan...he was a good sport...

Hope your family is as excited as ours about the Christmas Season!

Ryan Gotta Deer!!

Congratulations to Ryan...

he got a buck in San Saba with his bow this past Monday!! He shot it a 18yards from gound blind.

The buck scored 141 2/8 in.

Ryan and his dad, Paul

He always comes back in such a better mood when he gets one!!!

RODEO

Last night we went to the TEXAS STAMPEDE! We had so much fun! It is really all thanks to my Aunt Deborah, or we really wouldn't even know much about it. She is a volunteer for the Texas Stampede and puts together a great activity area in Victory Park for the kiddos. They had lots of fun...

Spin The Top ContestMeeting Elsie the Cow...the girls are pretty familiar with her from the fair...she had her baby with her! Rylie kept saying she wanted to ride the baby bull later and this is the calf she was talking about!! I couldn't be in this picture with a longhorn, but it's a good one of MamaJan and all but one of her grandchildren.

Jonathan giving ropin' a try! Savannah on the mechanical bull...she did a pretty good job!

The Rodeo Begins...

This guy is very talented!

That's my baby on the big screen...it's not a very good picture though.

But, Deborah gave Katie's and Jonathan's name to the lady who headed up the Chuck Wagon Race, so Jonathan and Katie got to participate down on the dirt.

I didn't get Jonathan in this one, but Katie is in the yellow shirt in the middle, right in front of Miss Texas Stampede.

Katie was an alternate, so she hung out with Miss Texas Stamped with the checkered flag. She loved it!

There is Jonathan pulling his wagon for his team...it was a relay race with wagons.

These are the art and poetry winners for this year with Aunt Deborah on the far end and her daughter, Jennifer on this end. Mom's and my class sent in entries. Mom's must be a lot more talented (and a year older)...she had two first place winners...I didn't have any...but all the entries were hung up at the American Airlines Center.

Then, Lady Antebellum's Concert began...

At 11:00 at night, Katie finally decided she wanted to give the mechanical bull a try...she did it...but was pretty nervous...as you can tell by the look on her face!!

What a great time, thanks Aunt Deb for making all the extras happen for us...and the free tickets...what a memory!

Rylie's Little Accident and Grani's Visit

Our Poor Little RyRy had an accident with Buck (our dog) yesterday. We were playing outside and the girls had been calling Buck and he would run to them and pass them and they were having all kinds of fun UNTIL he ran full blast right into her...she was blowing a little plastic whistle at the time and she hit the driveway so hard it smashed to little pieces under her face. It was so sad and she was real upset...but back to old crazy self in about an hour!

You can't really tell in the pic, but her forehead above her eye is pretty scraped up too... (Dianne) came later that day to play...and boy did she let the girls fix her up... Bows, perfume, make-up, TONS of lip gloss, powder and even NAIL POLISH!

What a great Beauty Salon with two little willing helpers!!

That's the Life!!

I wonder how long it took Grani to get it all off when she got home!

What a fun evening...and

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANNE

this past Thursday!!