Memorial Day in Texas

The Tuesday before Memorial Day weekend we loaded up the Minis and headed south! Well, South West anyway.  We went to the Buffalo Clover ranch to visit my brother and his family. I must say our minis travel REALLY well! For this we are very very thankful!

 The first 2-3 hours were spent crashed out asleep! I kept them up and we left during what would normally be nap time. It worked like a charm. When Clara woke up she started reading. So cute!

 Later we broke out the cd players and head phones. They LOVED this! It is cool that they are old enough to appreciate this privilege! Ben got so excited he said he was going to wear them the ENTIRE way to JL's house, and he almost did!

 The first order of business Tuesday morning was coloring with cousins. We arrived on the Ranch about 2 am and were glad for some down time.

Have I mentioned how much Clara loves cats? No? Well, Clara REALLY LOVES cats! She wore poor Shooter and Beauty out! They are a good endorsement for cats I must say. She picked them up and hauled them around put their food in their water bowl and stared at them while they ate. They never once hissed or scratched!! (no, we are not getting a cat.)

 Pony Brushing, and Horse Rides!! Life is good!

 Clara tried to hep gather the eggs. Poncho likes her help.

 Visited James' school. This is kind of typical, Ben with the group, Pete doing her own thing!

 Snack time on the boat, fish and water. So appropriate!

 This mummified beach towel is Clara Sleeping on the boat!

 This was an EPIC day on the boat! 6 strait hours! the kids were CHAMPS!! and it was SO FUN!

 Bikes and Brisket!

Love on Uncle JL a little!

 Various Sleeping arrangements occurred....

 This was Matt's and my contribution to Brisket day, Cole Slaw!!

 Snacks after an epic boat day!

Good food, good family, good fun! We have missed the ranch and it's occupants! A LOT!!

Princess Curls

A.K.A Rag Curls These were fun, time comsuming, but fun.

 I had to do a little repair work in the morning with my spiral curling iron because she had pulled a few of them out during the night. But over all I thought they turned out well, especially for a first attempt.

It helps that she is gorgeous no matter what Mamma does to her hair!

Spiky Hair!

Ben recently adopted a new hair style. Spiky Hair!! We cut off all of his long curls! It was hard, but well worth it!

Look at this face!! He LOVES his new hair! It is cooler and very Big Boyish! As if he didnt already look enough like Matt, the short hair really did it! No denying the paternity on this one!

He is my handsome man!!

Man or Muppet?

This kid cracks me up!! We watched the new Muppet movie a couple weeks ago and he has been going around doing this! HILARIOUS!! He may have a career in show biz......

Pretty Princess Braids

This is a version of "Princes Braids". Instead of two full french braids I did to stacked simple braids. It was quicker and this was our first attempt at fancy hair. She liked them so much that now she will sit still while I do two full french braids. I know I am partial, but she has good hair!

Princess Crown Hair

In order to get Sissy to let me style her hair I have to come up with various princes/pony related names for each style. This is "Princess Crown Hair" I told her the braids were her crown. worked like a charm! She is soo pretty and fun!

First 'Burger!

Ben is not a huge fan of meat. He likes Hotdogs, Corndogs, and Chicken Nuggets. Recently he has added Meat and Cheese Rollups to that list, which is ham slices with grated cheese rolled into them! But two weeks ago he ate his very First true Hamburger! We told him it was a "meat cookie" on bread with lettuce and cheese (which happen to be two of his favorite foods) and he ate it! This is a huge break through to dealing with his OCD issues of mixed foods! Way to go big guy!!

Self Gross-out

While I was working in the flower beds Clara found a Cupcake Cown on the porch from the previous day, it was wrapped in plastic wrap. She decided to sneak it into the carport and eat it. GROSS. After she finished she was disgusted with the mess! I let her suffer long enough to get the camera and take some pictures. That is the negative consequence for sneaking nasty sweet treats when Momma is not looking! Ha Ha Ha!

Wednesday Wiggles!

On Wednesday nights Daddy and Bubba go to the church to do Elder's Quorum stuff and Sissy and Momma Jeanne do girl stuff at home. Pretty hair, dancing and finger nail painting! Here is Sissy rocking some Wiggles!!

Shades

They are just so cute! These were taken earlier last month. I just had to share.