Happy Birthday Brother

Today is my little brother's birthday! Happy birthday bub! I love you so much! Have a great day!

A Quick Trip

Our spring break is winding down. We were all very grateful that Trey was off this week, too. It was surprise for all of us! We've hung around the house most of the week and have done a few odds and ends.

Thursday evening we headed to San Antonio for a quick overnight trip. We stayed in a great place on the Riverwalk. Walker LOVES to stay in a hotel. He kept skipping and hopping in the lobby. The desk clerk thought he was a hoot, so she asked him if he wanted to stay on the tippy top floor. We did and got a corner room to boot! He sure is handy to have around, you know, since he's so cute and has a great personality! We ate at Rainforest Cafe. Walker was worried about the "storm" that happens there. In fact, as we were getting ready to leave he said, "Let's get out of here before the next one hits."



The next morning we headed to the Witte Museum and viewed the dinosaur exhibit. Really good! I'd never been to the Witte but have heard lots of great things about it. All the boys enjoyed it! We even ran into my cousin's wife, Cassandra and sweet, sweet baby boy Clayton! What a small world! Walker wasn't so sure about the dinosaurs. They were animatronics and roared and moved! He didn't move too far away from me the whole time we were in the dino rooms. He's getting bigger, but he's still just a baby, really! He'll always be my baby!

Brave when dinos are in a case.

If they weren't in an enclosed case,
THIS is how Walker looked at them.
Timid and not-so-sure.

Not a dinosaur.

Then we headed to The Tower of the Americas in downtown SA for lunch. Cool! We had a wonderful meal. Trey and the boys had never eaten a meal at over 700 feet in the air! The longer we stayed, the more the boys liked it.

Horsing around....being boys

On the way home we stopped and played put-put golf again. Walker's request. The boy was really wanting to play put-put. It was the only thing he talked about. The big boys got to drive go-carts, and Mac thought that was a blast. Weston is going to be a careful driver! Spinning out was not what he wanted to do....not yet at least.

Check out the difference in their leg lengths!

A new look....the double hat.

We had a fabulous time, spending time together~laughing and smiling and being a family! I love my boys!!

Speaking of boys..........I'm going to be an aunt again! My brother and sister-in-law are having another boy in August or September! BOYS are everywhere in my family!!! Good thing I love boys!!!

Life is FAIR

That's right! At least it has been around our house this week. It's FAIR time. The big boys have been preparing for a long time. They each raised heifers and entered projects in the homemaking show. This year was a good year for us at the fair.


Weston made it to the blue ribbon auction with a peach pie. This was a last minute decision to enter this pie. Boy are we glad we did !! Aunt Haley Bug made the auction with this pie "back in her day." The recipe has still got it! Many wonderful people came together and rewarded Weston for his hard work with $4,000!!!!! Trey and I are so proud and so very thankful to our friends and family for supporting Weston at the auction!

A very excited boy!

Weston and the buyers!

It was defineatly a great year for Weston also in the cattle barn. His heifers were selected as Grand Champion Spring Commercial Heifers! He won his very first buckle and is so proud. I did have to explain to him several times what was happening to him on Saturday afternoon. I don't think he really realized what all those fast numbers really meant. He sold his heifers for $1,300 each to a local rancher and cattle auction barn owner. Such a nice man!


Mac didn't do so bad himself. His Rainbow Cake (thank you McMama) was top cake mix cake in his age division and was in the running for auction. The senior cake got the win, but we were excited for her since she is one of our friends. In the cattle barn this year, Mac's heifer got 4th place Spring Commercial Heifers. Mac keeps adding ribbons and banners to his collection. The same nice rancher/auction barn owner bought his heifers for $1,600 each. Mac was very grateful for this amount. The drought was hard on the ranching business the last couple of years. People are now looking for good cattle to replace the ones they sold. Mac knows a thing or two about cattle.

such a handsome boy--er, young man!

Mac and Weston also competed in the greased pig scramble on Friday night at the rodeo. Weston did his best, but came up short. Mac, however, caught one very quickly. He won $50 to help purchase a project for next year.

Mac bringing in his catch.

Weston getting ready to chase some pigs.

Walker was not to be outdone. He showed a goat in the pee wee goat show. The goat's name was Mr. Jingles. A very nice family let us borrow Jingles for the show. Walker did a great job. He was most certainly the "comic relief" for the judge. The judge even came back to him after it was over and talked to Walker for a while.

Trophy boy and his borrowed goat.

In fact, Walker was very independent this year. He went missing for a while because he was mad that he couldn't go to the carnival. Mac found him at my car. Boy, was that boy in trouble. Then I found him yesterday talking to some of the sheriff deputies asking them if they chased bad guys! Walker's main focus was to ride the ferris wheel at the carnival. Trey and Weston rode it with him. Trey asked Walker if he liked it and he said, "I'm livin' the dream, Dad!" I asked him later where he heard that line and his response was "I don't know, but I've always wanted to say it." So glad that we got him on that ferris wheel. Think of how disappointed he would have been. We could have scarred him for life!

Trey was a happy volunteer once again. He loves this kind of stuff. He was up early in the morning and out late at night. We all enjoyed the events and being around our friends and family. I worked in the homemaking building for the first time in 5 years. We are always a little stressed in the days leading up to the fair, and then a little disappointed when it is over. I love this small town and the people in it! The fair and rodeo are just one small reason why!

I definitely want to thank Nana for coming up and staying up late helping to keep the oven going, working with the boys on their homemaking project and just being available. Love you, Mom!

Thanks Bug and Laly for finding the prize winning pie recipe!

Until next fair!

Copy Cat

So Kate did a really cute post called "A Stroll Down Memory Lane." I'll do the same tonight.

This is from two years ago-May '08. Mac was in 4th grade playing cone ball at PE. What a baby face. My how he's grown!


This is from Weston's 8th birthday. Check out the fat top lip, results of a trampoline trampling. Poor baby! You can barely see him, but that is Weston's BFF Preston. They are just one month apart in age, have similar names and are just the bestest of friends. Pres was really concerned about Weston after he hurt his lip.


Here is Walker when he turned 4. He's still growing into that head! Ha! What a sweet, sweet face. Standing behind him is my God - daughter, Addison. Love that blondie girl!

Have fun reminiscing. Give it a try!