Here are her monkey mittens she got for Christmas. Aren't they darling? However, the dog loved them, too, and every time she walked out the door Lovie would come steal one off her hand and run off!
Hence, this picture with the older girls dragging Lovie off to the "cage" at the back of the yard (just a fenced in area where she can still run around, but is out of reach of the kids. Now the mittens are safe!
Megan thought it would be fun to throw snow in the air. She had a good time doing this and did it over and over again. Makes for a cool picture!
She has her hand full of snow ready to throw...ready, set,
throw!!!
Kate and her snow--I think it was supposed to be a shape, but I can't remember what (a dog, maybe?)
Happy Kate!
Brooke, Kate, cousin Shelby, Megan
Brooke--I think she was getting cold!
Kate throwing her snow--you can see Brooke starting to do this, too--"monkey see, monkey do"
Hence, this picture with the older girls dragging Lovie off to the "cage" at the back of the yard (just a fenced in area where she can still run around, but is out of reach of the kids. Now the mittens are safe!
Megan thought it would be fun to throw snow in the air. She had a good time doing this and did it over and over again. Makes for a cool picture!
She has her hand full of snow ready to throw...ready, set,throw!!!
Kate and her snow--I think it was supposed to be a shape, but I can't remember what (a dog, maybe?)
Happy Kate!Brooke, Kate, cousin Shelby, MeganBrooke--I think she was getting cold!Kate throwing her snow--you can see Brooke starting to do this, too--"monkey see, monkey do"
Closer up of Brooke throwing the snow. Enjoying it you think?
Eh, not so much!
Stay tuned for more about our Christmas vacation!
Eh, not so much!
Stay tuned for more about our Christmas vacation!
Carli going down the slide
There were also gorgeous horses on the ranch. We decided to take a ride. :)
Kate, Megan, and I went on a half hour ride up into the hills around the ranch. It was really great. The scenery was really gorgeous.
There were unlimited hay rides. We went on them many, many, many times. :)
Kate and Megan get up close to the horses pulling the wagon. They were big!
Here are the two clowns on the hay ride. :) Megan loves to make silly faces for the camera lately. Kate had a really rough time with the dry weather. She couldn't stop licking her lips. She looked like this for a couple weeks. It was pretty bad.
Megan and the scenery
They had the yummiest grilled corn for us to eat all night long. It was soooo good! The kids all had more than 1--so did I. :) Looks like Carli is licking this one. lol!
A close up of the corn eating. Couldn't resist a picture of those adorable lips!
They had a guy singing for the kids and they could play with these instruments on the blanket while he was doing his songs. There were tons of kids all the over the blanket at the beginning. Brooke stayed there for quite a while with Grandma and eventually she got her turn with the instruments.
She loved the tamborines!
During dinner there was live music in the other room and we could here it in the room that we were in. Here are Harper and Brooke dancing together! It was the most precious thing!!! Brooke loved it!
Harper was having fun, too, until he realized that Brooke's hands were sticky and here he is wiping them on his jacket. :) Look at Brooke's face! She loved her cousin dancing with her!
Brandon inspecting his marshmallow.
Done!
Kate's turn
