1st Annual 3G Ranch campout

This past Friday night, we had our first annual 3G ranch camping trip. I have never slept in a tent (I have slept in stock trailers), so this was a new experience for me and the kids. There were several families: us, Jenn and Brandon and their kids, the Johnsons (from Jenn's Ward), and the Powells (also from Jenn's ward). We had so much fun, but I also came to realize that there is a lot of work to this whole camping thing.

Lauren and Emily playing in the tent, which became strictly forbidden by the end of the first evening because they completely tore up the tent.

Janessa and Jenn just taking it easy. I wonder if Janessa realized I wouldn't let her do much of anything. She was making me really nervous since she is already 2 weeks past her due date. We all thought she was some kind of a super woman for being out there in the first place.

Cooper, Gavin and Lee. 3 boys+1400 acres=lots of trouble.

one longhorn, one aggie, and one not sure what's going on:)

Okay, so Brandon way overdid everything. He brought enough food to feed an army. We could have lasted out there in the wilderness for years.

We also realized we were among serious campers when Eric and Janessa pulled their tent out(the big tent in the middle). We called theirs the Marriot, it had two rooms, tons of windows and an air mattress.

The kiddos were in serious need of a bath at the end.

Addie thought she would clean up the campsite for us. Keep going sweetie, there's lots more.

These two and their cooking towels, crack me up!

Are they sure they know what their doing?

Lee

Cooper with sleepy eyes.

Once again, going a little above and beyond. Brandon cooked 56 eggs, and an entire bag of cheese.

They tasted really good though!

Jenn (the little weasel), didn't sleep in the tents with us, she went back to the house, but came back first thing in the morning.

Emma, Brandon, and Troy and Zoey

the rugrats

I strategically placed the 4-wheeler there so that no one would set their tent close to ours, it was a good idea, until I had to walk all the way out their after Troy told a scary story back by the fire. You know how good I deal with scary. Thanks Troy!

Look at all the HAPPY CAMPERS

A nice day for a ride

Lauren and Emily on Strawberry

Quinn and Cade on Rusty

I've seen more albino blue bonnets this year than I have ever seen, I thought this one was especially white.

Jess on Peaches.

Spring 2010

Swimming @ turtle hole

working calves

Peaches

Papa and Nama Romrell in Texas continued

We took them to look at different parts of the ranch. This is a neat little spot down by one of the creeks. Looks pretty cool with the granite and the cactus.

Glen showed them some good ole fashioned southern hospitality.

We gathered and worked more cattle. Quinn roped and drug calves on Rusty, such a good little horse.

Gavin, Papa(DeLoy), and Bawpoo(Glen)

Glen and DeLoy

We did a lot of waiting on Glen.

What a good looking crew

Papa and Nama in front of Granny's redbud tree

Two peas in a pod! They became good buds, real fast.

More blubonnets

Papa and Nama Romrell in Texas!

Papa and Nama, aka DeLoy and Mary Lin, came down to see us from Idaho this past week. Quinn was able to take some time off of work and we were able to show them around the hill country and act like tourists.

We had to go to Luckenbach.....
......take pictures in the bluebonnets.....

model our Easter outfits.....

do a little easter egg hunting.....

........with the cousins.

One thing we got to do a lot of was work cattle. We were able to gather, sort, and spray several different pastures. Gavin and Nama working cattle at the Althaus place.

Cade and Jess watching the boys spray cattle

Papa and Quinn working the chute.

We had to take a trip down to turtle hole.....

....and do a little swimming and jumping off the rock.

We got cattle up on the ranch.......

....... and Cade counted cows so we could sort out the dry cows.

Papa on Mike, getting cattle up

The crew

We of course had to find some bluebonnets and take pictures in them. This was a nice big patch of them back on the Althaus/Davis road. We really did look like a bunch of tourists, but everyone needs a bluebonnet picture in the spring.

Grandpa and Nama with the grandkids in the flowers.

Feeding the orphan goat kids down at Granny's.

Our crazy pets

This is my corgi, Stoney. She is such a fluffy ball of sweetness. I tried to sneak up on her when she was laying on her back in the sun with all four legs in the air spread every which way, but she caught me, I don't know how she could hear me coming. I was able to catch a pic later, so I thought I would add it......must have been a great day for sleeping on your back.

The goats are kidding right now, which lets me know that spring is here. The baby goats are so cute and the kiddos can't resist picking them up and holding them. This is Emily and our friend Lincoln holding two goat kids that are scared to death.

Emily and cute kid

Tiger loves jumping on the trampoline with Gavin. They were jumping all around and knocking each other over. I think we have some really strange pets!

August Grote's Blessing

Will and Jackee blessed their sweet baby, August, this past Sunday. It was so fun to get together with friends and family.

Gus's cousins, Lee, Emily, Lauren, and Cade
Gus and Granny