Great-Grandma's Birthday

We made a quick trip down South for Great-Grandma's birthday. She turned 100 years old! Way to go, Great-Grandma! As you can see she's doing pretty well. This was a great reason to get the family together, something that doesn't happen nearly often enough because we're all so spread apart. There were lots of opportunities for four-generation photos like this one: Nate and Sean sit with their dad, and his mom, and her mom.

We stayed at the home of dad's aunt and uncle, way out in the country. It's quite a change from our normal city life. One of the fun things about visiting here are the cousins! The four boys played together for hours. They ran through fields, rode bicycles up and down the long driveway, and of course, shared video game techniques.

The next day we visited a real ranch which was owned by one of the neighbors down the road. Part of the fun was feeding the cows. Nate noticed one cow with horns (in the background). Someone asked the farmer if it was a Longhorn, but the farmer said, no it was just a cow with horns. There was also a deep well with a windmill pump atop it, a pond, and lots of farm equipment for the kids to explore.

Everyone piled into a wagon drawn by a tractor. The first stop was a grove of live oak trees. The kids got to climb over all the branches, some of which bent all the way down to the ground for easy scaling. Later the farmer took the tractor into an empty field and let all of the kids take a turn driving, even Sean! There was nothing to hit so there were no problems even though they couldn't drive a straight line if they tried.

We wish we could have visited longer but unfortunately we could only be down there for a few days and we had to return home.