Saturday

Saturday was just as busy as Friday. After Jennifer and I got done at the gym (step class followed by body pump) I went home and started making chocolate covered strawberries and a brownie trifle for a party we were planning to attend that night. I was just done with that when the Ludwigsens and Starrs showed up so that we could all go down to the Goodfellow Recreation Camp together for military appreciation day. Chase gave Owen a lift on his buddy pegs and the rest of us walked.

Jennifer and I left the dads with our cameras and headed to the pavilion to stand in line for lunch. So the following pictures are Brian's and I take no responsibility for the fact that the only thing you can see on the climbing wall is big bushy hair!

After lunch the boys decided to pummel each other for a while.

When we were finished at Military Appreciation Day we headed out to the the Holder's ranch for a farewell dinner. Three people are leaving and one is retiring. One of the families that is leaving is the Ludwigsen family. We have spent a lot of time with the Ludwigsens and we are really going to miss them. This is their daughter Hayley holding a turtle that just wandered by while we were getting the food all set up. Things like wandering turtles are pretty normal at the Holder's ranch.

Here's Chase riding Austin's dirt bike out at the ranch.


This is the spectator section. If you are an adult male at the Holder ranch it works like this ... drink & watch, then do. So even though the dirt bike looks a little small for Chase, apparently that's ok because in the next couple of pictures you'll see Brian and Eric taking Owen for rides (after they had their first couple of drinks) We're real safe like that when we get out in the middle of the country in west Texas.

After dinner Greg and Jenni Holder saddled a couple of their horses so the kids could ride. They all rode around in circles within the safety of the fences because the people who were not on the horses were out shooting guns at cactus plants or something like that. When the shooting was done Jenni gave Chase a mini-lesson on horseback riding and let him gallop the horse. It was too dark to take pictures so you'll just have to use your imagination -- just trust me when I say he had fun and he looked really cool :)


Kenny and Mathew did a great job of keeping the bonfire going all afternoon and evening. They had so much fun out there. It really makes me wish we didn't live in suburbia!

The entire weekend was fun. I love summertime in Texas. Just love it!