Finally! Pictures From My Vacation!

Y'all remember how I said I'd post some pictures of my trip? Well, here they are, though a bit late (hey, it hasn't been a week yet!). So here's a glimpse at my trip!

Kittens in the hood

Kittens & Cousins in the Loft

Fun with the kittens.

Aren't kittens cute?

Just look at Rue's blue eyes!

Brother looking artistic

The dogs are ready to play!

After a long ride.

Brother looking artistic again.

And again. I really like this one :)

"Let's take pictures of each other taking pictures..."

Taking pictures of people taking pictures.

My pony, not the best picture...

A better pic that makes her head look big...

Yep, that's an outhouse, we actually used it :)
Kinda looks pretty with the flowers in front LOL!

In this one you can see the tree growing out of the outhouse.

And I'll leave you with some flowers :)

Besides everything pictured we rode horses everyday, getting fence-jumping cattle out from where they weren't supposed to be, playing soccer with Jake the soccer dog (the black border collie pictured above), drinking lots of Kool Aid, Playing cribbage, Playing Skippo, and throwing wet pine cones at each other...(don't ask).

Marshmallow Wars and Cattle Drives

Hi ya'll! Sorry that I couldn't get to the computer earlier, but here I am.
I thought you might like to hear the highlights of my trip. One of them was that it snowed, which is amazing since where I am now it is well  over 100 degrees. Yeah, we're all sweating it out!

Some of the highlights were the many cattle drivers I participated in, driving stubborn, dog-hating cows up mountains and across the prairie. Not to mention all the grand times I had with my cousins!
I did my cousins hair into cornrows, and we drove around in her truck blasting Katie Armiger's Best Song Ever.
But on the last day, my cousins (3 of them that is), Uncle T. and Uncle G., my brother, my dad and I had an all out marshmallow war! The marshmallows were stale, but not hardened into rocks yet. (My uncle stuck some in his ears and used them for ear plugs!) The marshmallows hurt a little when we got hit, but not too bad. But it was sooooooo fun!
There were also 4 crazy dogs (including mine) running around, barking their heads off and gobbling up marshmallows as soon as they hit the ground! The marshmallows did not help the dogs calm down.
In all I had a blast!
I rode horses nearly every day, and had a total blast, not to mention almost reading my head off!
I'll be posting everyday this week now to make up for the deficiency in posts the last 2 weeks. So see ya then!

I'm here!

Hey there! I said that I'd post when I get to the internet and here I am!

On Sunday I helped out my Uncles and Cousins with branding. It smelled real bad. Burning hair, the moan of the prostrate calves, straddled by two cowboys, yep, that's branding. It's rainy where I am, so Sunday was the first day that it hasn't rained in a really long time. Yesterday it rained like non-stop.

At the branding my brother had fun sneaking up behind the unsuspecting calf and grabbing it by the hock instead of roping it. In all he was able to grab about 6 or 7 calves.

As I was saying before it rains alot here. Like, all the time. But the air is fresh and the experience is priceless!

I'm spending time with my Grandma today, so I can' t hang out at the local library too long. Yep, I was able to finally get internet access at the library.

I hope to talk to ya'll soon, but I really have to be going.

Oh, and the other day my brother was having a deep conversation about baby oil. So you get the drift here is the main dilemma. "If olive oil is made from olives, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?" You get the idea. Weird pondering.