Birthday Fun!!

 

 

Who Needs Disneyland

Tyler: "Cowboy Grandpa's Ranch is my Disneyland."

 

Everytime our family heads to the ranch we make our first stop at my sister Sara's in Eastern Washington. There we enjoy good company, good food, a dip in the pool, and a good night's sleep before the trek to Meeker, Colorado.

This time Sheldon tolerated the floaty but it was short lived.

 Tyler and his cousin Dalton on the other hand swam and swam and swam.

Sheldon preferred sleeping with mommy and rolling around on the floor. Yes that is drool. :)

In the morning we had some tasty waffles and hit the road.

 After a long day of driving, we relaxed in a hotel in Idaho.

Tyler and Sheldon watched a little "Call of the Wildman" and swam in the pool.

Be sure your volume is on.

Sheldon even helped with some of the driving.

  

After two and a half days of traveling, we made it to the ranch.

 

 

Since last summer, Grandpa built an acre and a half pond and stocked it with rainbow trout

It was the first thing Tyler wanted to see. Here is a video of him feeding the fish.

 

 We also enjoyed some shooting.

 

I even tried out Tyler's new gun that he got for Christmas.

And let's not forget the compound bow. Tyler and I rode the four wheeler down to one of the hay sheds.

 

Sheldon rode down in the Suburban with Dad and all the equipment. He doesn't have his own compownd bow yet. But he sure looks cute posing in his Mossy Oak jacket and slippers.

 

 Sheldon loved the lazy river and floated around for at least twenty minutes. I guess the fourth time is a charm.

 

 We love to head out on the four-wheelers and explore the ranch.

 We put Sheldon in the Bjorn and set out. And to our surprise he slept almost the entire time.

This was the first year Tyler got to drive the four-wheeler by himself. Just another one of the perks of turning 10 this summer.

Tyler was so excited to ride his FAVORITE horse on the ranch named Blue. 

Thank you Cowboy Grandpa! Tyler's right, who needs Disneyland.

 

 

Attempt #2 at Floaty: Fail (Draft)

It was another hot summer day, so we headed to one of our favorite parks to cool off in the creek.

 

Tyler built a dam which apparently required goggles. :)

 He wanted Sheldon to sit with him in his floaty.

 

 This was as close as Sheldon got to sitting in his floaty. He wanted nothing to do with it. So we relaxed and watched Tyler play with his Launch and Load Duck Hunter at the playground.

Kool-Aid Stand (draft)

Tyler and his friend Tiago decided to have a Kool-Aid stand at his house. The sign read:

 "Kool-Aid for only $1 if you choos 1

but if you pic 2 that will be $4."

 

Mysteriously after Dad stopped by to purchase a nice cold drink, all the officers in town showed up. Tyler was convinced the cute baby and all the signs they posted were doing the trick.

In between customers, they ate popsicles and ran through the sprinkler to cool off.

After a long day of hard work, Tiago came over to our house to count the money.

They each made $10.