Ranching it in the Hill Country

Tyler and I always talk about our favorite things that Jack does.  There are many, but Tyler often says he loves it when he yawns.  I always say I love it when he does his little, tiny cough.  Well, Friday night Jack developed a bit of a cold and now we get to hear that cough more often than I'd like.  He's been in daycare for two weeks and the sickness has already begun!  Luckily, he was still his lovable & happy self through the snot & sneezes & coughs and he had a great first ranch trip here....

The YO Ranch



We had a great weekend with the WHOLE family (minus Uncle Layne who was in Seattle).  The last couple of years we have done a family dove hunt at the ranch in Vernon for Labor Day.  This year thanks to the distance, heat, & lack of water on the ranch we changed it up a bit.  Last minute, we decided to have a hill country weekend.  We stayed at the YO Ranch Friday & Saturday night and had lots of fun with the family.  It was great place to stay with all kinds of exotic animals (giraffes!!) and a great pool.  It wasn't too crowded there this weekend so we felt like we had the whole ranch to ourselves.

Loved the baby Longhorns...

 and dad loved this goat!

 Jack sleeping away after dinner in his big boy stroller

Hanging with dad on the porch...

and with Uncle Jeff.

The Longhorns outside while we were eating.

Hook 'Em!

This is what Jack did while we all ate.



Saturday we went to the river and grabbed some bbq in Hunt.  It's always fun to see where Tyler went to camp growing up and we drove by Rio Vista and showed Jack where he might be going to camp one of these days.  Afterwards, we headed back to the pool for Jack's first official swim!  It was pretty much the cutest thing ever.  He was hesitant at first, but seemed to enjoy it.  I'll upload a video of it soon.

 Getting ready with Aunt Taylor

 Not sure about what's about to happen...

 Fussy at first...

 then he started to like it

 Cutie!

Saturday night we had a great evening at the rodeo & dance at Crider's.  Tyler and I have been to Crider's each summer since we moved to San Antonio and we love it.  I can't wait to take Jack there some day and enjoy it with him (Grandma Marshall stayed at the ranch and babysat).

 Dinner before heading to Crider's

Love this place!

Janie & Mike dancing away

Sunday after breakfast, we packed up and headed to Fredericksburg for lunch on the patio at Hondo's and a little bit of shopping.

 Jake joined us for lunch

  Jack sleeping away

 Everyone saying goodbye to Jake & Jack

It was Jack's first real trip staying somewhere besides the grandparents' house or the lakehouse and we had to pack SO MUCH but we survived and had so much fun.  We look forward to many more Labor Day weekends with the family.