Texas Pictures!

Here are some pictures from Texas!! :) We don't have many, but we have a few - there's a story to go along with that, I'll get to in a bit.

First off, Mat completely forgot about the "best ice cream on the planet" until well...we were all on our second helping. :) Mat took a nap and missed out on Grandpa Clarence's ice cream cone snacks! When he woke up though, he was told by us all how wonderful they were and then grandpa dove right in for a second helping! :)

Moving on...for most of the time the weather was really great! However, on our way to Lakey, Texas - where my grandparents have a ranch, population: 397 - we had some wild weather to go through.

My sister was taking pictures each step of the way (from the car). They turned out amazing! The only downfall was after these pictures were taken, we had a horrendous rain storm to drive through that made visibility impossible.

Once we got to the ranch, Mat was completely taken back. Mat lived in Houston and all the outskirts, he had never been to the San Antonio area or their outskirts. So he was pleasantly surprised showing up and seeing Grandma Doris & Grandpa Jim's 640 acre ranch. :) I hadn't been to the ranch since I was about 6 years old and a lot had been updated and remodeled, but overall it was still gorgeous! The morning time I think was my favorite, the sun coming through the trees in the front yard and just overall, breathtaking. My sister got a great shot of the morning time, I'm so thankful she took the camera!
Here are a few shots from the front of the driveway too:

The best part about being on the ranch besides being "out of sight and out of mind" of the busy cities and responsibilities of everyday life was we had so much area to roam! There were quads on the ranch so we were able to take those around and go explore. It's just gorgeous up there!

Mat and I also got to take our niece and nephew around, they had so much fun! Ash Lee, who's about 4, loved going fast! So for the most part she was steering and controlling the gas. :) I was just along for the ride. William also had a blast!

Our last night on the ranch, Grandma Doris took Mat & I, Mandy & Philip (Sister & bro-in-law) up and around the property to show us around. We had a great time and got to see a ton of amazing spots!

However, before we could really do much of anything, we had to reclaim our territory! My grandparents have cows, goats and lamas on the property, they are free to roam just about anywhere and well.....ride 4 wheelers apparently. :)

We are really grateful for our grandparents who paid for our trip down, we can't thank them enough for such a wonderful time! We did get one family shot, but Grandma Doris is our photographer for this picture, so she's missing:

These are all pictures taken by my sister, who was the only smart one to take a camera :). However, yesterday, her computer gave her the "screen of death". And her computer crashed. This is devastating in itself for her, but there were many many files that weren't backed up at all. The Texas pictures were among those that were lost, so these are the only ones we have. I still think they are great and honestly, show a range of the good times we had. (Thank you, Mandy!)

So that's our trip in a nutshell :). And this is my first time (ever) posting pictures to my blog, so I hope I did it right. :)