Belle and a Baseball Banquet

Walker and Ben attended the Dallas Patriots' end-of-year banquet this past Saturday. :) 

A friend of ours captured this picture...so sweet.

Walker and his friend, Hunter! I often confuse them on the field!

This bunny is so funny. #lounging

And again...

And one morning, we found her out of her cage.

I think even she is confused when that happens.

And, a brief picture of Reagan. Poor girl is so deaf and we think she's beginning to lose her eyesight. On this particular morning, when I took this picture, I had been trying to clean her eyes. She put her paw over her face as if to say, "ENOUGH. Let me sleep." :) Sweet doggy. 

Weekend at the Lease

From last weekend...

Lainey helping Ben set up the crossbow and target

one of about 5 rattlesnake skins I found over the weekend

Lainey's new friend "Farrah" that lives under the doublewide at the lease

exploring the property near Quanah, Texas that my parents recently purchased 

Beautiful views!

We fed the longhorns at Copper Breaks State Park. It was fun! My parents' new property borders the state park (so cool!) so I'm hoping we'll get to do this again. 

The longhorn pictured above - Spot - is the boss of them all. He's the oldest, and at the top of the pecking order. 

I liked this guy. His name was Lone Ranger. ;)

Walker was very hesitant to feed the longhorns but, as per usual, he got into it at the end. ;)

I think Lainey would happily live on a ranch and bond with all of the animals. 

This longhorn named Red really slurped up the food pellets. :) 

The longhorns were a bit slobbery. 

rattlesnake skin #423 

(I'm kidding...kind of.)

We always practice driving at the lease. :)

This is "Stick Man." The kids made him using various materials found in the truck and at the property.

On the way home from dinner, we stumbled upon all of these cows in the road! There were about 20 of them, just wandering about! Poor things! 

And, back at home...Fortnite anyone?

Back to Dance and School

Auditions went well for Lainey this year! It's hard to believe that this is her SEVENTH audition for this studio! Crazy! 

Each year, we go to Mama's Pizza the night before school starts. I'm thankful that our family of four could enjoy this tradition TOGETHER this year! 

annual selfie with Dad before the first day of school

AND...here they are, on the first day of 5th and 3rd. ;) All smiles, and they both have amazing teachers, and we are all thankful to enjoy this school year together as a family.

Here's Walker in his classroom. His teacher is darling! Lainey wouldn't let us walk in with her this year. She's barely letting Walker walk in with her, which is surprising as they are very close. He doesn't seem bothered by it, so that's a good thing. ;)

Lainey's goals for dance this year...mostly ballet-oriented! This surprised me! :) I love her last goal, too - to "have fun"! It's a reminder for me that she still views dance as a very fun activity...where as I'm beginning to view it as a very competitive and expensive one. :) Ha!