IT'S ABOUT AS COUNTRY, AS COUNTRY GETS

IT'S OVER

and that is sad

for me

If you read my last post, you know

 I had my daughter and her two girls

and DIL and her little gal and son

visit me for TWO WEEKS

Can you scream wheeee with me and jump up and down

thanks

So

I thought I'd try and gather some of the Best of the Country Best

to show you

of all the FUN things we did

I had been working on the little cabin for over a month

and it worked out Great

But it has no "facilities"

so normally I'd say, "hey, do the country squat"

but Mr. Gorgeous also decided

THIS

would be helpful

Heck

that practically turned my lodgings into a FIVE STAR get away

(it was out back behind the cabin)

we called it Cowgirl/boy Test

as I had a whole list of things the kids had to do to Earn their

country status

Kinda like Merit Badges in Scouts....only COOLER

they loved being able to put a star

by each of the things they accomplished.

My DIL however is a little city-fied

she said she'd love to be a cowgirl...

if it was more like the TV show Dallas

(made me giggle)

Mr.Gorgeous's mom was visiting with us the first day

so here she is ...with what has become her 4 Great Grandchildren

how do you like my 4 country bumpkins

We went to a Local Rodeo.....seriously

THEY HAD NEVER BEEN TO ONE BEFORE

It was fun to watch their faces

The oldest loved the "cow penning" the best..........go figure

we were sitting right up by the fence

Great initiation for these potential country kids to get a little dirt

in their face

and feel the horses hooves pound right beside them

This is one of my favorite photos

A walk in the fields is always fun

Me and my daughter and DIL tried to make it PRETEND

saying that, once we got to the trees

 is was where the fairy's live

and you could make a wish

But this little Annie Oakley

was a little miffed

she said, "I wish for this stick to turn into a horse"

(um, it didn't....dang fairies)

She said YOU LIED !!!

she is sooooo literal

gotta love the straw in her mouth

She loves our horses

She wanted to be with them every day

and when grandpa (Mr. G) would lead her around on them

 she was thrilled

We even talked little Roy Rogers in training

to get on the horse

(his sister, the one with the pink fly swatter

she never did....I think she, like her mom

prefers the Dallas version as well)

But her MOM DID

and she and my daughter went riding with my hubby

We went swimming at the Creek

that way you can get mud between your toes

and wherever else

oops, not happy

They all loved the tubing

(hmmmm, the facial expression doesn't really express that)

Don't SPLASH ME

Even Mr. Gorgeous and Lucy had a good time

We did a Treasure Hunt in the area around our pond

It turned out really FUN

They had to follow all the clues

FOUND ONE !!!!

Frogs discovered

(Sue Ellen Ewing would be Proud)

(DIL and son)

COUNTRY....EQUALS......PEACE

and NEW Discoveries

(my daughter...and her daughter)

and at the end of each day

as we crawled our tired bodies into bed

instead of dreaming of Sugar Plums

I dreamt of stupid fairies who don't turn sticks into horses.

(next post, part two)

sorry YES YES YES, this was only part one

Next time you visit here, make sure you have a soda and snack while you sit and read this

I'M SORRY THERE ARE SO MANY PHOTOS...said NO GRANDMA EVER !!!