Busier Days and Relaxing Nights!

I have been loving this time change!  Although our days seem busier trying to squeeze in everything, our nights are longer, which means more down time and more time with both of my boys in the house!  I helped some girlfriends host a baby shower and I was able to bring home a bunch of loot.  Jones has had a mustache every day for a month!  He loves them!

We have had several hunts booked lately where I haven't had to cook.  This has left a bunch of free time with Jones.  Jones gets bummed when we aren't at the lodge all day with the hunters so I have had to keep that lil brain occupied all day long!  We had a fall festival/expo thingy in town one weekend.  We ventured out one day and he was able to ride a pony, jump through bounce houses, eat foot long corn dogs, and repeat about 5 times.  He was beyond tired when we were done!  Now he wants a pony!

We ventured over to Enid one day which is about an hour and a half away.  They have this huge children's science museum with everything imaginable in it.  They even had an old airplane cockpit where you could sit in it and push all 2.5 million buttons......he was in love!!!!

They also had a huge outside area with this huge castle.  We were there for about 4 hours and he did not want to leave.....I, on the other hand was exhausted.  There was probably only about 8 or 9 other kids there at the time.  I over heard someone say on field trip days there are about 2,000 kiddos there..........ugh, no thank you!!!!!

We have had to find more things to do by ourselves too.  Usually if we get bored we will just load up with Cody and go help him do whatever.....well he has been entertaining hunters so I have had to entertain this guy by myself.  He played with this life size cooler one day for 2 hours........and eventually took a nap in it:)

We are getting ready for a big hunt in a few weeks.  About 12 guys, for a week, and I get to cook for them!  Jones will be thrilled we will be at the lodge more all up in the action!

Quartz Mountain Resort

Our Sunday School class had an opportunity to attend a Couples Retreat that another church was hosting.  It was in Altus, OK and it was beautiful!!!!!!!  We had such a great weekend away. They had fabulous speakers and we had lots of time to spend together without distractions. We missed our lil nugget but definitely needed that weekend away.

We got to spend all day hiking trails and mini mountains!

The scenery was straight up breathtaking!

While we were gone, Nawna and DooDee came to stay with Jones and feed animals for Cody.  Jones showed Doodee exactly what needed to be done!  He was a good lil host!

When we got back in town Jones was exhausted.  He fell asleep at dinner.......He has NEVER done this!  He has never fallen asleep in random spots....he can only fall asleep in his bed or car seat but passed smooth out at dinner....so cute!

When we got back from our weekend away we had a lot of stuff to do.  We loaded up with Cody and helped him fill protein feeders and corn feeders to get ready for hunters.

We had to put out all the pop up blinds and a few bow stands.  Jones loved climbing this thing and I was a nervous wreck..........He climbed it like a champ the first time and I finally chilled out:)

Jones and BFF's and Girlfriends

We were in Texas on Crosby's birthday so when we got back to Oklahoma we took him out for lunch.  He wanted to go to McDonald.  I don't usually do McDonald's but how could I say no to this sweet lil boy.  I still have the mental image of the picture that floated around facebook a few years back of all the fast food burger/fries that had been sitting out in the open for about 5 years and they looked exactly the same.  Yucko!  Well I survived and they both had a fabulous time.

We got home Jones took a walk with me and stole by Ipod...............

Jones started Puggles this year.  It is usually for 3 year olds but all his buddies turned 3 on or before August and well.......if he didn't start this year he would have been the lone ranger in his class.  He is keeping up with the older kids....I'm so proud!!!

We ran to OKC with a friend one afternoon to pick up a present.  He loves loves loves Madeline.

We found a drive in theater and tried it out.....Jones was more interested in playing and running around and the only thing that made him sit still was the popcorn.......

Jones finally got his puggle's backpack "packpack"

Best buddy Crosby!

Girlfriend Madeline!

Fall Has Arrived!

And so begins our busy season and shorter days!

Cody has been getting ready for hunts, planting food plots, mowing and getting the ranch ready for winter!  We have been helping and playing:)

Jones found a new seat in the truck......

We also had to tranq some of our breeder bucks and move them out in the sanctuary.  Jones loves this part.  He gets to be up close and personal with a deer and he loves helping his daddy score "big daddy bucks!"

We had our first group of hunters and Jones loved them.  Luckily they enjoyed him too and let him photo bomb there pics!

We got rain at just the right time this year.  The winter food plots are looking good.

We had our neighbors bale the back of the ranch and we helped haul the hay.  I had to drive the truck and Cody loaded the hay on the trailer.  Jones opened the back window and climbed out and sat on the tool box.  He was such a big boy....it took everything in me to chill out and let him!

I have been getting lots and lots of foot rubs:)  I love this time because Cody gets to hunt any time he wants and makes up for it in foot rubs!

HAPPY FALL YA'LL!