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Friday, October 7, 2011

Inevitable...

It was bound to happen.......Top 5 words that Jones can say:
Dada
He has a word for milk thanks to my Father-in-law!
Bye Bye
Mama
DEER
We go ride around every night checking the deer, Jones rides around with Cody a lot to feed the deer, we pet the deer, we eat deer, breath deer and live deer!

 Hunt Deer

 Work deer, study deer, score deer,

I'm sure he will be a deer man like his daddy!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Hunting and then some...

I just realized that our Ranch blog has turned into Jones' blog!  So lets change it up a bit:)

We had our first large group of hunter's come out this week for a very successful hunt!  11 to be exact plus 5 guides.  All the guys were great, very nice and a pleasure to be around!  We hope they come back!  I was very busy cooking and catering to them and got in on some of the action!  Kristen came down to stay with us to tend to Jones while I was back and forth from our house and the lodge.  I just assumed I would make breakfast at a certain time, be done, cook dinner at a certain time and be done.  It didn't quite go that way.  I started breakfast each morning around 9:30. A few hunters would come in want breakfast then head out to see their animals being cleaned and meat being packed in their coolers.  Another group would come in, I would cook for them, they would head out to see their animal being cleaned and meat being packed in their coolers, then the guides would come in wanting to eat.  Then I would have to clean up and sometime in the middle of all that I would have to run home and feed Jones. I would get home about 12:30, feed Jones, head to the lodge to do laundry, head home to feed Jones, chill out for an hour and head back over to the lodge to start dinner at 7:30, head home at 8:30, feed Jones and put him to bed, head back to lodge to feed round one of hunters at 9:15, feed another group at 10:00 and finally sit down with the guides at about 10:30 to eat, clean the kitchen, set out donuts, cereals, bowls etc, for early hunters in the morning, home at 12:30, bed by 1:00! Then somewhere in the middle of all that taking pictures..Whooo, I am tired!

All the hunters were very impressed with all the facilities and all the guides did a great job!  At the end of the hunt they were pros at cleaning an animal!



All the guys had exciting hunts and meat packed in their coolers to last a year!




They were supposed to stay till Sunday but got everything they came to get and left yesterday (Friday) We were exhausted yesterday and was in bed by 9.  This has not ever happened! Ever!  It was so nice!

 I definitely spent more time at the lodge helping than I planned on but had a great time.  I couldn't have done all this without Kristen!  Jones had a great time with her and whined anytime she left the room!  He even gave her a couple of explosions up his back that she had to change! lol.  He has been looking around the house for her today and even crawling to her room a couple of times:(

All-in-all it was a great few days at O Bar Ranch!

I am left now with 17 sets of sheets to wash, 17 beds to make, a lodge to clean, upstairs and down, and a house of my own to clean that I have neglected this week.  All this can wait till Monday!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Not so normal day....

Today has been a weird day.  We got home a couple of days ago from our 3rd trip in 1 month to Texas.  It's always nice to go in and visit and see everybody but always nice to come back home.  We were out and about alot in Texas and I needed something to get J's attention when he would get fussy.  I downloaded a baby Einstein app on my phone and he LOVES it!

When we pulled up to our house Jones squealed he was so excited.  When we came inside he started staring and pointing at all his toys and grunting.  It usually takes a good week to get things back on schedule and rest up from the long travel days.  I have been on the verge of exhaustion running around like a chicken with my head cut off plus having to deal with the pain of shingles.....again!  Not fun!  This morning I needed to get a lot of things done.

Clean house

Clean house

Clean house

I went to bed last night dreading today..........

I woke up this morning ready to go!

Got a lot done plus cleaned up a huge poop explosion!


J man got a little stopped up over the past week.  He has had a lot of starches and bread and those do not do a tummy good!  I have nursed and nursed him since we got home and he is all cleaned out now!


We are going to have a busy busy month.  We have our first big group of hunters coming at the end of next month.  Around 13!  Cody has been getting things organized with scheduling and getting things set up on the ranch, etc and I have been trying to get new recipe's together and make a list of all I will need to feed these boys!  J has been helping with the scouting!
I have found several recipes over the last few days and this morning while flipping through the channels I came across a reality TV show about Dallas Elite.......Gimme' a break!  Why do people have to make Texas look so bad......anyways in my annoyance I flipped over to the food network channel to get some more recipes and a new show was on called The Pioneer Woman.  I have heard about her for awhile but never looked her up.  It was refreshing to watch after watching the Texas Elite show....barf!  She is my new go to girl for quick "on the ranch" recipe's to feed an army!  Love her!

Monday, August 1, 2011

8 months

Sweet Baby Jones, where has the time gone?

You will be 8 months tomorrow.  We will be in the car all day traveling back to East Texas

You are effortlessly happy all day long

You have to much to see and learn, to nap during the day

You sleep 12 hours straight at night

Still loving mommy milk

Your favorite food is squash and potatoes only the the homemade fresh stuff:)

You love your sippy cup with water, although you prefer to chew on it more than drink from it

You have 6 teeth and I can feel 2 more working there way....slow down!

You would prefer to chew on mommy's Iphone and Daddy's TV remote over all your beautiful colorful toys

You never meet a stranger. 

You want to take off and crawl so bad.  Somedays I think you can but you prefer to tease us

You say DaDa all day long.  I say to say momma and you laugh.  I think you said, "No" one day!

Your sleeping in your crib now.  I think you miss sleeping in your bassinet but enjoy the new freedom of a lot more room now!

You are very hot natured like your daddy

You 'talk' all day long.  Im sure you know exactly what you're saying..I don't:)