Time Flies When You're Having Fun!!

We have been resting comfortably at home this past week.  The WRCA Finals usually get the best of us.  This year we got the sickness out of the way prior to going.  We have still been a little on the tired side though.  The weather sure cooperated for us.  Well, it cooperated as much as it possibly could considering we are in the panhandle of Texas.  Notice Reno is sporting his Sandhill t-shirt as he and Papa take in the first performance on Thursday evening.

This is Mr. Linc!  He is the grandson of Aunt Tandy's BFF, Judy.  He is so cute and outgoing too.  Reno was being grouchy so they didn't really play together.

On Friday, the Little Queen B arrived from San Antonio.  Can you tell how excited my kiddos were to see her?

This child definitely has a mind of her own, kind of like her cousin Scout.  Later on as we shopped around the trade show, Kaitlyn tried some little handmade boots on her.  Good thing they fit, because I'm pretty sure they were getting them regardless.  I'm not sure if she wore anything else the whole time.

I tried getting a pic of she and Scout in their matching shirts, but she wasn't having it. **See the boots?  Love them!

Gigi and Papa swam with them Friday and Saturday evening before the rodeo.  That was nice, because I would disappear into my room to get ready all by my lonesome.  I did take any pics of my outfits, but don't worry, they weren't that great anyways.

Reno was OK with swimming with Gigi.  Of course I didn't get a picture of that.  This one cracks me up because he blends in with the chair cushion.  White Boy Camo!!

I think this picture turned out so good.  When we asked Reno to go stand by Gigi and Papaw you can see that he didn't exactly get anywhere near them.  Everyone is looking and almost everyone is smiling.  

Have I mentioned that Saylor Quinn wants nothing to do with me?  Little Squirt!  I may have to remind her of this someday.  She really only loves Papaw, well and her Uncle Riley.  One night after the rodeo he had her and she didn't even want to go to her Mama.  That made me feel a little better, or wait...maybe worse.  lol

Excuse my fabulous photography!  It is starting to get serious.  I must start toting my good camera around.  Unfortunately I probably can't do much better with it.  Who wants to do a guest post about photographing in the dark with bright outdoor lights?  I need you.

How about lets talk fashion for a minute.  I got this shirt at the Rusty Rose a local boutique owned by my sweet friend Andrea. It says "Property of Texas USA" and is so versatile.  Put it with a blazer or my new favorite Wal-Mart Aztec thermal.  The possibilities are endless.

Speaking of fashion or fashionable....I'll bet if you looked the word up in the dictionary you would find this girl and her sister's name.  These two dress so fun and are beautiful to boot.  Boot, don't get me started on boots.  Summer is quite the artist.  She can paint anything you'd like.  She even sells a few clothes too.  Look Cherrycow Headquarters up on Facebook or go to her blog from here.  Oh wait, she updates her blog less than me.     

Reno is finally learning how to hold a pen.  He was busy writing all one afternoon during the ranch horse competition.  Saturday morning at the horse sale the squirts found the dirt.  That probably helped them feel a little more at home.

See Mimi's great wild rag?  I didn't get a pic of the coolest outfit that she wore.  Forget blogging about my own outfits, I need to start posting about my Mama.  This lady has style.  She always has cool, custom or handmade accessories.  She is sporting a cool new custom engraved ring this year too.  Love it!!  

So now I realize that I haven't even touched the surface.  I haven't told you how the rodeo went, about the colt we bought, the blogger friends I met up with, the ranch horse contests, mine and Scout's new Kansas friends....What am I forgetting? 

There's more to come!

Hump Day Dump Day

I haven't done this is so long it's probably gonna get a little bit wild.

#1 - I've started a little business. Rodan & Fields is dermatological skincare. It has really shined me up and faded sun spots. It's nothing too complicated, just good stuff. .

#2 - I bought my very first LeCreuset in OKC. Shall we say I'm in love? This baby will earn its keep this winter (and all the rest of the time).

#3 - The Turquoise is the name of a book I found at an estate sale. How cool! It's a book about my decor, for my decor. Sorry, I know it doesn't take much for me. Lol  Speaking of turquoise....I have a new little corner cabinet (found at Petticoats on the Prairie) that is now turquoise. Mostly I wanted the share my favorite turquoise color so far. It is Benjamin Moore - soft spruce.

#4 - At our family reunion Scout and I were the proud bidders and winners of matching aprons. They are absolutely stylin'. Cousin Mirt whipped those out. Brother also had to try one on.

#5 - The kids have this funny little thing they've started when they get out of the bath. They lay down all scrunched up on the rug and I cover them with a towel. Actually I think it's some kind if plan to keep from getting lotion and their jammies on.

#6 - Gypsy! Scout is my little gypsy. She is constantly packing a bag and dressing up crazy. Not sure where she learned it. I finally had to put the big dress up box away.

#7 - Halloween was sort of a fail. Brother didn't feel good at all. He got a pretty yucky cough and runny nose. I made costumes day of, as is tradition. Scout was a chicken, Reno was the egg. The egg just didn't feel up to it and wouldn't let us dress him. His egg obsession is a separate post. I ran Scout down to the fall festival where the kids played games, etc. Trail brought us a few decorated brownies. YUM!

#8 - Trail Mr. Trail and Reno have become pretty big buds. Well, I'm not sure if he loves him as much as he does Autumn aka Awn-Na. That is true love right there.

#9 - Football!  We made it to see one of Pake's football games.  He did great.  I even got an action shot with my phone camera.  (Who am I kidding, these are all phone pics.)  You can see him (#18 white) going in for the tackle.  Can't believe he is already in the 8th grade.

#10 - My sweet babies!!  This is one from awhile back, but for sure is one of my favorites.  I love these toots!

#11 - The saddle is a Tad Sanders ( find him on Facebook). It is one of Riley's top hand saddles that he will receive at the finals. I love what Tad said in the caption.  Speaking of the finals....we leave tomorrow, I'd better get packing.

Picking Carrots

The only thing still growing in the garden is carrots. I didn't thin them like you are supposed to, so they are just solid. It makes it hard to pull them, we'll that and the ground is hard.

Yesterday I flooded the area so we could pull them. The kids were helping so good at first. They both got distracted and went on about their business doing something else (mostly feeding Rose carrots). I hadn't gotten a picture, so I made them come back just so I could get some.

This is what followed. Mud!!! These two squirts were covered in mud. At least it wasn't too cold and we could hose them down.

Oh well, it makes for a fun time-change kind of early-to-bed Saturday night.

Oh and if you need carrots come on by!

Five Days of.......

team roping in OKC. We are having a great week. Great doesn't always have to include winning. We've had some good eats, horse racing, shopping, pedicares (According to Scout), and watching our favorite guys rope. It hasn't been bad, just no short round appearances just yet. I'm feeling good about tomorrow though.

Yesterday evening we ate at the Cheesecake Factory where we completely stuffed ourselves with everything from fettuccini Alfredo to corn fritters. I was the winner and completely finished my piece of vanilla bean cheesecake. Does that really make me a winner? Lol

We then made our way on out to Remington park to watch a few races. Honest to goodness our little family has never been to any kind of race. We only watched two, but it was fun all saying who we thought would win. We couldn't bet because we'd already done all of our betting at the team roping (joke).

We have spent lots of time on the little Case tractors at the coliseums since Reno is obsessed with any kind of tractor. There have been kids to play with, kids we didn't know before but now we do. These guys pictured are from Alabama.

Oh and the weather played a trick on us. I thought it was going to be at least 85 all but one day. Wrong!! Thank goodness for outlet malls.

I'll keep you posted if something fabulous happens tomorrow!!

Reno is 2!!

It's almost impossible for me to comprehend that my baby is 2 years old.  It seems like yesterday that he was this scrawny baby that only wanted to sleep and not eat.  His eating is still pretty much a mystery, but he does love a few things.  I made a birthday meal that I knew he would gobble down.  I was right for once too.  He ate chicken fried steak, fried squash and okra, Aunt Kaitlyn's creamed corn, and potatoe wedges until I thought he would pop.  

Generally he doesn't like to eat out.  It seems like if we get something, fast or good sit-down, he just turns his nose up.  He has taken a liking to ice cream cones, but doesn't care too much for a shake or anything like that.  Sometimes he likes coke or tea, but it doesn't usually work with his tummy.  He usually won't even eat any kind of cracker or snack type food.   He makes up for all the bad habits his sister wants to have. 

 Finally, finally, finally........he speaks.  It's kind of like Wilbur.  Of course I can't remember the song, but somewhere in there it says "I don't even squeak or squawk, I Can Talk".  How true, all of sudden he doesn't just grunt or growl when he wants something, he says what he wants.  He is pretty easy to understand, thank goodness.  He calls Scout "Sissy".

 Reno and his Sissy are pretty big pals.  A lot of the time she doesn't have time for his babiness, but for the most part they get along pretty well.  He is such a copy-cat and does or says everything she does.  The other day some chickens escaped while we were cleaning their house.  For hours afterwards he was walking around saying, "Gosh, chickens...".  Thank goodness that's all I said.  lol

 He likes to write and draw.....on things he isn't supposed to.  I've never seen much that he's actually put on paper.  It's usually on my exercise ball, the wall, my vintage enamel cabinet, my cowhide stool.......you get the idea.  Today it was on himself.  He must think that two is old enough for a mustache, because it looks like that's what he drew on his face.

Most of all Mr. Reno loves eggs.  I'm not talking about eating eggs, I'm talking about carrying an egg around.  It all started when Aunt Pat gave us the pretend eggs to put in the coop so the silly things would lay.  He carries one around continually.  When Scout and I gather eggs we pretty much have to sneak them away from him or make sure he has one of his pretend eggs.  Odd, I know but he should be pretty good at Easter egg hunting this year.

 We had his party last weekend.  I ended up with almost zero pictures.  Not any real posed pictures of our family or the birthday boy.  It is so aggravating  but seriously what can we do about it now.  Birthday parties are such hard work and I have pretty much sworn that they would be held at Chuck E. Cheeses from now on.  

 I made chocolate zucchini cake with a chocolate glaze and we also had sopapilla cheesecake.  Definitely not your average birthday cakes, but it was all eaten.  Riley begged me to leave the zucchini out because "people would think we are weird".  Seriously, when did he start caring what people think?

 Aunt Tandy and her bunch "Under Armour-ed" him out.  He doesn't look happy here, but he truly received some great gifts.  Thank everyone!!

Cousin Trial spent the night, which absolutely overjoyed Scout.  Reno didn't care too much about anything associated with his birthday.  Back in July Reno moved to a big boy twin bed because he suddenly came untrained on going to bed in the crib.  We used to let him cry it out some, but he started pulling this "get-so-mad-I-puke" thing which is really hard to deal with.  (Let me know if you have the secret trick.)  Therefore, we moved him out of the crib and he does fairly well.  He still wakes up some in the night, but usually that has to do with his tummy or being spoiled.  I'm not sure I recognize the difference anymore.

See the bean bag here.....it's blue corduroy (from Target) and we love it.  Thanks Townsends!  Mostly he likes to dive on and off of the bean bag in the new, throaty, manly voice yelling.  Not yelling words, maybe it's more like growling.  It is very funny to hear, that's for sure.

Happy Birthday Little Reno Man!!  We love you so much, you are such a hoot and joy in our lives!