75th Anniversary

A couple of weeks ago we traveled to east Texas to attend Daniel's great grandparents 75th anniversary party. 75 years of marriage! These two people are such an inspiration and not to mention so cute. I have a soft spot for old people. I think they are too cute and so full of wisdom. How blessed my kids are to have so many grandparents, great grandparents & great great grandparents in their lives! How blessed we are that we could witness such love and commitment from this couple! They live in a small town but the building was packed. It was apparent how much these two people have influenced so many lives. I think I should mention that these two lovebirds still live together in their home of many many years. They have some help come in and out but they get along pretty good considering their age. The picture below is a five generation picture. So cool!!

Horses, Sheep & Poo

Friday my sweet hubby took the day off so we could enjoy a few hours at the Stock Show. We all enjoy animals but our sweet Cate is by far the animal lover in our family. She likes to have her stuffed horse (which she calls "Baaa", like a sheep, for some odd reason) with her pretty much wherever she goes. So, needless to say when she woke up that morning, we asked her if she wanted to go see some horses, cows, sheep, ducks, etc and with every animal mentioned she got more and more excited. We started off with the cows and she was moo-ing like crazy! Then it was the llamas. She didn't really know what to think about that. Cooper liked them. On the way to the petting zoo we had to travel through several barns full of animals. I looked down to see what Cooper thought and it was pretty obvious. He had a disgusted look on his face with his fingers pinching his nose. He looked up at me and said, "It STINKS in here!". Several people got a kick out of his reaction. We stayed at the petting zoo for almost an hour. Cooper was fascinated with a small black chicken with CRAZY white hair. This was the funniest little chicken I had ever seen. Cate loved all the animals. She couldn't believe she was so close to so many animals. We bought some feed but the goats overpowered Cate so she got to help Daniel feed the goats. Cooper tried to save his food for his chicken. After the petting zoo we rode the ponies. We knew we had to let them ride after Cate kept asking to ride the goats. On the way out we stopped to see the the childrens barnyard. Cooper loved watching the eggs hatch and the little chicks. He did not want to leave. Cate enjoyed the ducklings & the huge pig with her piglets. That pig was enormous! Several animals later & one boot in the poo, we were out of there. It was a pretty good day!

I got this picture right before Daniel had to pick her up.

I told Cooper to turn around and smile but I didn't notice the donkey coming up to take a bite of his shirt. Cooper thought it was pretty silly that a donkey wanted to eat his shirt.

Cooper thought he was pretty cool riding a pony all by himself.