This weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to meet some of our very best friends in Texas at their family ranch. Brad and I were excited for the visit for two reasons: first was to meet Alyssa and Spencer's 4 month old daughter Vivian, second was to introduce Avery Reese to the 'ranch lifestyle'. But realistically Brad and I had a third agenda for this trip.....seeing how well Avery Reese would cope around a new baby for longer than an hour.
It was a 4 hour drive from Little Rock and for 4 hours all Avery Reese said was 'I want to see the cows'. (It was a looooong 4 hours). Once we arrived on the ranch, she immediately saw the cows from a distance and in 10 seconds was quickly over the cows and had moved on to her next obsession, baby Vivian. Avery Reese was so excited once baby Vivian finally arrived; she didn't waste any time jumping into 'big sister' mode to help feed Vivian her bottle.
Saturday morning we all got a lesson in Texas Ranching. We feed the calves, the horses, and the big herd of cattle. Avery Reese even got to drive the John Deere tractor (all by herself). It was a great experience for all three of us.
Helping Mr. Chris feed the calves
Giving the horses a treat
'Mooing" at the cows
Driving the tractor with Daddy
The rest of the morning was spent playing with sweet Vivian. And after everyone got a nap we went fishing....which lasted approximately 2 minutes.
Overall we had an amazing weekend at the Mitchell Ranch!!!!
1 comment:
we were so glad ya'll came down. Sorry I got sick. Something like this always seems to happen when we get together.
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