Howe family Flying H Weekend

Dylan and I started this weekend with a visit to Inie for her birthday. 

We took her to lunch at Chickfila and fed the ducks at the pond by her house. 

 

After school got out for the day, we headed out to the Ranch. 

 For Dad's birthday (in Sept) the only thing he wanted was his whole family to spend one weekend together at the Ranch. It's harder than you would expect to get us all there but, a couple months later we made it happen. 

We spent the weekend sleeping in the shop and in this bad boy. 

  

 Dad rented the pull-trailer for the weekend and it was actually amazing. He just pulled it up under the roof of the shop and there it stayed as our "campground" for the weekend. 

 

 Lots of time spent in the rocking chairs around the fire overlooking the land. 

 

and Smores at night 

 

Reading our bible before bed in our little bunks in the trailer 

 

Heading out at night after the kids are in bed to go spotlighting 

 

 This was maybe the first time there were mimosas at the ranch. So classy. 

 

picking up pecans 

 

Lots of toys to drive us around at the Ranch.

   

A little handgun practice

   

This was so gross I can almost smell it just by looking at this picture. 

When the last flood came through, this area became a little trench full of water and some BIG fish got caught here and died.

 They had to stop and stare at them just dead in the mud. Ewwww...boys! 

 

 Loading up to go feed the cows

   

These two do EVERYTHING together...I mean everything 

 

Dads and boys

  

Riding the tractor with Boss

  

  A visit to the beach by the river 

 

Just like a day at the beach........right?

 

Group pic - self timer on a four-wheeler for the win!

Loved every minute of the weekend with my family.  Such a special time!

OCT in Nov - Veteran's Day, Fall Festival, 3rd Grade Zoo Field Trip, Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast

Lots happening at OCT for my big kids in November.....

Kinley was in the Veterans Day program at her school and it was so much fun seeing those precious kids in red, white and blue perform patriotic songs in honor of our great Veterans. 

 It is one of my favorite elementary school programs. 

They have wonderful speakers and students and parents all get to watch. 

They honor all veterans and branches of military service and it is just so special. 

 

Fall Festival at school is always such a fun day. This year was better than it ever has been and all my kids had a blast. There were games, candy, popcorn (as usual) and this year 7-11 came and sponsored with slurpees and pizza, there was an exotic animal petting zoo, face painting and hair spray-paint-ing, a nerf gun battle zone and more.

   

A fan favorite is always the jail cell. 

You spend some money buying a ticket to put someone in "jail" and you get to hit them up with confetti eggs. 

 It is a blast. 

The BEST Vice Principal and Principal ever. 

 

Kinley's friends even called me and Dylan to the jail at some point. 

 

Kinley's Fall Field trip was to the Ft Worth Zoo. My mom kept Dylan for me that day since he technically isn't allowed to come on field trips with me...but, it was a nice day and mom brought him to the zoo too. It was so fun having them with us.

 

   

Class pic with Mrs. Dagger

  

Ty got to have a Thanksgiving Feast in his Kindergarten class. 

I loved spending time with my handsome Kinder turkey.

   

Ty's thankful turkey 

 

Ty was also star-student that week and he's showing me his poster hung up on the wall. He really lacks emotion and enthusiasm.

   

We LOVE Mrs. Richardson 

 

Mrs. Richardson tweeted out the cutest collage of all the little turkeys. 

 

They also had a Chica-Chica-Boom-Boom party for all the kids in their class learning all their letters. Each kid got to dress like a letter in the alphabet and Ty picked 'T' annnnnnnd his whole outfit. :)