A day in heaven...

Heaven's Seven Ranch - Farmersville, Texas

As I mentioned last week, we loaded up the family for a quick trip to Texas. We were fortunate to stay with the whole clan out at "Heaven's Seven Ranch." My parents are living here and enjoying it so much. I love hearing them talk about "country living" and all of the excitement that comes with it.

We had a fantastic visit and man, did we eat like kings (and queens). Kelley was amazing in the kitchen - and we had a wonderful time catching up with everyone. I loved that Grandma "Granddam" got to see my babies and I LOVED getting to hug my CANCER FREE Aunt Genie. God is awesome and faithful. We had a lot of blessings to celebrate this year.  Alex and Carson had a blast playing with Scott & Kelley's kids - fun was had by all.

Back to the ranch...The family just got a new horse, Houdini. YaYa (my mom) was in heaven (literally) as she took us out for a ride. I think it's the happiest I've seen her in a few years. Especially in that moment. The pictures explain much better than I can:

The girls in action



Beautiful Mom

Happy, happy girl

THIS IS HAPPINESS.  Mom, I adore this photo of you! 

Did I mention Alex rode bareback?!?  STUD!

Amazing!  So proud of my daughter

Alex was patient and sweet - careful and cautious

I even got to take a turn riding bareback - amazing experience!  I grew up riding and man, I miss it.

Interesting clothing choice, eh?  LOL!  PJ's :)



Happy girls!



Alex loved leading me...

Doesn't get better than this.  Ever.



YaYa and Sissy show Carson how to pet Houdini



Carson was incredibly responsive and thought the horse was "awesome"



The boys loved watching us girls play



Hieee!  Am I precious?

Running, running, running



Look at my mom's face - precious  moments



"Nice job, Carson" - he said that to himself after petting Houdini

Kids and animals - one of my favorite combos

Sweet girls - Natalee Grace and Alex

Carson actually fed Houdini too!

As you can see, it was a special, magical day for our family.