Nathans Full Of Tricks

Nathan definitely has some tricks up his sleeve ill tell you that. when we left my Aunts house in Alabama Nathan said we would go ahead and stop by Texas to see our good friend Jen. Nathan knows me all to well so he was depending on the fact that if hes driving or if we have the GPS i don't pay attention to all the signs or the roads. i drove about 2 to 3 hours and then he said he would drive. so we switched, i took a small nap and when i woke up he said we were in Texas. this picture was taken about the time that i updated Jen and Joyce and told them where we were.

Ridge just woke up to when i snapped this pic. he looks like he has a widows peak lol but its just hoe his hair was laying. isn't he so cute!!

well i offered to drive and when he said no i thought it was a bit strange but wasn't going to argue. as we drove i realized we were in the middle of nowhere. i finally said "you know, if your lost you can just say so". he told me he wasn't lost. well we kept driving and kept driving and then we were in farm land. i was very confused and questioned him again. he assured me it was fine and he was taking a different way since we were stopping at Jen's. so another 10mins go by and he pulls up to a cute Little house surrounded by farm land and i was so confused knowing Jen didn't live there. WTH! so we park and then i see Grandpa come out the door! i was so surprised i went up and gave him a hug and told him i thought we were in Texas lol (we were in Oklahoma). Nathan then told me he had it planned for days and that we were going to be staying for a few days. (btw everyone was in on it, even Jen) what a WONDERFUL surprise!!

when we got there we unpacked and then went to Sheila's to show the kids the donkey and horse. 

they all took turns feeding Sunny the horse and Casper the donkey. all the kids were able to ride Sunny which of course they loved!

we also went to the Cotton Gin to show the kids how the cotton was picked and processed. Grandpa used to grow cotton so it was exciting to show the kids a little bit of the history.

here is a big brick of cotton being dumped. the whole process was really amazing and the raw cotton was much softer then actual cotton balls which i was really surprised at that.

we had a few family dinners while we up there and also did some sight seeing. one of the places we stopped was a museum. here is a really nice photo i got of Uncle John, Jayvin, Grandpa, Grandma, Jazlynn and Ridge.

the whole trip was amazing. it was so nice to be able to see where Grandma and Grandpa live and get to spend time with them. the farm was very carefree and the kids loved being able to just roam free with out us. we spent time with the horses, road the quad, saw the town, ate some good food but the best thing was just spending time with each other. when Nathan has a break from school i want to go back.