a few more farm pics...

It does look like these two cowgirls are havin fun...!
Caleb showin' Grandpa the ropes...
...& on the playground - more fun for Ella
Ella enjoying the fun play tunnel at the farm

more fun at the farm in San Antonio

Ella feeding the bunny...yumm
Caleb & bunny....soft....
This is 7 of us that rode the wagon ride (Kimball was attending to a busy social calendar..)
Sally, Ella, Caleb, Joey, Lindsay, Ashley & me....
this is what the tractor & wagon ride looks like....slow & safe...
(again these are bottom to top ordered....)

Good news!! Your mom is finally feeling better!!
She's been on the roller coaster health ride for the last 3 weeks, up & down, sick then feeling better... she did visit the Dr on fri, got some more meds, rested by not going to work that day as well and Sat went to a RS sisters singing practice, had some fun with Rosanna bringing her kids over for a couple hours while she got a haircut - then your mom took it easy for the balance of Sat...
Today she felt good enough to not only go to church, but teach her Sunday School lesson, as well!!!
We took a walk this afternoon, our first in a while - more regularly now that she's doing much better..
Look out...more pics-(above...)

Caleb getting a good pony ride with his favorite cowgirl alongside!! YEE-ha!
"no grandpa, you're too big" ...might be a fitting caption for this one....
(thought I was helping Caleb.....)
Ella is riding with help from mommy....& the farm staff leading the way

PONY RIDES!!!
Joey looks like one happy cowboy, yall!

... & Joey also checking out the peacock....
Caleb getting close to the beautiful peacock that wanders around for everyone to see...
Ella fed her food to the goats, Caleb & Grandpa are ready to offer some to the eager diners...
Joey, Grandpa & Ella getting ready to feed the goats...
We made a fun visit to the Fiesta Farm in the area (SA). Here's Ella checking out some little chicks & ducklings under the warming lamp.
(again, this is a bottom to top blog post...)

More of the happy boaters .....
Part of the birthday fun was taking a tour boat(? barge with seats...?) ride on the SA river that is in the downtown - a great tour of downtown SA from the boat!! Glad we took this boat ride!
This is the birthday boy...having a candle in a serving of ice cream at the restaurant by the riverwalk in downtown SA!! Thanks to all for a wonderful birthday celebration!!
Near the Alamo, this animated T-rex was a bit scary for some of the younger ones!! It did some fierce growling...!
(again, this blog post sequences from bottom to top...)

Joey is checking out the model of the Alamo .....I think he is a good learner...
Lindsay, Peter, Grandma, Ella, Grandpa, Joey, Kimball, Sally & Caleb...just after the close for the day of the Alamo - near sundown as you can tell....(still warm, though..!)
Grandma & Ella strolling near the Alamo...
Grandpa and Caleb on a monument near the Alamo... Caleb had fun walking on & around the perimeter elevated sections of this monument! Great fun for energetic boys (both of us...)

(This post is chronological from bottom to top) Here we are strolling through downtown SA from our parking garage to the Alamo ( shirtsleeve weather - wonderful for late January! - esp for those from SLC, UT!! It was near 70degrees...!

Thanks again to all of our family for the blogging that you do--- that blesses us in a wonderful way...
keeping us up to date with all of your lives...thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Some of our recent goings on:
Last Sunday we had the privilege of going to the Kerr's to have dinner with them... and after dinner, spending time with Megan, Rachel & Dylan while Simon, Steve & Rosanna went to Simon's baptism preview that evening. We had a fun time with all the children. Simon played Grandpa another game of chess before we headed home - he is pretty good - still trying to get good enough to beat him! Way to go Simon!
Yesterday Jake & Camille came over with their boys for a little while - it had been a rainy, unusually warm start to the day, but in the afternoon (the day had been cooling off from the unseasonal start of 52 degrees) it surprised us when it began snowing very hard!! Jake & Camille thought it best to head home before the snow piled up too much for safety sake...
While they were here, Christian had fun helping Grandpa put some pink spackle on some new wood trim just installed (part of our ongoing home improvement, painting project). 'The spackle turns white when it is dry - so Christian kept checking and reporting the status of the spackle, delighted as it began to turn white and lost its pink coloration!!
Last week I had the privilege of stopping in to say hi to Melissa (while she was at work) having been in Provo on a work appt. (sold a new roof to a BYU student (returned missionary who had served in San Antonio...) )
We continue to make progress on our painting project... adding chair rail / wainscot moulding to the north walls in the kitchen/piano areas - it looks better - even makes the newly painted area look more classy!
We will include pictures next time - thanks for tuning in .....!