Fun at the Ranch!

We woke up on the 4th and headed down to the main house for breakfast.  The rest of the day was spent outside having fun!  

  

Beck was the only one brave enough to ride a horse.  Lane said he was "too scared."

Lane loved wearing this cowboy hat he found and carried around the pool noodle for his "lasso."

We took a ride on the jeep to see some of the other parts of the ranch.  Lane liked the chicken coop a lot!  Notice his boots...he refused to take them off the entire time we were there!  He also tried to wear them all of the following week after we got home!

He found one lonely egg!

 

A cowboy needs to clean his boots after a day of work!

 

 

Having a snack back in the house.  Beck is wishing Lane would share that banana!

I found these sunglasses at the Gap that were perfect for July 4th!

 

Such a cool dude!

Mr. Beck!

Beck borrowed one of Lane's red, white, and blue swim outfits from when he was little.  

 

We spent the afternoon swimming in the pool!  It was a little chilly, but Lane had a great time.

 

I got a Lifeproof case for my iphone, which claims to be waterproof.  I was brave enough to try it out and got some good pictures!  Lane wouldn't put his face in, so I had to settle for leg shots.  :-)  I loved his patriotic swim trunks!

 

We had lots of fun with this blow up bat and ball set that I found in the dollar section of Target.

 

We had one tired boy after he got out of the pool!  He snuggled up with me for a good while and I loved it!

After nap we headed back up to our guest house.  Lane relaxed a little on the porch swing before we went in to take showers and clean up before dinner.

Little cowboy and his silkies.

Dressed to impress, ready for dinner!  I had some cute Converse for him to wear this night but, no.  Boots only.

 

 

Dinner is served!  Thanks Collin for the delicious burgers!  Plus beans, grilled corn, and mac n' cheese. Mmmm!

 

Posing on the 4 wheeler

  

 

The Keeton Family

And some family shots of us in our red, white, and blue!  What a fun 4th of July!

 

 

Rio de la Vida Ranch | Kerrville, TX

We were thrilled to get to meet up with our good friends Collin and Brittany at their family friend's ranch in Kerrville, TX for the 4th of July.  Brittany was one of my best high school friends and is definitely the one friend from high school I have stayed the closest with!  Her dad played football at Florida State and his buddy Rhett played there with him.  Rhett's ranch is absolutely beautiful.  It was a quick 2 hour drive from Austin and we arrived Wednesday night.  It was dark, so we weren't able to see just how nice the ranch is, but we knew it was going to be a great time!  Lane played a little on the porch when we got there.  So pretty!

 

The ranch had a main house and a guest house.  We were lucky enough to get the guest house all to ourselves!  We tucked ourselves in, ready for a fun day the next day!

The next morning we were able to see all of the pretty sights!  This was our guest house, which had an awesome view!

We drove back down to the main house for breakfast and I snapped some pics of the grounds.

 

There were 3 horses on the property.  That's Brittany's brother Bryan on the paint horse, Rio.

 

 

Testing out the hammock.  The life!

The pretty porch, which led to a lookout deck.  There were so many decks and all of them had seating and tables with pretty views!  I think I could have eaten every meal on a different deck and wouldn't have even tried them all!

The entrance to the main house

This deck was called the "Sunset Deck."  We were able to watch the sun set July 4th, and it was so pretty!

That's Kyle sitting in the far left chair :)

 

The property also had cattle including longhorns!  Lane took these next 2 pictures with my iphone from the car window.  A budding photographer?

 

I took so many pictures, so I am splitting them into 2 posts.  Next up:  All the fun we had while we were there!