Texoma Trip #2

The buddies and I are home after a week with my folks at their lakefront home. It was awesome and fun and we'll go back for more soon since it is the perfect place for wild boys. Here's a run down of what we did while there:

Pretended to be pirates...because it's their new thing and Grandma ordered cool pirate hats.


Had fun in the "pirate ship" (aka the tree house). One afternoon, while I was hanging out in the tree house with Ace, he ran to the garage refrigerator to grab himself a Gatorade and hoist it up in the bucket on a pulley. Half way back, he yelled, "Hey Mom! Would you like a beer?" I didn't really but since he offered, and that was kind of cool, I took him up on it. He brought it from the garage and hoisted it up in the bucket for me.


Went on lots and lots of boat rides. Grandpa let them drive. Ace was pretty good at it!

Ben prefers to drive the golf cart (and does it really well!) but he also drove the boat a few times.

Fed horses at Mr. Cleo and Ms. Loretta's house.

Swam and shot water guns...

Mostly at Grandpa. Because he splashes back and makes a big production of it.


Tried to ski...unsuccessfully. We figured out that it is going to take 4 adults (5 if we want pictures and video) to teach 4 year olds how to water ski.

Monkeyed around at a few parks and a really cool pool.

Picked berries at Grandma's blackberry farm.

Ben picked a lot but had an empty bucket at the end of the outing. The owner (a super-nice guy), looked at his tongue while we were checking out and let Ben know he was onto him.

Fed the catfish at the berry farm pond. Grandma taught them to yell, "Here kitty, kitty, kitty" as they tossed the food in.

Went on a hay ride at the berry farm.

Played lots and lots of frisbee. Until Ben missed one headed right for his face and caught a bloody nose.

Jumped off Grandpa's boat dock. Lots and lots of times for Ace. Ben said it was too scary but scared us to death by running around like a wild boy inside the boat dock.

Visited the Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville with the Super Grandparents. It is a nice little zoo.

The best part was the public giraffe feedings at 10:30am.

Pushed a tired Grandpa in a hammock. It probably wasn't really that relaxing.

Went on a train ride at the McKinney Flea Market.

It was a full week! It is taking the buddies days to catch their daddy up to speed on all their adventures and even longer for me to fully recover.