Going to the Ranch

The Taylor's invited us to come and play at their ranch.  The vacation was perfect.  The kids all enjoyed casual, non-rushed, kid-directed activity including: sand box, impromtu mud fight, feeding the horses, watching movies, playing legos, and enjoying cousins in the awesome room of bunk beds.

Anna designs the girls their own towel dress

Michael and Joey both loved the mud fight and did NOT want to get cleaned off at the end.  Maybe that had something to do with the sub-zero hose water we were using.

Adelyn and her portion of the sand box, building her own neighborhood in Sand City

The kids in Sand City

We all enjoyed good food and great company.  Mike had some mud wars with Nate on the 4-wheelers and maybe got them stuck a few times.  The grand champion of stuck was Tim, when his 4-wheeler sunk halfway down into the "quicksand."  I enjoyed a run/walk with Mandy and we all through a few horseshoes.  We played a few rounds of cards in the evening and a few clips from you tube.

Mike got more stuck than the 4-wheeler when he was helping get it unstuck

Mike on his way to get cleaned off in the lake