Kickin' Up Some Dust

We spent a hot evening out at Uncle Tim's catching grasshoppers and doing a little fishing.  Judson and Uncle Tim chased the cows on the four wheeler and had a great time just being rowdy boys.  Addison and I sat in our lawn chair and watched from afar.  Dad fished with Judson and played fetch with Hallie.

We also were able to enjoy a nice visit with The Satterwhite Clan, lately.  We ate dinner at 5D and spent the night at the farm.  The next day, the girls headed to Jefferson (and sweet little Cason), and the boys stayed around the cabin and did some fishing.

(Mom brought Judson some fun souveneirs from The General Store in Jefferson ;))

John Wayne

Judson's cousin Porter had a cowboy birthday party tonight and Judson had a BALL.  He went all decked out and ready to rodeo.

All the cowboys did a little digging in the sand. 

Lord have mercy, Baby's got her blue jeans on!  Addison went all decked out in her Wranglers.  The elastic was a little tight around her sweet little chubby legs.  That girl is already wearing tight jeans. :)

Porter had pony rides for all his cowboy friends.  Judson did not blink an eye. He jumped on that horse and held on and went riding off into the sunset.

All the men spent some time in the wild west.

We had such a good time.  Judson kept saying, "I want to go to Porter's party again." over and over and over the whole way home.

Our First Family Vacation... and we all survived! :)

Well... we've gone to Shreveport, but this was our first family vacation where we flew with both kids alone without help.  We all survived, but more than that- we had such a good time!
Our first day was a pool day. Judson LOVES the water and we learned that so does his little sister. 

Our second day, Dad went on a fishing trip. We didn't get any pictures from this excursion because he came back empty handed, but he was glad he went.
Our third day, we all took a taxi to a different beach. It was very pretty and we had a great time. This was the day that Judson snorted ocean water and was snotty the rest of the trip. :)

The next day, we all had enough sun the day before, so we called the same taxi driver to take us on a tour of the island. This was by far, my favorite part of the trip. St. Kitts is a beautiful island and we saw so many neat things and learned so much from our driver.

 We ate a local lunch at this little hole in the wall. And we are all still alive. :)

 We stopped and bought a big ol bag of fresh mangos and a bunch of ginnips for a dollar from a man on the side of the road. Jeremy and the taxi driver enjoyed those.  I ate a ginnip. It taste like a plum, but has the most interesting texture. 

That night, the same cab driver (Anthony) came and got us and took us to eat at a local restaurant on the beach.  The next day was a pool day. That night, Addie girl came down with her first cold. :(
We all had so much fun in St.Kitts and when we took our last trip down in the elevator, we all felt a tinge of sadness to be leaving.