Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Happy New Years Eve!

From the moo cows...

While feeding the cows on our way to town for lunch and errands, David decided to open the gate into the little foyer area before the hay barn.  It was wildly growing with grass and weeds.  The cows loved the plushness of it as this is where we found them when we returned from town... :)

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Alfie the Christmas Tree...

My mom picked up this lone tree at HEB this morning.  He needed a loving home.
Thanks mom!

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Fritz and Kathy!

Fritz flew down to Houston to visit his daughter and family.  With Tres Cinco only being 2 hrs from Katy, he made a one night stop.  I met him in Bastrop, we had a great lunch at Grace Miller's Restaurant, and headed to the casa.  Fritz picked us up some Bordeaux on the way.  It was a great visit!!

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Sammie came to visit too!




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Christmas place setting...

Having a quick visit from my mom's cousin Fritz gave me the perfect opportunity to have a little holiday dinner...

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Friday, December 6, 2013

Love my Scentsy Christmas Tree!

It looks so good on the mantle. :)  Thanks Robert!  It smells great!

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

"Happy Thanksgiving!"

From Brown Mama and the moo cows too... :)


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"Gobble! Gobble!"

Said the neighbor turkeys as they walk up the road.


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Tres Cinco!

John made us a Tres Cinco Ranch sign!  We love it!  Thank you! 

We took a family jaunt to the gate after dinner to install it.  Thanks Danny for snapping the photo!


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Giblet gravy...

Carolyn teaching David how to make the family recipe... :)


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Happy Thanksgiving!




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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Our first fire!

John and Carolyn arrived today and with our chilly temps, we thought a fire would be nice and cozy!  :)

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Puppy sweater time!

Arctic front!  We had a low of 33 last night and high today of 42.  We even have a chance of snow flurries on Monday! 


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Friday, November 15, 2013

The girls led the way to the food...

Lily made sure I was still following close behind.  :)  They walk in the road so I can't pass them and forget to feed them before I leave! 


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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Flowing Creek...

David came home for lunch and we walked part of the fence line to check and make sure it was all in tact after the storm.  This is our pretty creek!  Most of the time it is dry, but this is what it looks like after our 10-12 inches of rain last night!  There were so many road closures, Lockhart ISD cancelled all classes for today!

Happy Halloween from Tres Cinco!

I actually took this pic a few days ago when the sun was shining!  Last night we had some big storms and the rain was coming down.  It is still cloudy out this morning.  David said that there was water over the road when he went to work, but hopefully it will go down and the cows are safe.

Happy Halloween!!

Friday, October 25, 2013

John got the tractor working again!

Took him 4 days, but now it is up and running like new!  Today he is spreading some dirt around the house. 

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Tractor Parts Scavenger Hunt day...

John and I embarked to town today to search for tractor parts.  John is fixing the hydraulic lift system in the 1969 Ford tractor.

Hanson, Tractor Supply, O'Reilly, Autozone, Parts Plus and back to Hanson.  Almost got everything, but need hydraulic lift intake and outlet filters that we need to get from a Ford Tractor dealer.  Closest ones are in Pflugerville, La Grange and Shiner.

On our way home now for lunch and to make phone calls before we trek more miles.  We may just end up ordering online...

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

John working hard on fixing the tractor...

He cleaned out a portion of the man cave garage so he could pull tractor inside in case of inclement weather...

Monday, October 21, 2013

Buck has booties too!

John and Buck came to visit this week to work on the tractor.  It rained another 0.5" today.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Sent David to KQ for some mayo...

... this is what he comes home with.

You know you live in the country when instead of asking the neighbor for a cup of sugar (or in this case-  mayo), you can ask the local store and get the same results. :)

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Lily and Baby visited today...

Glad they are doing well with the rain we have been having.  Nothing like getting mooed at while sitting in the family room.  I didn't have any watermelon, but just saying hi with a few pats on the head seemed to satisfy.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Branna booties!

We have rain!  90% thunderstorms today.  These little rubber booties are awesome!  A little tricky to put on by yourself, but totally worth it!  No more cleaning muddy puppy paws!  

Branna doesn't seem to mind too much.  She can't stop high stepping! And there are no neighbor dogs close by that can tease her... ;) 

Thanks mom for the great find!

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Lily decided to chill with us!

She is laying right by the lanai outside my window at the kitchen table.  David and I are playing cards after the Bears win!

Our first hummingbird...

On our new feeder.  Thanks Mom!

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Stone swale created for drainage...

The swale leads to the new pipe that was placed under the sidewalk to daylight drainage that was previously trapped.

After John's major push on the job yesterday, both John and David finished this beautiful job today.  I would have helped, but I was at volleyball tryouts...

Friday, August 23, 2013

Installing grate and pipe sleeve under sidewalk...

We were out of town and forgot to put the sleeve in before they placed the concrete...

John came up this weekend to help. :)

Monday, August 5, 2013

Puzzle pic hung!

This puzzle has some serious miles in it as well as a "special" place in our hearts.

Surround sound successfully hooked up!

We now have 3 speaker zones-family room, kitchen and lanai.  And we can use them independently-tv or radio inside, and tv or radio outside.  Pretty cool!