Tuesday, July 20, 2010

We're Home!

We went on trip last week to visit Patrick's parents down in Southern California. We had a blast! Patrick was unable to go since he had to work, so I just took the three older girls while my mom helped watch the younger two when Patrick was at work. It was so bizarre to have only three kids! And now that they're 13, 11, and 9 they are able to take care of themselves, well, with a little reminding that is!

We helped Grammie with some projects, visited a yummy bakery which has a show on TLC called The Bakery Bunch, went to a thrift store and bought some dresses, went to see the new movie Sorcerers Apprentice, spent an afternoon at the beach, and visited Patrick's grandmother Mammy. Of course we also sat around watching a lot of T.V. and eating way too much junk food! On the whole we had a wonderful time!

There was a sad, sad, tragedy here at home while we were gone though. One day when Patrick went to work one of the baby goats, Flora, got out and the dogs got to her. They must have played with her to death because there was no open wounds or blood. They probably shook her like they do when they catch a chicken. I don't blame the dogs, they were following their instincts, unfortunately.

That said, here are some pics of our trip:
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

2 comments:

Rose Starr said...

Oh, sorry for your loss...poor goat.

Glad you had such a fun trip! I remember visiting you and Pat at his folk's house so long ago :) Love your beach pics! Bet you're glad to be back home and have the fam together again :)
~Rose

Andi said...

Yes, we love visiting Grammie and Grumpy, but each half of the family missed each other so much that we surprised Patrick and the little girls by coming home a day earlier than planned. That was great fun!