The middle of April...how time just keeps on moving!   I am close to putting up the snow gear, but will hold off for another 2-3 weeks, cause you just never know!

Through a friend of mine, I was able to hook JR up with a landowner for hiking and hunting.  They have over 10K acres.  One of the things she is interested in, is JR finding the rattlesnakes.  I guess she has a neighbor who paid over 3,000 dollars for someone to come in and capture/kill over 400 rattlers.  (It is incredibly fascinating to hear how one catches that many snakes...pretty ingenious actually.)  Although JR is going for hunting privileges in exchange for some dead skins.  The snakes create lots of problems for their horses and the riders.  It created a lively conversation on snake bites, cost of antivenim, etc.  Fortunately, there is cell service out there if anything were to happen.  It also made us wonder about the rattlesnake roundup that is held every year in Texas and where in the world do all those snakes come from!

When I went with my horse friend out to this 10K acre ranch, we came across this.  I was so intrigued, I had to take a picture.  (You can tell it is in the middle of nowhere.)

I had to buy 3 cookies!  That is country hospitality and trust right there!

Jacob is now signed up for football!  There is a family at church who donates week long camp scholarships to students that complete a list of tasks.  Both Benjamin and Jacob have completed their items, so we are filling out the paperwork for them to go to christian camp for a week.  Benjamin is also planning on going to 4H camp this summer.  All the boys are looking forward to summer and all the roaming and playing that entails.

Here are some (grainy because it is dark) photos from a recent trampoline park outing.  The boys had a ball.

Easter is this weekend.  Pretty quiet weekend lined up!  Yay!!!