A day in the country...

We celebrated Father's day and my dad's birthday, which was on June 25th, yesterday at my aunt and uncle's house. They live out in the country between Sour Lake and Kountze. Stephanie and her husband Ross came in and we had such a great day....and of course I took tons of pictures!

My uncle Mark let dad take over his grill and he grilled steaks, boudain, deer sausage (my favorite), Zummo sausage, and chicken. It was so good!!

Me and Steph

Maggie loves going out there so we brought her along. Here she is laying by the barbecue pit waiting for dad to throw her a piece of meat.

They have a pond complete with ducks

They have two goats and they are really cute. I was surprised to find out that this is as big as they get.

We wanted to ride their horses, Jubilee and Cheyenne, but it was their feeding time so we helped feed them instead. We hand fed them carrots and treats.

Here I am giving Cheyenne a treat...you can tell I was a little nervous sticking my hand in the horses face. Last time I was out there I was able to ride her. They are both beautiful horses, but I have always thought that paint horses are so pretty.

After supper, we all changed into our swim suits and jumped in the pool. The water was really warm since it has been so hot outside. We all divided into teams and played "keep away" until we could hardly swim after the ball anymore. Then, we played water baseball and a good old fashioned game of "Marco Polo" with the pool lights off. Even my 80 year old Grammy joined in the fun. So great!!!

It has been a long time since I have actually "played" in a pool.... what was so great about it was there wasn't a kid in the pool. My cousins are all in middle school and high school. Sometimes it's good to bring the inner kid out and just have fun. I got home that night and fell into bed completely worn out and feeling just like I did as a kid after a long day of playing at the pool with friends. It was such a great day!