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leap perfection

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god bless the usa!

hang in there

the ranch

our friend bought a ranch!
and it even has a spot for guzzy to park
we got the opportunity to head out there and check it out over the weekend

her mom's horses are living there now
and it's so fun when they run free in the yard

the dogs even got into it and chased them

duke thought he was a big dog as well
but i was too busy trying to save him from getting kicked to get his pic
it also happened to be a full moon that weekend
so i played around some more with long exposure shots

kansas baseball in texas

last fall when all the new apple stuff was getting ready to be announced

sean made the comment that when phones had better pixels than my camera

then he would get me a new camera

well guess what...

i got a new camera for christmas!

and i've had a lot of fun playing around with it

and learning all the features

my first real playing around 

was when my nephew came to town

to play baseball with his college team

since he plays for the hesston larks

which is in kansas

you can probably guess i don't get to see him play very often

so it was extra special that his team came to texas for a tournament

it was also great to him my sister and brother in law come and stay for a few days!

tailgating in style

every so many years
the pats play the cowboys
and this year it just so happened to be in dallas

right after we got the tickets
they announced brady had a 5 game suspension
which disappointed sean - to put it lightly

boy was sean happy when they reversed that
but then i was disappointed because romo go injured and didn't play
we invited all our new england friends to come join the fun
and some took us up on the offer
along with some local friends

so we gassed up guzzy
and headed for some tailgating fun

and football watching

semi-annual guzzy trip #1

after many discussions

we decided we'd give driving a try

when we switch between texas and maine

so meet guzzy

our first "move" started with a stop in kansas to see my nephews graduate high school

then we headed to the kansas city area to see our friend's new baby

with the graduation and sean's birthday so close together

we had to make good time

but we still made time to see the worlds largest wind chime

and golf tee

although we had some really long days

we also got to relax in the evenings

we also got to see beautiful places like this stop in vermont
which i wish we could have seen for longer!

we were greeted to camp with surprises from friends

and immediately headed out to enjoy a birthday treat for sean

and in case you're wondering
duke is not much of a fan of guzzy
she makes too much noise for him!

spring flowers

we headed out to trail ride again
you may remember we go 1-2 times a year
down to our friend's family's ranch

if the conditions are just right
the wildflowers are amazing

this time was one of those years!

texas visitors

we don't get many visitors in texas
i guess it's not as picturesque or something
but this year my brother and his family came for a visit on their spring break
we did all sorts of things - like taking guzzy for an overnight trip

a stop at the fort worth stockyards

to see the rodeo

then it was off to dinosaur world

which happens to be pet friendly - which we love

then it was back home to help uncle sean feed the birds

and the dallas aquarium

and finally, we rounded out the fun with some easter egg coloring

it was a blast and we can't wait for them to come back!