Texas Troops Part II.....

As I've mentioned before I've been kind of touring Texas lately. I started in San Antonio and worked my way to College Station where my parents live. We went to an A&M game which, although their team may be given the 'Effort Award' this year, it really is quite an experience attending one of their football games. It was great to spend some time with my mom and dad. I don't mean to sound somber, but I've really been thinking a lot about how fast time goes in life and I've been eating up the time I've spent here with family. Things just seem to change too quickly. Anyways, enough of the melancholiness (I'm sure it's a word....) After College Station, I've made my way to Houston to spend time with my sister and her two boys. Her husband is working in the Middle East and will be home in two weeks! Hooray!!! Today we went to The Oil Ranch. It's on the outskirts of Houston, and we decided that it's pretty much a genius thing to do if you own a lot of property and have livestock....relatively low-maintenace, tax deductible, and everyone else feeds your animals. Pure genius. It's an absolute haven for kids, where hundreds seem to flock daily. They had petting zoos, train rides, pony rides, cow milking (although I have to admit that the cow did look a little shagrined as the kids lined up one after the other to pull on her udders...), a tractor ride where they drove you out to pasture and you could feed the cows by hand. That, was quite an experience. I've never realized how HUGE cow tounge is. I thought she would swallow my hand whole! All in all, we had a blast, and the kids were worn out at the end of the trip....mission accomplished! Here are a couple of photos of the boys from our adventure...