Catch up

Here are a couple of my favorite pics from our time in the Pan Handle. The first is 4 generations of TJ's family and the second is J's new best friend, his cousin Wyatt. We had so much fun while we were up there. I LOVE going and spending time with the family up there. We left home on Thursday morning and slowly made our way west. We made it to Liberal by mid afternoon. Jerrett DOES NOT travel well. He is just too active. The toys only hold his attention for a short amount of time and even though we have the dvd player in the tahoe, he won't even watch a full movie. It makes driving long distances really rough. We got about an hour away before he hit total melt down thankfully. Once we got there, we went to Papa's shop. Jerrett loved it there. There were tools and fun things to play with and he got nasty! But that is what little boys are supposed to do. After we played at the shop for a while we went out to the ranch so that J could meet his great grandma. J loved it at first sight. Great Grandma has a big dog named Sheba who is a total sweetheart. She attached herself to J right away. And then there was great grandma and nanna to play with. What a loved and spoiled little boy J is! We ate pizza and hung out for a little longer before heading back into town to stay with TJ's step sister. We almost always stay with them when we go up there because TJ likes to go ride along with Paul when he is on duty. Anyway, Amanda and Paul have the cutie in the pic above. Wyatt is one year and one week younger than Jerrett. Getting the two of them together was awesome! They quickly became the best of friends.

The next morning we got up and drove back out to the ranch. This was a work day, we had to get everything ready to work cows the next morning. And we put J to work! We had to go out and chase some heifers that had gotten out. Jerrett thought that driving through the bumpy fields without his car seat was quite the adventure. Papa even let him drive the feed truck through the fields. I was a little nervous that the cows would scare J, but he did awesome and even wanted to pet them. He is such a little country boy! After we ate lunch, J and papa drove the big tractor out to the North Place. J loved getting to drive the tractor on the road! A dirt road that stretches from one field to another so no traffic! I promise I am not putting my son in any danger. J was totally worn out that night and crashed.

One Sat we woke up early and drove back out to the North Place to work cows. Dirty messy and so much fun! J better get used to it because he will be doing it for many many years to come. He actually was a big help. He helped us sort by sitting on the fence and pointing out the babies from the mommas. He is still a little small to actually be in the corral with us but it wont be long! He wants to be big so bad but I wish that I could keep him small forever! Jerrett was concerned when I started giving the calves their shots. He was concerned that they were sick but we told him that the shots were so that they would not get sick. Then he was ok with it. He didnt mind them being loud or the branding. He read all of the numbers on the ear tags for us so that we could match mommas and babies. Such a big boy! When we finally got done, Papa treated us to hamburgers in town.

We had so much fun getting to work cows with Papa. J still talks about it. Jerrett is definitely our son and fits in with our families. He loves to be outside, loves animals of any size and kind and loves to work hard. I think that he makes his Papa proud.
I can for see many summers with Jerrett out there helping his papa work and then hanging out with Wyatt. We are so blessed to have such an amazing family. I love my father in law so much. He is the nicest guy and took the time to let J help even though I know that it took twice as long with his help. It reminds me so much of my granddad who I miss like crazy to this day. I am so glad that J is going to be able to make those same type memories with his papa and cousin. I am so glad that Jerrett has so much family to love him and accept him for who he is. He asks every day still when we can go back over to Aunt Manda's house so that he can play with her and Wyatt. He brags to people in town that his Uncle Paul is a policeman who helps people. He talks about his Uncle Brad's big truck and big dog and how loud the truck was. He talks about Papa and his cows all the time and how he wants to go back and help feed the orphaned calf. So blessed!