beautiful

the carnival was only topped by the beauty of the drive home. the light was just breath-taking.

amazement

this was the expression of the night. sort of dumbfounded at all of this 'glory' all around him.

best

the biggest hit of the night was the 'rockin' tug' - all of the other rides were ridden once. this one - three times.

skeptical

the carousel did not bring as many smiles - for either rider.

thunderbolt

since all of the rides don't allow pregnant participants, andy was a trooper and squished himself in all of these tiny rides with rowe. i think they both had fun.

slide

one of the little towns in our valley has this huge rodeo every year. part of the rodeo is a little carnival that springs up in the middle of nowhere. here are andy and rowe enjoying the 'fun slide.'

belt

rowe is into doing whatever andy is doing at the moment. his latest thing is wearing andy's belt.

this picture is proof that rowe is an alabama born baby - camo, belt buckle, no shirt :-)

bike

andy has been working on ole rowe trying to get him to peddle his little bike. rowe is totally content just scooting his legs back and forth. as you can see, andy's making some progress though :-)

gross

i have always been grossed out by chicken legs - obviously that gene was not passed on to rowe. i think my dad's love of chicken legs - love to the point of licking that chicken bone clean - is pretty apparent in our little one.

poppy

on thursday nights, i work up at steakride serving wine (yes, i do get some strange looks as an 8 month pregnant bartender:-) so, every thursday rowe gets to have his favorite babysitter, poppy (andy). favorite because andy lets rowe hang his little head out of the car window all the way home. favorite because they have the same heart.

mentor

this is rowe's mentor, luke :-)

hugs

little ones huggin'

curls

curls and overalls, can't get any better

more

momma and rowe smoochin'

bird

birdie and laci smoochin'

neigh

rowe has a new found love for all of the horses on the ranch. this includes the horse hitching post, where he is attempting to feed this 'neigh' as well.

satellite

yeah...we have our internet back! with all of the guests in, plus all of our summer staff, the satellite for our wireless connection crashed about two weeks ago. but thankfully we are now up running. so these pics are all from the 4th. sorry for the delay.

oldie

since i am camera-less today, no new pics, but here's an oldie.

swingin'

rowe had a busy fourth - lots of swingin', lots of flyin'(pics below), and lots of kissin'(again, pics below:-)

kissin'

i'm not sure rowe was ready for this one.

flyin'

a little flyin' with wray on the 4th

cosmos

here's a late-birthday-flower shot for momma lee. i know you love daisies, but cosmos look like your heart, too:-)