Thanksgiving weekend at the Ranch

 Most years after we eat a wonderful Thanksgiving Day meal with my family we head to the ranch on Friday. Well this year was no different except we had a ton of people at the ranch this year, and Tess loved the attention for the most part. I tried to take pictures but it took her a while to warm up to most people and we are out in the country so I would usually put my phone down and forget about it. That’s an awesome sentence, wish it could happen more often.

When we got there most everyone was out at the land putting a blind up but when they got back Tess latched on to Maggie right away and would refer to her as brown dog for the rest of the weekend. She thought that Maggie was the coolest thing because she was a big dog and Tess only gets to play with little dogs. Maggie was pretty patient with Tess and would let her pet her, lay down with her and play with her but after a certain time of night it was Maggie’s bed time and she would disappear. It was pretty cute to see her try and play with a dog that was bigger than she was.

Rays boys shot a couple of deer that night and Tess was actually pretty interested in the deer, it surprised me a little. We went out to the truck and looked at them and she even congratulated the boys. It was pretty cute.

The next day we went over to the land to walk around and look at the old dinosaur tracks. The boys walked around with us because they didn’t want to be around the older guys putting up another blind. Zach had been trying all evening and morning to get Tess to pay attention to him and she would not give him the time of day. It was pretty funny. She eventually sat next to him but that was it.

While we were on our walk, Martin pulled her in the wagon and then she latched on. She walked next to him and held his hand. He helped her over puddles, trees, and big holes. She trusted him like he was her big brother. You should have seen Zach’s face it was pretty funny since he had been wanting her to play with him and she wouldn’t. Little ones will pick and choose who they like, and one day they like you and they next it’s like you have never met.

We walked back up to where the bunk house is and Tess started picking up sticks and rocks and was making a little house. Being at the ranch solidified how much this child likes being outside. Anytime someone else was outside she wanted to be out there with them, she did not want to be left inside when there was fun to be had outside.

I don’t know what she is going to do if there is ever another little person around because she wouldn’t be the center of attention. She convinced her PawPaw to play horsey with her, it got a little rough but nothing this little cowgirl can’t handle. 

I love that we get together every year at the ranch and have this whirlwind weekend of family time. You walk away from it with a bunch of stories to tell, time well spent and full stomachs. Just wish we could do it more often.