Busy Baby

It really doesn't seem like it has been that long since I posted. But here's the short low-down on what Tess has been up to.

Mother's day Tess and I took Grandma Curtis on our sporatically annual trip to Meadowacres Greenhouse, followed by lunch at the Paisley Shawl in Glenrock. We had a nice time and Tess didn't even pull too many flowers at the greenhouse, she did love the water fountain and the resident puppy. That weekend Eric helped out at a team penning clinic up the road from El Rancho. He has done that several times now and always enjoys the practice. Herb and Dennis branded that weekend and I took some cookies and Eric was sorry to miss out.

But, we branded the next weekend and it went well. Tess, Grandma Curtis and I made 32 pounds of bbq beef, I also made scalloped corn, baked beans (although not as good as my grammy's) and apple crisp and cookies. Tess's buddy Cole came from Laramie and we enjoyed getting to see Cole and Tori and Dan, and Cole even wrestled a calf or two. But Tess was REALLY the most impressed with his Thomas the train roundhouse.

Last Monday, Eric got his foot stepped on by one of the horses. He broke his big toe and had 6 or 7 stitches, they are still watching another part of his foot to make sure it is not broken, but we think it is ok. He really only hobbled around on crutches for one day and it didn't take long for him to fire me as his chauffeur. This weekend he was busy digging post holes and back to normal, except he is still wearing sandals.

Tess got to go to the zoo this weekend too. The past couple of weeks she has loved to talk about elephants - "phants," so we went to the zoo and saw the phants and got to see them do phant tricks. Tess also loved the Nordstrom shoe department, because she loves shoes. She ate cuban food and rode in a bicycle taxi - fun time in the city! She didn't so much like the hotel room though.

We finished planting our garden and this morning Tess and I helped decorate veteran and American Legion graves with flags and poppies for the holiday.