GUS HAS A NEW BFF

ON SATURDAY WE WENT TO THE LANE'S (JUSTIN & SHANNON), TO WATCH THE BOYS ROPE AND EAT. GUS PRACTICED ROPING THE DUMMY ALOT WHILE WE WERE OUTSIDE, AND THEN EVEN MORE ONCE WE GOT INSIDE WITH JUSTIN. YESTERDAY, SAGE AND I WENT TO AMARILLO AND BROUGHT GUS HOME A LITTLE ROPING DUMMY FOR IN THE HOUSE. HE WAS SO EXCITED!! WHEN I STARTED COOKING SUPPER LAST NIGHT, GUS SAID, "MOM CAN WE INVITE JUSTIN OVER FOR SUPPER AND TO PLAY?" WE HAVE HAD A BIG LAUGH ABOUT GUS' NEW PLAYMATE...

ANOTHER NICE DAY

THIS IS SIX BEAUTIFUL WIND-FREE DAYS IN A ROW!! AFTER THE WEDDING SHOWER HOLLY, PRATT AND HALLE CAME OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT. HALLE HAD A GREAT TIME RIDING IN THE WAGON PULLED BY GUS. IMAGINE HER LAUGH TO GO ALONG WITH THE PICTURE AT THE TOP! SAGE, PRATT, AND JAYLEE WERE IN THE SANDBOX. THEY WERE TOO BUSY TO POSE FOR A PICTURE, BUT PRATT DID GIVE ME "THAT LOOK!"

**CLARIFICATION**

EMILY AND SAGE SAY THEY ARE ACTUALLY "TWIN COUSINS." ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY ARE BOTH 4, HAVE THE SAME COLOR HAIR AND EYES. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT MAKES THEM "TWIN COUSINS."

SAGE'S TWIN

LEVI AND JESSIE BERRY CAME OVER THIS MORNING TO WORK CATTLE WITH LANCE. SAGE WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE EMILY HERE. SAGE AND EMILY ARE THE SAME SIZE AND HAVE THE SAME BLOND HAIR AND BLUE EYES, SO OF COURSE THEY LOVE EACH OTHER! THEY HAD A GREAT TIME TOGETHER AND THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL. AS USUAL, SAGE INSISTED EVERYONE CHANGE INTO ONE OF HER DRESSES IMMEDIATELY. THEY PLAYED ALL MORNING AND STARTED MAKING PLANS TO STAY THE NIGHT! HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TO SEE THEM AGAIN SOON.
PS. THEY LET JANE FOLLOW THEM AROUND TOO!

EASTER!!

THE DAY AFTER THE TRAIN RIDE WAS EASTER. WE WENT TO TEXHOMA TO CELEBRATE AT BUD AND ANNETTE'S HOUSE. AGAIN IT WAS RAINING, WHICH NO ONE COMPLAINED ABOUT!!

SAGE AND GUS HAD MORE EGGS THAN THEIR BASKETS WOULD HOLD AND THEY HAD LOTS OF HELP FINDING THEM!

SAGE AND TISH


WILL AND GUS

THOMAS THE TRAIN

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE WENT WITH HOLLY AND THE KIDS TO SEE THOMAS THE TRAIN IN LUBBOCK. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COLD AND RAINY. THE RAIN STOPPED FOR A SECOND SO WE RAN OUTSIDE AND TOOK A PICTURE WITH THOMAS. WE ALSO GOT TO SEE SIR TOPHAM HAT. PRATT WAS SO AMAZED, THAT HE JUST STARED AT HIM.

THE JOHN DEERE SCOOTER

EVERYTIME WE GO IN JOHN DEERE SAGE RIDES THEIR YELLOW SCOOTER AROUND AND AROUND. WE WERE THERE YESTERDAY AND ALREADY HAVE ORDERS TO GO BACK TODAY!! ANYWAY, YESTERDAY THE SALESMAN WAS TELLING LANCE ABOUT THIS GREAT NEW TRACTOR, AND LANCE SAID,"I'LL TAKE IT HOME AND DEMO IT FOR YOU." THEY DECLINED. TODAY WHEN LANCE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE WERE GOING TO GO BACK, SAGE SAID, "AND GET THE SCOOTER?" I TOLD HER NO WE HAD TO LEAVE IT THERE SO SHE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH WHILE SHE WAS THERE. JUST LIKE HER DAD SHE SAID, "BUT I'LL JUST TAKE IT HOME AND PLAY WITH IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THEN SEND IT BACK!"

THE PRESIDENT'S RIDE

WHEN WE WERE DRIVING IN LUBBOCK YESTERDAY, WE SAW A HUMMER LIMO. HOLLY THOUGHT GUS WOULD THINK IT WAS COOL, SO SHE POINTED IT OUT TO HIM. HE SAID, "OH, THAT IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT RIDES IN!"

NOT QUITE....

GUS' NEW JOKE

HE THINKS IT IS SO FUNNY!! HE ASKES YOU TO SPELL "I CUP." GO AHEAD TRY IT!! JOKE PASSED DOWN FROM CONNER

SAGE TURNS FOUR

SAGE HAS CELEBRATED HER 4TH BIRTHDAY FOR A WEEK NOW, AND WE ARE NOT QUITE DONE YET. WE STARTED LAST WEDNESDAY WITH A PARTY WITH HER GYMNASTIC FRIENDS. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING, BUT DID NOT DO MUCH EATING. I SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED THAT! SHE HAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED ALL THE PRESENTS SHE RECEIVED, BUT REALLY ENJOYED BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION WITH ALL OF HER FRIENDS!

ON SATURDAY (HER REAL BDAY) WE WENT TO BORGER BOWLING AND TO EAT AT THE PLAZA. SAGE HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING WITH JAYLEE DURING THE BOWLING. SHE WOULD RUN UP AND PUSH HER BALL WHEN IT WAS HER TURN, BUT I'M NOT SURE SHE EVER WATCHED TO SEE IF SHE HIT ANY PINS! GUS HAD BEEN TELLING HER ALL WEEK THAT SHE NEEDED TO GO TO THE PLAZA FOR HER BIRTHDAY SO SHE COULD WEAR A SOMBRERO. SHE KEPT SAYING, "I DON'T WANT TO WEAR A SOMBRERO GUS!" SHE DID AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED, BUT GOT A LITTLE EMBARRASSED WITH THE WHOLE RESTAURANT WATCHING HER. SHE LOVED THE HEART SHAPE SOPAPILLA THOUGH!

AT SUNDAY SCHOOL, HER TEACHERS ALSO HAD A LITTLE PARTY FOR HER. THEN SUNDAY NIGHT HOLLY, BUSTER, PRATT, AND HALLE CAME OVER TO EAT SUPPER AND CAKE WITH US!

WE STILL HAVE ONE CELEBRATION TO GO, THIS WEEKEND WITH YAYA IN LUBBOCK! SHE IS JUST LIKE HER MOM--BIRTHDAYS SHOULD REALLY BE BIRTHWEEKS!

HAPPY FOOLS DAY

GUS GOT ME....
WHILE I WAS GIVING THEM A BATH EARLIER, HE SAID, "YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ALL OVER YOUR FACE." I SAID REALLY AND STARTED WIPING AT MY MOUTH AND HE SAID, "HAPPY FOOLS DAY!" HE KEPT ON TALKING ABOUT HAPPY FOOLS DAY, AND SAGE STARTED POUTING AND SAID, "IT'S NOT FOOL'S DAY, IT'S MY DAY!" (WE HAD HER GYMNASTIC FRIENDS BDAY PARTY TODAY.)