Yellow River Game Ranch 2012

Each year, for Jeff's birthday, we go as a family to the Yellow River Game Ranch and do dinner at Provinos. Jeff chose this as his bday celebration the first year we had Rhyan and we've enjoyed it each year since. This year marks our third. Its been fun to see Rhyan grow in the pics compared to the years past. And last year, Mack was in my belly! Whew, glad he's not living there anymore ;-)

We've had a busy life lately (havent we all). With Jeff in his masters degree and coaching baseball and teaching, he's got very little time for much else. So we ended up celebrating his big 3-2 a week and a half early this year. Yes, that means we had to PAY for his provinos dinner... oh well!

The weather was PERFECT! And Rhyan remembered last years trip (or so it seemed... she kept asking if she'd get to pet bunnies which she did last year) so that made it lots of fun b/c she was VERY excited!

Check out her excitement here!!!

 

Mack, on the other hand, was a little more interested in eating his stroller :-)

Rhyan and the "Burro"

 

Ok, highly inappropriate, BUT... Jeff's only comment was "boy Burro, you know how to make a guy feel small" LOL. Gratefully, he quit showing off after a minute or so!

She was so proud to feed everything, but unlike last year where she had NO fear, she was a bit hesitant and had to be encouraged/helped by her Daddy with a few of the animals.

Second inappropriate pic :-) This donkey was peeing a HUGE puddle. I have a knack for catching these kinds of moments HA!

Last year, Jeff was semi-obsessed with getting a squirrel to eat out of his hand. We're there looking at ALL kinds of animals that we never see and he's obsessed with a common squirrel! The obsession continued this year and we spent lots of time trying to "entice" them....

SUCCESS! They only like peanuts :-) Btw, Rhyan was chasing squirrels everywhere saying "i wanna pet it! it not want a cracker. it like a nut. 'mere squirrel. onna pets you!"

And i guess since the squirrel didnt eat the cracker, she figured she should.

Oh look! Mack found a pocket for his finger!! (i promise the finger went from the mouth to the nose, not the other way around... not that anyone cares)

The deer were a real disappointment this year. Last year, Rhyan loved petting the deer (well, after she quit being scared). This year, we only saw a few and they were all mangy looking like this one!

The kids did GREAT at the ranch! So we headed on over to provinos for some yummy dinner. I wanted to get a family pic like last year, but i snapped this ONE cute one of mack and my batteries died in my camera. I thought jeff was gonna break out in the halleujah chorus. I'm telling you, one day he'll be glad I took so many pictures.

The kids were not, however, very good at dinner. Rhyan still needs to be confined to a high chair, in my opinion just to keep her from moving around and thinking she has freedom. But since Mack is in one, that leaves her with a booster or a normal seat. So she was a booger. And Mack, while happy as could be, was showing off his vocal cords via screaming. Jeff was embarassed. I was trying to hold him to keep him distracted and quiet. It wasnt really enjoyable :-)

Luckily, to go boxes are easy to come by!

But really, this is just life with two. Sometimes things go great, sometimes you think "why do i ever go out of the house with the kids" HA. 

We love you, Daddy! We hope you had a great birthday. Thanks for sharing it with us (part 1 anyways)