Fun with Macca

We had been planning to make a trip to San Angelo to see all the grandparents the last week in June.  Unfortunately, the kids came down with a stomach bug and we didn’t get to leave on Friday after Blake got off work as planned.  It was probably a blessing in disguise though, because that Saturday evening our A/C went out.  Had we not been here to notice that the emergency drain over the back door had a steady drip of water raining down, we would have come home to a flooded house.  Luckily we were here and Blake was able to shut the system down before water started pouring from the ceiling.  The bad news was that it was 9pm on Saturday evening and was in the middle of a stretch of 10 days of over 100 degree temperatures.  We toughed it out that night with lots of fans, but decided the kids were well enough the next morning to head to Angelo anyway.  The kids and I loaded up early the next morning and made the 3 and half hour drive to Angelo to stay with Macca and Poc (Blake’s parents).  Unfortunately, Blake had to stay here to work and schedule the repair guys.  He spent the week at home, in the sweltering heat while we enjoyed the unusually cool temperatures in Angelo.  Here are a few pictures of the fun times we enjoyed in Angelo that week:

We were hoping to teach Dalton how to swim without the floaties this year, but he is a bit attached to them.  He did practice some without them, but I think before the next trip to Angelo, the floaties may need to magically disappear.  :)

A friend of Macca’s was kind enough to take the kids and I on a real buggy ride.  That’s Trix pulling the Buggy.  She is a 13 year old retired Amish work horse.

Mommy and Addie enjoying the ride.

Dalton just as we were getting ready to take off.

Trix working hard or hardly working compared to her days in the Amish community.

 

Stopping to admire some other horses in the neighborhood.

We also enjoyed seeing lots of family that week, as well as going out to the pasture with Poc to check on the cows and the bulls.  Dalton even got to drive Poc’s new truck.  Thanks for the fun times Macca and Poc!