A day at the farm followed by a night of insomnia

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Bryon had business in Conroe today, so we decided to make a family trip out of it. Yesterday after church, we hopped in our truck and drove to Bryon's Aunt Bernie's farm for her birthday party. Aunt Bernie was more like a grandmother to Bryon than a great aunt. She is quite a character! She is 84 years old. Still runs her 40 plus acre farm. Still feeds/breeds cattle, takes care of her house and her sister who lives next door. Her face shows every bit of her 84 years of outdoor work, but she has the body of someone 20 years younger. I told her how impressed I was at how she kept everything running. "Use it or lose it!" she said very energetically. I think we could all learn a thing or two from Aunt Bernie!

We spent most of the day at her farm eating bbq and cake, feeding the cows, going down to the tank to watch the frogs jumping around, and picking and eating pecans. A boys paradise!

Then we headed for Conroe. We ate at a neat pizza/game place. They have a kids bowling area and Thomas just loves to bowl! Everytime we go, he wants to bowl. He winds up, watches the ball slowly lumber down the alley and when a pin or two falls down, he screams at the top of his lungs, "Yes! Yes!" Definitely worth every penny to see that!

We ended up getting back to Bryon's parent's house pretty late. The boys went right to bed, but ME kept crying. She hates to sleep anywhere other than her crib. This could be why I haven't spent a night away from her in her 14 month life! Anyway, we get her out of the crib but don't get her down until after 11 p.m! I am very strict about bed time so this had me a little stressed out! Well, she wakes up screaming bloody murder at 3:30 in the morning and NEVER WENT BACK TO SLEEP! She didn't even take a nap today until 11 in the morning. Bryon and I were walking zombies today.

Bryon's depositions were supposed to go until 1:30 this afternoon but ended going most of the day. We didn't get back home until after 8. Better to unpack and get ready for our short week!