Saturday night was a total blast!  We joined over 125 other people in celebrating the refuge!  We ate dinner with Joe Cavender (the owner of Cavender’s Boot City) and the event was held at his ranch.  He asked me where I got the girls’ dresses!  I thought that was pretty cool.  He can’t sell these dresses in his stores, but he could tell me the exact make and model of my boots (and I did buy them at Cavender’s)!

This picture just makes me laugh!

 

The girls had a blast at the ranch and learned a lot about horses and how to be cowgirls, lol… (look cute in boots anyway) 

 

There is nothing like a Texas sunset… so vast!  We were in awe watching the sun go down!

 

And then a horse came into the stable from the pasture for a visit with the girls!

 

He was so friendly, and we all got to love on him!

Yes, Rose is brushing her hair with a real horse’s hair brush… ahh good times!

 

 

This is the only picture with me in it tonight… Ra and I were having fun with the girls!

  

Here’s Rose checking out where the horses are auctioned and Anna Kate wanted a picture with the horses’ blankets.

 

Rose got sleepy, and she only wanted her Rara…

Here’s the girls waiting for everything to wrap up!  What a fun weekend celebrating the refuge!  The first link below is an article in the Palestine paper covering the event… Noelle and Poppa made the paper together again (and two blogs)!

http://palestineherald.com/localscene/x1200646557/Neches-River-National-Wildlife-Refuge-celebration-draws-crowd

Neches River National Wildlife Refuge Celebration Draws Big Crowd
FishingWorld.com
by Michael Banks, DDS / Friends of the Neches River Boots were on the ground of the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge as people came from Dallas, …

Neches River National Wildlife Refuge celebration most successful
Liberty Vindicator
Dr. Michael Banks, co-chair of Friends of the Neches River, and his granddaughter Noelle Pond Boots were on the ground of the Neches River National Wildlife …