Travels...

Over the past week, we drove well over 1,000 miles. We left Wednesday afternoon for Alabama to remember Kyle's Uncle Joe at a memorial on their ranch. A private memorial was held Thursday afternoon. It was very informal, but beautiful just the same. We were sad our first trip to Alabama was for a funeral, but we are very glad we were able to go...we will miss Joe very much. He impacted so many lives and was such an asset to the beef cattle industry.

Taryne traveled well the first day and not so well the second. She had a short night and add a cough in with it and it made for a long rest of the trip to Alabama. And to make things worse for the day...she did not nap more than an hour or so the entire day...from 5:30 AM to around 8:00 PM...So of course, she was a bit fussy on Thursday. We needed to leave Friday because my cousin Nicole was getting married the next day in Austin. Unfortunately we were unable to attend the public memorial on Friday...Taryne was better on the way home, but she had her moments. I guess I would too if I was strapped in a car seat that long...

Here are some pics of Cow Creek Ranch in Alabama...it is absolutely beautiful in Aliceville, AL.

We got home around 11:30 PM Friday night...so we decided that Kyle and Taryne would stay home the next day and I, along with Charlotte & Zach, would attend Nicole's wedding in Austin. So...early the next morning, we headed out to Austin...the wedding was at 10 AM. It was a beautiful wedding! There were so many unique touches to the wedding and the reception. In the center of the tables at the reception were cake plates with donuts from Nicole & Bryan's favorite donut place in Austin. The cakes were beautiful...well...the bride's cake was beautiful...the groom's cake was a longhorn...hisssssssssss......Both cakes were very, very yummy...even though one was a longhorn. By the way...in case you were wondering...Nicole & Bryan both attended t.u. therefore...there were longhorn cookies at the reception and the groom's cake was a longhorn.

Here are few pics from the wedding and reception...

Nicole before the wedding...such a beautiful bride!

The candy table...

The tablescapes...along with the yummy donuts!

The Bride & Groom's cakes

Grandma Milady, Nicole, Grandpa Clarence, Bryan -- my mom surprised everyone by bringing my grandparents to Austin...it is getting harder for them to travel and drive that far by themselves...Nicole was so happy to see them at the reception!

Bryan & Nicole -- Last Dance

Nicole & Bryan -- Leaving the reception

The last several days have been a whirlwind, but we were fortunate to see so many members of our family.

Those of you that are involved in agriculture and/or the beef cattle industry and would like to help youth that are interested in the beef cattle industry, please consider contributing to the Joe Reznicek Memorial Scholarship fund. More information is available at http://www.cowcreekbulls.com/.

Until next...Gig'em!