Mo Ranch

This weekend we had another family adventure! We had our 2nd annual trip to the beautiful Mo Ranch. The Lewisville Janik's came to Austin on Thursday night. Friday morning we got up, got the cars loaded up with our gear and the kids and got on the road. All of the kids were SO excited. One of them even asked if we get to do this together every year for the rest of our lives.

The Mo Ranch is located outside of Hunt, Texas on the beautiful Guadalupe River. The whole drive I was reminded of how much I LOVE TEXAS. The girl car got to stop in Fredericksburg and eat fresh picked peaches and blackberries from Vogels and run around the Wal-Mart trying on cute (but unnecessary) flip flops. We laughed and listened to music and talked about all of the things that girlfriends talk about. It is so nice to have a grown-up woman relationship that our daughters can see and understand (but that is a whole 'nother post).

Once we got to the ranch we took some time to get settled into our cabins. As is customary, there was a girl cabin and a boy cabin. This year, the girl cabin was affectionately referred to as "SHANIQUA" and the boys were staying in "ANTWON".

Mo Ranch Girls with Shaniqua


Mo Ranch Boys with Antwon.

We were so lucky to be joined by the Johnson Family, the Round Rock Janik's, the Cunningham ladies and Sam's good buddy Alex. What a wonderful group of people to spend the very best weekend with! We spent Friday evening, all day Saturday and most of the day Sunday in the beautiful Guadalupe River. We body surfed the rapids, canoed, rode the giant slide, swung off the rope swing (thousands of times) and laid on the floating dock. By Sunday afternoon, we were all wishing that we could just float on the Guadalupe river for the rest of our lives.

Fortunately for us, Amy and Liz are both incredible photographers, so JC should be able to post lots of awesome pics. on our website for you guys!!! :)

This was one of the last pictures that Amy took. Liz told all of the kids to run directly at Amy and "wa-la!" it turned into this great pic. where you can clearly see all of the kids and their excitement over the weekend! And notice that they are all wearing their Mo Ranch t-shirts that they made Saturday morning during 'craft time with Val and Kathy'. We are already looking forward to next year and hoping we can talk everyone into adding one more day.