Bluebonnets and the Barnyard

This is part of the famous Bluebonnet Trail in Texas. As you drive along the road, you can see fields and fields of bluebonnets. It was pretty amazing! We were actually lost and everyone was getting a little testy in the car, when we came upon this bluebonnet patch. Matthew set up the tripod, and we took lots of pictures. Matthew was kind enough not to post the pictures of me (Megan) sitting alone in the bluebonnets, looking like a very large, mentally challenged child. Emily has gotten hours of laughs from those pictures! Matthew kept telling me not to sit on any bluebonnets, but it was a bit difficult, since they were everywhere! I was also trying not to sit on any bumblebees. Of course, the actual moment was not as serene as it looks in the picture!!


After our bluebonnet expedition, we went to the Jersey barnyard to see the cows that are in the Blue Bell ice cream commercials. They are also the dairy cows used to make the ice cream, which really is delicious! The cows in the background were getting angry because they had run out of hay. Doesn't Emily look happy here? She loved getting to feed and pet all of the farm animals.


One of the coolest things was when Emily got to feed a calf a bottle of milk. The calf was really lapping it up! I think Emily would love to live on a farm one day. She loves animals and nature, being outside, running in big open fields... I guess most kids do, but she just seems to be in her element in the great outdoors! Plus, on a farm, she could have all the bunnies, cats, dogs, etc. that she wants!