Susan's Side: Jeep Jamboree and Botique Shopping

The FACE OFF...who will win....the Jeep b/c the Hummer is a chicken!

The White Group

Dukes Muse

Wheeling and Shopping.....

Funny how such extremes can make a family mesh. This weekend Duke left with the boys on Thursday at 1:00 to go meet up with the Jeep Jamboree outside Llano, and get all registered. They broke up into 6 color groups because there were 150+ jeepers there, and went to tackle the rocks very near Enchanted Rock. Huge granite rocks.....just waiting for carnage. They wheeled on all day Friday, and Saturday. Duke was very proud of his Jeep, he got to use his winch.....with an "I" not an "E", I was shopping.....and it maneuvered very well and in his opinion was one of the best there. (I have to agree his was pretty good looking.) They helped a group who flipped over, and a few other breaks....on day 1. Day 2 more wheeling and Duke got a boo boo diagnosed by Macy....to his rear bumper a dent...however it is a part that is on a list to be replaced so if your gonna break something, it was the item to break.....100% cosmetic. We opted to stay at a hotel in Llano but there was a huge camp dedicated to the Jamboree complete with catered breakfast lunch and dinner each day. Next year I think we will rent and RV and camp...anyhow, the hotel was "under renovation"....which should just say the pool is broke...because that is what it always is. So the boys were a little bummed that they could not swim but Daddy rescued the day on Saturday and let them play and swim in the Llano river, Dale apparently is adept in catching fish bare-handed and taught others. All in all ....all the boys had a great time and can't wait for next year.

HMMMM...that looks not so safe???

"see you do it like this" The fish catching demo

Macy and I headed out on Friday morning and went to the Fredricksburg trade days and got Duke his birthday gift, some really cute one-of outfits for Macy, she also picked out a purse made from oil cloth, and bought a YUMMY funnel cake and lemonade. They had some really cute things there, will have to return again soon. Then we headed to Main Street and shopped some more buying toys for the boys, some cute fabric for my diaper cloth burp rags I make for friends, some Jewelry for Macy, and a few other small things. Then Macy picked dinner which was guacamole...so we went to Mamacitas and she had a huge bowl of guacamole, she ate grac tacos, guac and chips, guac off the fork and fingers....good stuff. All full of the green stuff we drove to Llano to meet up with the boys and give them their goodies.

Saturday then boys left early and we slept until 9, then foraged for food.....Llano is lacking on the food I must say we ended up shopping first to find out where to eat and were told The Hunger Hunter had pancakes, OK so we finished the 4 stores that were in Llano and came out with 2 cute shirts both for Macy and went to find the Hungry Hunter.....no pancakes apparently shopping took long enough that breakfast was over so we got fries and chicken fried steak .....pretty good but have had better....none the less it was food, clean, and hot. So then we drove all over Llano to see the sights...there were none, played at the local "Park" that was kinda laughable, our play set outback would put it to shame but they did have an old school merry-go-round so we played on that and did some swinging. By now it was around 1:30 and I was hoping Macy would fall asleep and nap in the car. Duke and I decided to check out a day early since they finished up at 6:30 Saturday night, and with nothing to occupy the kids we might as well go home....sooo Macy and I had no "home" to go to so we drove and drove.....potty break and drove....ended up at the campsite around 3:00 and with out a nap and just hung out with a couple locals and fellow Jeepers who did not wheel. Daddy came back and we ate and played, listened to the UT game via radio and then hit the road around 7 pm and hauled it home. Much to my surprise the boys stayed awake all the way home, and we walked in the door and bathed and went to bed.....putting a very full/fun weekend behind us. I have no pictures of my fun obviously because Duke had the camera....next time.