Bumble Bee Ranch

This weekend we went up North to Bumblebee Ranch with Hopekids. We had such a great time last year and we were stoked to go this year! The event was originally scheduled for Saturday, but we got rained out and had to change it to Sunday. The weather was perfect for a day outdoors!

We arrived at the ranch at 9:30 when the event started and the kids had the bouncey all to themselves. Owen was in heaven. The rest of the day he asked to "play bounce!" He didn't really bounce, rather just tackled Kamryn. Kamryn attempted the rock climbing wall again this year.. this is as far as she got. She is just not a climber as she hates heights. She has other talents.. and rocked the paintball gun!! Owen shot his gun once and said "all done!" The kids wouldn't climb in the old rickety jail by themselves. I forced my family, kicking and screaming, to get western pictures. It wasn't so bad as soon as my kids realized there were toy guns. We told Owen to be serious.. the boy can make a mean ol' face! There was a craft table and the kids wanted to make puppets.. Owen lost his eyeballs and stick within minutes.. but they had fun. They had a great cookout with burgers, dogs and all the fixins'. My kids love that they can go up to the bar and ask for a soda.. or pick out their own chips, jerky, or trail mix. While I was chatting with other heart families, Carson and Kamryn tried their hand at archery. We met up in line for the Hummer tours.. which was so much fun!! (Kam has this thing where she can't be serious in a photo .. she likes to pull faces and be goofy. ) We sat in the very back of the Hummer again this year and the kids love getting thrown all around back there. We went through the muddy lake, up rocky inclines and there were times I was sure I'd lose my lunch. Good times! Owen was his silly self all day.. and I have about 40 pictures of him making different faces... like this one. We had a great time and Hopekids really put on a fantastic event again this year! We hope to be back next year. Here is a link to our visit to the ranch last year!