Jack's basketball coach had an end of the year party at her home on March 23rd! We had heard that the house was amazing and that it was such a great time from the kids on the team last year - so we were so excited to go! Her husband owns his own Masonry business, so their home is AMAZING!!! All brick and slate and stone - the driveway, the house, everything about it! They have animals and land and a river and I could post for hours on what a great time we had and the stories she told us, but I'll try to keep it short(er)!
She did tell us to have the kids wear clothes they could get muddy in and to bring an extra change of clothes, as well as extra shoes. Parents could either drop them off or stay and siblings were welcome! We stayed and had a blast!
A side view of the house - amazing brick porch and brick columns!
Coach Bev took the boys (and any sibling that could fit) on her 4 wheeler to go see the Black Angus cows they have! Dan and I and some other parents followed her daughter through the woods and along some fencing to get to the cows.
When we came to this electric fence, the 7 year old daughter ducked through it between the second to last and third to last lines. We asked what we were supposed to do and she said to just go through it - so a parent grabbed the top line, not thinking it was electrified. It was. And she got a huge shock - but was so good about not being to rattled by it! She was a trooper! The daughter came back for us and explained that two of the lines weren't electrified, so we could just go through them - and we did!
Coach Bev explained to the kids and parents that they have 70 Black Angus here that they breed and sell and that they have them bred within 2 weeks of each other, so that in the spring they calve almost all at the same time! She said that they normally lose about 4 calves - 3 to not surviving the birth and 1 to mountain lions in the area! (Dan and I didn't even know there were mountain lions in the area!)
Then we walked up a bit to the Angus - but couldn't get much closer since some were new mommies and really protective!
Me and my Tweeter
Then all the kids piled on again to go down to the creek!
The girls rode up front and the boys in the back!
This fun creek we got to walk along for a while! Coach Bev explained that she uses a chuck wagon triangle to call her kids to come back inside on most days - they are allowed to roam anywhere on her property, but they have to be within hearing distance of the bell - and have to be back in 10 minutes when they hear the bell, or the time gets shortened the next time!
Kylie had fun walking on downed trees and Jack loved throwing things in the creek!
This crazy tree on the far side of the bank was growing out of a rock that jutted in the creek!
Me and my Moopert
Coach Bev's house and yard is insane! Her husband explained that he has built it all himself - over the last 15 years. He normally has 1 project each summer that he works on to complete!
A koi pond with a water wheel and waterfall
A pergola with a hot tub in it - and iron gate that locks to keep kids out when they aren't using it!
Beautiful flowers that they've planted all around - Coach Bev's husband explained that he planted everything so that at all times throughout the growing season, something would be in bloom always!
They had an amazing portico that he's just finishing - with a huge stone fireplace and HDMI plugs for a tv, a fridge, a stone sink he's putting in and these cool ceiling fans!
The pool that separates their house from her parent's home!
Dan on an amazing brick bridge that runs over the little river in their backyard from the Koi pond
In ground gas fire pit!
Megan on a rock in their back yard pond
They have fun animals, too! They have ducks and geese and bunnies in these three yards here - and two houses!
They have a goat who lives with 2 pigs!
Dan loved the goat - Kylie loved the pigs!
The pigs were 475lbs each!
Kylie in the chicken coop!
Trying to catch a duck!
And driving home after an amazing day!
We had a wonderful time and loved getting to see everything and know them a bit more!
