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Day One--at the ranch. It's parched from lack of rain but still looks pretty green to those of us accustomed to Cali-brown. - IMG 1930
Mom hoses down her horses to combat the 100+ heat. - IMG 1935
Tim gets a bit of an undercarriage rinse. - IMG 1943
Murphy lines up for his hosing. - IMG 1946
Story gets her chin brushed in her favorite spot. - IMG 1953
Dad heads out to feed the cows. - IMG 1961
The cows waste no time. - IMG 1963
Mmmm. - IMG 1966
The sun rises on our second day. The Halls and and visiting Klingners have already been up for an hour. - IMG 1971
Murphy wishes I would just let him in. - IMG 1973
Who is that on the tractor? - IMG 1975
Why, it's Bryan! - IMG 1980
The Dads weld in the barn. - IMG 1989
On Day Three, Bryan heads back to California; Mom and Leslie visit College Station on the eve of Cam's first day at vet school. Here she models her spiffy coat. - IMG 1992
Matt's corn after lunch. I have never seen anything like this. - IMG 1993
They have the coziest couch nest I've even encountered. - IMG 2001
Piper gets some action. - IMG 2004
Mom sews. - IMG 2009
Leslie hasn't bought a dress since the high school prom. Before the bridal shops, she needs to ease into things at a regular store. - IMG 2015
She recovers from the dressing room by looking at pretty plates. - IMG 2020
Aren't these cool? - IMG 2026
The next day, she can no longer avoid the bridal gowns... - IMG 2028
You know, why not? Shame we didn't get a shot with the veil. - IMG 2040
Then it was on to patterns and fabrics--because why buy a dress when you can make one? - IMG 2041
A wall of the seafood restaurant where Mom and Leslie did their third straight day of drinking beer with lunch after a morning of wedding plans--purely medicinal. - IMG 2042
Back in Dallas, one of Murphy's "so zonked out you think he might be dead" moments. - IMG 1937
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