Altus Update.....

SO, this is LONG overdue (and a very long update).

On our way to Altus we stopped in Austin to visit Dan's Aunt and Uncle, they are always so much fun to stay with! We went to the Austin fair and callen got to go to her first petting zoo, so much fun!

Here in Altus they had some kind of little Carnival that we stopped by. It was fun to walk through and see all the fun rides, Callen even ventured onto her first amusement park ride!

The Carousel


Of course the airplane was the actual first ride she went on, she was sith daddy and the guy let her go in for free while mommy was going to buy tickets, so I missed her first ride :( I made her go again so I could see and take pictures... daddy's just don't understand..

Easter!!!

Easter Egg Hunt with her playgroup friends, she had so much fun!

Playing with Cosmo, he is a really good sport sometimes!

Feeding the Ducks/geese

Feeding the ducks has become one of our favorite things to do, depending on the day and how hungry they are the geese come right up to you and eat out of your hand, they even tried to take Callen's binky the first day. As soon as we pull up to the lake Callen starts saying "quack, quack!"

National Wildlife Refuge


By Lawton there is a wildlife refuge, you drive through and get to see all the animals and there is a little visitors center as well. The prairie dogs were the most fun to see.

Mangum Rattlesnake Roundup

In a nearby town every year they have something called a rattlesnake roundup. It was really interesting! Once rattlesnake season starts people from all over start collecting the snakes and bring them to the roundup. They have a trailer with snakes outside to look at, and they had a little arena inside with hundreds of snakes you could look at. There was a man there telling all about rattlesnakes. I learned more than I ever need to, but it was quite interesting!

Callen was actually fascinated with the snakes!

She kept trying to climb over the railing into the arena with the snakes...yikes!!

a few too many snakes in one place!


Interesting Fact: The snakes only rattle when they feel threatened. The snake handler asked us all to be super quiet and hold really still. As we did, one by one every snake in the arena stopped rattling..it was pretty neat! As soon as we started talking and moving again they started rattling again. They were actually scared of us.

The Butcher Shop

They had a butcher shop there where this very animated man butchered the snake while we watched. When they cut the head off of the snake they first hold a baseball cap out to the snake and it bites onto it. Once the head is cut off the muscles contract and it continues to bite down on the hat. This is kinda graphic as well but he put the heart down on the counter and it continued to beat the whole time we were there (about 10 min.)

Fried RATTLESNAKE!!!!

And

Yes

We

Did

Eat

It....

Even Callen had a bite

It really does taste like chicken, but there are too many bones and not enough meat to be worth it.

Visit From Grandma and Grandpa!!

My parents came down to visit and of course what would a visit from Grandma and Grandpa be without presents!! They brought toys and.... BOOKS!! Callen absolutely loves books, she would let me read to her all day!

She was a little scared of this one for a while.

Callen and Grandma Price

Quarts Mountain National Park

We went up to the park and had a cookout, what a pretty place!

These pics are just from some little ghetto park we found here in Altus, still fun though!!