A New Love...

A new love. . . horseback riding.  The girls had their first horse riding lesson Thursday.  They had a blast.  Which we figured they would for several reasons.  1. They open the van windows and scream "Hi, Faith" every time we pass the pasture.  2.  On the way home from ANYWHERE they will ask to drive past the pasture so they can say hi to Faith.  3. They scour the library for any and all books with a horse on the cover.  4.  They play horse at home.



Making friends with Faith with some apples.

Sooo focused



Taking care of Faith after lessons.

The girls had a BLAST. Miya understood quite quickly how to use the reins to turn her. Jayden did okay but could use a little more practice. 
















Hmmm, I have a feeling we may need to contact Miss Mimh for some more lessons and see where this takes us. 



In LOVEEEEEEE!

A HOT 4th of July

We had a very mild 4th of July here trying to stay cool and beat the 100+degree heat.  A group from church came over for supper.  We all tried to stay cool in the shade, not really sure that worked.  Thankfully the kids were pretty resilant and didn't complain too much.  Aside from the heat, it was nice visiting with everybody.  I know in February we will all be wishing we were sitting in the driveway in 100 degree weather complaining about where we have sweat dripping from.  We headed over to Lyle Broekhuis for ANOTHER wonderful firework show.  Instead of sparklers and lanterns (since it's so dry) they handed out lighting sticks to the kids.  The girls loved them.  Melanie is still playing with hers and cried when she couldn't take it to bed tonight.  The highlight of the night. . . we made it in time for a hayride. Every year prior we rush to the line and are informed that was the last ride.  This year we made it. Everyone got on AND the kids spotted a deer in the field.  Perfect.