Dude Ranch

Our friends the Tanners

Yee haw! We went to a dude ranch for spring break with our good friends the Tanners. It was a good time to be had by all. By the time we left I wasn't as fearful of the horses and the last one I rode learned I wasn't such a green horn after all. He was messing with the horse in front of him and the horse finally kicked him. I saw the hand writing on the wall earlier, as the horse in front of us kept looking back and giving my horse dirty looks. So when THE EVENT happened, I was ready for it and held on for dear life when my horse reared back. Ride'em cowboys!

Maddie talked the entire first ride to someone she has just met, oh what a shy one she is my girl, she was talking and wasn't watching, her horse took her too close to a tree and scraped up her arm and knocked her hat and sunglasses off. It didn't faze her a bit. Roy and I were ahead of her. I was too busy trying not to be scared of my horse and couldn't look back for fear I would fall off, but I could hear her. Roy seemed very at home on a horse, either he has riden before or is a natural cowboy. We also danced to country tunes at the pavillon the first night. I haven't danced in a coons age and had a great time.

Hail and tarnation

If you haven't heard, Austin had a hail storm last night. About 7PM it started raining and went down hill from there. We lost two windows in our home and my windshield in my car, not to mention assorted dents in our front door, gutters and both our vehicles.ARG!

Baby's first hair cut.

News flash..... the hot new hair cut for a 7 year old girl is shoulder length hair. One by one the girls in Maddie's class have cut their hair. About a month ago Maddie decided to cut hers. I made an appointment with the hairdresser and here is the result. Isn't she lovely!

The Nutcracker

We took Maddie to see The Nutcracker. She was so excited, she has been asking to go for two years. We went to the Sunday mantinee at 2 PM. We all dressed up in our holiday best. Here is Madison holding her Clara Christmas tree ornament. We asked her afterward if she liked it. Her comment was she wanted to go to the one where they talked in the play! She did enjoy it.

7 year olds know how to party!

Maddie turned 7 years old at 7:20 am on Novembers 14th! We celebrated her birthday several times but her party at Chuck E Cheese's really rocked. We had 25 kides and they were wild!

It was a good time to be had by all!

Halloween

Maddie was a cowgirl for Halloween, yee ha! Our front door was scary, Maddie made a sign that she posted! We didn't have many trick or treaters and Roy ate 1/3 of my candy before the day then we both bought more that day now Roy is eating all the leftover candy! He should have been a pig for Halloween.

Skating

Madison went skating with her girl scout troop yesterday evening. Roy did not want to take her so he skated on his duty. This is her 2nd time to skate and she really likes it. I was anxious she would give up when she fell, but she just picked herself up and kept going. I couldn't resist the "fall" picture. It was poor lighting so the photos aren't the best.