Hope, positive momentum and riding Barbie!

On Monday, Matt and the kids hike to the P on a local hill.  It was a very windy day which you can see from their hair in the photos!  We talked about Martin Luther King Jr and how so much he worked for is finally making progress.  We have huge strides that still need to make but as we looked to inauguration day on Wednesday when the first female Vice President would be sworn in, we focus on hope.  

If you look closely at this photo (the one below) you can see how windy it is by looking at the boys hair!  

On Wednesday Anna and I watch some of the inauguration ceremony.  I held her close and had tears in my eyes knowing that another glass ceiling is being crushed for our girls.  Seeing someone in the role allows those coming behind them to imagine themselves in those roles, and this goes for the girls and the boys.  There is a lot of hurt in our country and we continue to focus on hope for the future and that the country is moving in the right direction.  

Later in the morning on Wednesday I attended our county vaccine task force meeting and it was less heartbreaking than the last two weeks but also because we weren't able to open the vaccine to more groups because there just isn't the supply.  

On a fun note, Anna rode a horse on Saturday she hadn't ridden before, Barbie.  Each horse has their own quirks and Barbie was no different.  She was rather silly with her tongue.  Check it out and get a giggle!  

Anna enjoyed the ride!  Big weather change this week from last weekend.  This week it was barely over 50 degrees!  

And now we get ready for what they are predicting to be a very wet week (maybe more than 5 inches of rain in three days, crazy for us!) and we will be celebrating a big birthday!  I told Anna she would be 13 today if she had just arrived on her due date!  :-)