Anna's first horse show event!

Today Anna made it official!  She is now a competitive horse rider!  She competed in her first walk trot event today!  It was an early morning but all that excitement had her racing to go this morning!  

Look at her all fancy!

 Loving on "Silly" before the show. 

 And then it was show time! 

Yup, just a girl on a horse, with a ribbon with her trainer.  

 So much to be proud of!  You should be proud of yourself Anna!  We sure are!

Field Trip to La Purisima

Today Anna's class visited La Purisima Mission and I was lucky enough to be able to go along!  The weather was beautiful.  Cool but not cold.  Sunny but very windy at times.  

 A photo of Anna in the church.

 Some of the living quarters. 

 I "had" to take a photo of the saddle.  It was beautiful!

 The kids got to see how they made bees wax candles.  Very cool! 

It was nice to spend some extra time with Anna today!

Monster Trucks

Tonight we took the kids to see a monster truck show.  It was a nice evening!

The trucks were on display before the show.  This one was very close to where we were sitting.  

 And yes, we all had ear protection!  It was loud!!

It is funny how they look smaller in the photos than they did in person.  It was weird to watch them climb in, basically from under the truck. 

Doing more and more each lesson

This weekend Anna's hard work was showing.  They worked on form in the round pen and then moved on to the arena where she did pole work.  And the last pole went a bit higher each time...

Enjoy this video of her showing off how much she is learning!

Discovery Museum

Today we enjoyed an afternoon with no plans and took the kids to a local discovery museum. They had been before with camp but we had never seen it, so we all went to check it out!

They had this speed boat which the kids enjoyed and I got a giggle out of the boat name!  

A fun silly slide!

It is a whale of a good time!

And they went to space!

And climbed the surface of Mars!

Firefighter Olivier to the rescue!

Then it was time to plow the fields.

Or put on a puppet show.  

It was nice to have some time together!  

Happy 13th Birthday Rufus!

We love this teenager!  

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny came to visit us overnight!  The kids got pajamas, Cubs shirts, chocolate bunnies, and eggs with candy and money.  Matt and I got Cubs shirts too!  Matt got a bag of Snickers (his favorite!) and I got a Lego person dressed like a chicken!  Silly Easter Bunny!

Soon they went hunting for eggs hidden around the house!  Over 90!  

Look at all those eggs!  A wide range of candy and fruity Cheerios!