Our Busy Little World
Apr. 10, 2008 - Pictures Galore
Here's your warning: this post will probably have a ton of pictures, because I took about a million over the past week! Next time I'll actually write a post using words . . . for now it will just be captions! Warning number two: many of these pictures are probably similar to one another, but I can't help it: I'm a sucker for each little unique facial expression my girls make!
We took the girls to a horse show to celebrate Hannah's birthday . . .
Naomi has so *perfected* the art of the cheesy smile, that I get really excited to have a picture like this: her lovely real smile!
The "fence horse"
This is Gandalf, one of the horses I take lessons on - isn't he a handsome fella? Note the very suspicious look upon Naomi's face upon being this close to an animal!
A few steps away and she's all smiles!
Ok, this isn't my kids obviously, but I thought it was the goofiest horse smile!
Hannah, proudly riding Gandalf - no fear for that girl - she LOVED it!
Note the entrance of dark clouds - the wind kicked up and the temperature plummeted! Thank the Lord for Walmart, clearance sweatshirts and bobby-sock mittens! They saved the day!
Here's Isabelle riding Dreamer, my instructor's horse. She was so sweet to share her horses with the girls! Belle was a bit more cautious, but loved it just the same!
Naomi and Juli say "no thanks for riding horses!" Actually, Juli wanted to ride (mostly, in my opinion, because she wanted to wear "that pink hat", but it took her about three seconds of sitting up there to politely request to come down. She then firmly stated "Jooey no more ride horsey".
Missed Isabelle's head, but go the smile!
Have I mentioned how much I love this man? Yes . . . the one sticking his tongue out at me! And that cute little baby, too . . .
We took care of some excess energy with some races in an empty field. I don't think that smile left Hannah's face all weekend - she loved her birthday celebration!
The progress of a good roll in the grass:
Later came the inevitable presents . . .
One thing I love about our "multi-generational" church (we don't have Sunday School for the kids- we just all worship together as families) is that when I asked Hannah who she'd like to have over for her birthday dinner, she wanted some friends her age:
And some friends our age just as much. In fact, here's the lovely lady that Hannah wanted to sit by for dinner:
It was good fun! We all laughed a ton - I'll have to find some pictures of the kiddos. They disappeared, and as Hannah said: "we were busy watching pink panther cartoons!"
And here are some odds and ends:
sleepy (or perhaps grumpy) Naomi . . .
I'm so happy to see Naomi enjoying books more lately. And I enjoyed twisting her hair again -it's been awhile!
Whew - that was a lot of pictures, wasn't it? Well, you can't say I didn't warn you!
Comments
Apr. 11, 2008 - Cute
Posted by homeskoolmom
Great pics... and no there weren't too many.
I love Naomi's hair. Now I have to ask, how you do it. I do twists all over Tabby's hair that flop, but not laying down like Naomi's. Please share :)
Apr. 11, 2008 - hi
Posted by byourlove1
You sure did get some great pics, your girls always look so cute! I know you have to be a proud mamma!
Angela
Apr. 11, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by homeforgood
I enjoyed every one of those pictures! Looks like a very fun day with the horses and party.
Janet
Apr. 11, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 4sweetums
I love all the pics. My older dd took lessons for awhile when she was 4 and my oldest son took lessons for 6 years. I would really like to get the littles back into lessons. Riding horses is so much fun.
Blessings,
Dawn
Apr. 11, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by mamato8
So sweet ! I loved the pic of your hubby keeping the baby warm in his coat! so precious! Come by my blog sometime!
Apr. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Your girls are so cute and they do have such sweet expressions... what hams! Looks like a great day with the horses.. Reese would love that! You and Matt make wonderful parents.
Apr. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
by the way that comment was by me... Kelli Mathison:)
