Ode to the Fourth
If I could use one word to describe our time here this past year it would be...BUSY. There is so much to see and do that we dare not say "no" to any of the opportunities. Of course, I like to get the kids out of the house as much as possible. This past weekend which started on Thursday for me, has been quite the same. I got up early and took the kids to Lisa's house for an afternoon to go horseback riding. The kids did great. Ethan was a little concerned about being stung by nettles, touching the electric fence, horses biting him, dogs biting him, going the wrong way on the trail, ever getting to eat again, and getting lost from me, but he eventually relaxed and even went with Lisa through the trail on Miss Daisy. Lisa will make a cowboy out of him soon enough. Valerie loved it and did great with remembering all she had learned from her riding lessons in Arkansas. We will be going back soon, I hope. Friday we went with my sister, the girls and I, to the street scramble at...