CrAzY Working Mom: horseback riding

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Camera Critters

This was the scene last week when we went with the kiddos horseback riding. The girls and Tyler all had smiles just like this almost the entire ride! We had great fun and the weather was pretty nice. We got rained on a bit, but it was a welcomed cool rain. The critter in this photo is Remedy. She did a great job and has been on many trail rides with the Black Family. We're fortunate to have access to such beautiful horses and wonderful trails. To see more critters, click the graphic above.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Horseback Riding and Modeling

We're recovering from an afternoon of horseback riding with the kids. We had a fun time. The weather was nice, although we got rained on a bit, it was just enough to keep us cool. We saw some deer and beautiful countryside. The horses were all well behaved. Pictured from left to right are Jeannene (and Tyler behind her) on Sierra, Me on Delilah, and Shelby on Remedy. I explained to Shelby as we rode that we are lucky to get to enjoy such beauty and nature because there are people that live their whole life and not get to ride a horse and see such beautiful sights. They should be thankful to be so lucky! I've uploaded the rest of the photos to Facebook (as always) and you can find them here. I have solidified the username crazyworkingmom (WHOO HOO) @ Facebook.

Brien and I enjoyed a weekend without the older two kids. Emily was a joy on her own. She is really coming into her own and her little personality is just so amazing. I am so intrigued by the things that she learns daily and how much she changes. She is saying, "My Momma" now and it is the cutest thing! She is also a model now. She's featured on Girls Girls Girls, a wonderful Etsy site to get hand made hair accessories. You can click over to see her modeling two items: here and here (this is my FAVE accessory). I'm hosting a giveaway right now so if you want to win $20 worth of merchandise for this site, click the picture at the top of the page to take you to the giveaway post. You'll be glad you did!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Ice Skating Birthday Girl on Horseback (or something like that)

Yes, I am still alive. Mickey Mouse didn't kidnap me this weekend @ Disney on Ice. We survived, although I have decided that I should buy the Disney on Ice memorabilia at wholesale prices for my kids by the truck load. I think I could do this and still come out cheaper than I did buying a few things at the show! I did not get to meet up with a fellow blogger. Although she and I had seats fairly close to one another, we never did see each other. It was a crowded place, and we got there right at showtime so we had no time for mingling. I'm sad about it. But, maybe the opportunity will arise that we can meet up again soon. We do live in the same state, so surely it'll happen!!! I took LOTS of photos and I am uploading them to Facebook. As always you can click the photo to take you to the album and see the rest of the pictures (if you haven't seen them already).

After Disney on Ice Saturday, we went to the birthday party for my photogenic niece, Haven. She turned 4 last weekend. We had a fun time with her and the rest of her family. She reminds me so much of my little sister at that age. She's a cutie and the things she says just crack me up. She got upset with her younger brother because he blew the candles out on her cake. After she slapped him she proclaimed that we had to re-sing the birthday song so that she could blow her candles out again. *LOL* She is too funny. I am also putting pictures from her party on Facebook as well. Are you seeing a trend here?

Sunday we had a wonderful afternoon riding horses! Shelby and I rode together on "Blackie" while Tyler rode with his Papaw (my father in law) on "Sierra". Hubby rode on "Delilah". The weather was great. The wind was just enough to keep us cool. We saw turkey and deer while on the trail. I managed to bring home a bit of a sunburn as well. I didn't even think about wearing any sunscreen. I'm not in the sun as much as my children so I got red, but thank goodness they didn't. Shelby is big enough that she can't ride in the saddle with us, but inexperienced enough that we won't let her ride alone. She rode in the "buddy saddle" behind me. I think she had the most comfortable ride in the house!

It looks like I'm taking a drive to Texas this weekend to see some family who I've not seen in a long time. I'm a bit excited and nervous as well. I will set LATSOF to auto post, so be sure to play along and visit one another. I'll try to stop by and see your skies when I get in Sunday or Monday morning. My apologies to Mo for not playing in this week's Manic Monday and to Mary for not posting a Ruby Tuesday photo. It's been a busy week getting prepared for the trip. I hope you all have a beautiful week.