Ride'em Cowgirl!

The girls wanted to ride Clyde. I was more than willing to oblige! Vanessa had an appointment at 11am so she brought them by the office on her way.

Of course he was on the other side of the pasture. The weeds are knee to waist high and since the girls were wearing shorts I had them sit on the running board of the trailer to wait for me. As I got close to the gate the girls couldn't stand it any longer and came running to meet us. They wanted to "help" me lead Clyde so I let them. They were so excited!

I gave Remi some pointers on grooming before we saddle.

All ready to go with her Minnie Ears! Remi wanted to ride by herself before Kennedy rode with her.. I had to do some explaining to Kennedy. She was not happy at first but came around. While leading Remi around we found some pretty flowers.

We picked some for Remi too since she couldn't get down.

I planned far enough in advance to bring my tripod so I could get a picture with me in it!

I then took both girls on a little excursion.

We saw this huge mushroom. I don't think I've ever seen one this big!

It's looked light an enormous golf ball! I decided to pick it up so the girls could see it.

By now we were all getting hot, thirsty and our tummys were growling so we head back. Guess where we went to eat?

If you guessed McDonald's you are correct! Now I didn't let them have ice cream first! We had good food first then play time then dessert!

That's Kennedy's ice cream at the bottom of the photo.

Both girls trying to sit on my lap and Kennedy being the clown! I think the girls had a pretty good time! I know I did!

Until next time...have a good one!

Reunited and it Feels so Good!

Remi is here! Keannon got back with her late Saturday night. I didn't get to see her until Sunday morning when they came to church. I was so glad to see her! I was afraid she would be timid around us after not seeing us for 6 months but she never skipped a beat and fit right in like nothing had changed.

 After church we went to eat. This is a little child bench at the restaurant. We then went back to the kids house so we could have Christmas with Remi.

It's quite a haul!

We watched as she meticulously opens each gift!

Kennedy so wanted to help Remi open her gifts!

One of her favorite gifts

Some assembly required!

Dad was "trash control"

Grammer held Kashton (at least for a little one). She said he was sure wiggly! (and he is!)

Remi can't get enough of little brother!

She's getting practice for when her other little brother arrives the end of June and will live at her house.
Once the presents were open we load up to go see Granddad at the fire station.

He was pretty happy to see our girl too!

Of course the most fun part of going to the fire station is getting in the truck!

Could this be our next generation of firefighters?

or

paramedics?

Daddy and his girls!

Remi has on the gloves she got for Christmas. She likes them so much she wanted to wear them even though it's obviously "not" cold!

Remi definitely likes her bubba!

From the fire station we go to The Yogurt Store. It's a frozen yogurt shop.

After yogurt the kids and I parted ways. I went to an evening service at church while they went to the track to walk and let the kids ride bikes. Vanessa took the girls after that to a little carnival that is in town.

Tonight they came over. I just love the shirts that Vanessa had the girls in!

Kashton giving up a big smile!

Remi will be here for 3 weeks so you'll be seeing more from me if I can get time to blog about it!

Have a good one!

Time With Kennedy

We had the kids over for supper Sunday night. When they got ready to go home Kennedy didn't want to go and insists on staying the night with us. Of course Granddad and I say yes! Monday is the day my housekeeper comes.

My plan was to go feed Clyde then take Kennedy for breakfast at McDonald's. As we're feeding Clyde, Kennedy says "Can we ride Clyde?" Well of course we can!

Kennedy spraying detangler on Clyde's tail so she can comb it out.

She's doing a great job! (Although she got tired of doing it before she finished his tail!)

Her interest in riding is getting longer. I think she rode for about 30 or 40 minutes! She might have gone longer but she said "Savtah, my tummy is making noises". I laughed. I said "I'm sure it is. It's saying 'feed me'!"

We get Clyde untacked and put back in the pasture and head for McDonald's. Unfortunately when we get there they have quite serving breakfast.

She had chicken nuggets instead which is what she wanted in the first place!

 After eating I let her play. We had a good time! When we left Kennedy asked "Are we going to your house?" I said "No, I'm taking you to Mommy". She said "I want to go to your house." I held firm only because my dear friend's younger brother passed away the day before and I really needed to connect with her to let her know I cared and see if I could be of any help to her.

On the way to my friends I see these beautiful flowers and took a minute to enjoy their beauty.

Here's a close up.

My friend's brother died from a massive heart attack. He was only 54. He was a very prominent figure in the community. The whole family is reeling. His service was Wednesday morning. It was standing room only. I thought the service was very well done and a real tribute to his life.

On a happier note. I got to watch a beautiful sunset Tuesday night.

This picture just do it justice. The sky was full of color!

Have a good one!

Pomp and Circumstance

It's that time of year again. Graduation...of all kinds. I received five graduation announcements this year. One of them was for college. I took time yesterday to make some cards.

Pretty simple. The hat paper is from Reminisce Graduation Celebration line. It is a double sided paper with stripes on the back. Cat's Creations has a wonderful selection of graduation papers and embellishments.

I matted the hat paper with black card stock. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's "Curly Cute" set. I stamped it on white card stock and matted the white with black cardstock. The ribbon is from my stash.

For the next card I used a sketch that I saw on a friend's blog ~Jo's Scrap Shack~. Here's the sketch.

I took just a little liberty with this sketch. Here's my card.

I only moved the bling to the opposites sides of the card from what the sketch showed to accommodate my sentiment. I like how it turned out. The striped paper is the backside of the hats. I am entering this card in Jo's Fun-day Friday Challenge. You can enter too. The challenge ends at 6pm (CST) May 31st.

My next card I made school specific. That's is something else Cat's Creations has a good selection of.

This graduated is from Perrin. My niece graduated last year and I still had some paper left from making her card. The dotted paper I also bought at Cat's Creations and was designed to coordinate with the school specific paper. These are from Scrapbook Customs.

Even if Cat's doesn't carry your school, she probably has your school colors. This next card I made fit that category.

This graduate attends our local private school Community Christian School aka CCS.  Even though the store doesn't have papers with Community Christian on them, there were still school colors to choose from! I used alpha stamps to create "CCS" then matted on purple cardstock. I put foam tape behind the letters to give some dimension and added some ribbon.

 Last but not least I made this card with a paper from Reminisce "Follow Your Dreams" collection. This paper is also double sided. The back is gold with a print on it. The cool thing about Reminisce papers is the strip that has the bar code and name of the company is decorative on the other side so you can use it too! That's is where the strip of hats came from. I matted the strip with black cardstock and put foam tap behind to give dimension then added the ribbon.

There you have it. Five graduation cards for five graduates! Now to put something inside and send to the recipients.

Have a good one!

First Dance Recital

Vanessa has had Kennedy in dance lessons since last fall. Saturday was her very first recital. Friday night was rehearsal. I was told if I wanted to take pictures I had to do it at rehearsal as I wouldn't be able to do that during the live performance.

We are waiting for rehearsal to start. The little girl is Kennedy's cousin who belongs to Keannon's sister. She is a year older than Kennedy.

She is so cute! We had to laugh as the teacher had told her to stand on a certain spot that I think was marked on the stage because she kept looking down to see where she was and getting back on her spot!

They did two different dances.

She actually did better at recital.

After rehearsal I get a picture of the girls together. I love Kennedy's costume.

For recital she had to have her hair done and full makeup! She's still a little doll! I took this right before it started as I had to bring the lipstick! She kept saying "Look Savtah, I have eyelashes on!" What she meant was she had eyeshadow on. Too cute!

Pictures were allowed after the performance but I didn't take my big camera in so I had to settle for my phone camera. Proud Mom & Dad.

Proud Nana and Uncle Jake.


There's been potential of stormy weather for several days. After the hail we got a week ago we have been spared any more severe weather but the potential was there.

This storm stayed west and north of us.

This is a different day. These were some interesting clouds!

This is a view from the same day looking to the west. We did get a really good rain on Friday. A little over an inch! It came while we were at dance rehearsal.

Kashton is almost 3 months. He's rolling from his tummy to his back.

Just for a little fun, can you tell who these babies are?

The baby on the left is Kennedy at 3 months. The other is Kashton at 2 months. Kind of freaky isn't it?!

Have a good one!