Fun times in the new year!

The girls went to a cattle sorting clinic with their 4h and equestrian team group.  This is the 1st introduction to cows that Lucy and Ava have had and they did pretty well for their 1st try!

All 6 horses took a nap at the same time!  This is so unusual for horses but so fun to see!

Our barn cat, Zane Gray

Our 2nd real snow of the season!

A beautiful start to the day!

Eq team practice on a cold Saturday morning!

The team!

 

New Year's Eve!

We voted for Chris to open the sparkling cider for the girls.  I really don't like anticipating the big "pop!"

                I think it took Chris by surprise too!  In fact, I think we all screamed! Hehehehehe

                                                            Happy New Year!

                    We made tamales and the most delicious apple cheesecake to ever be found!

                                                   The parents trying to take a selfie, lol!

I wasn't planning on staying up until midnight, but somehow it happened!  We played a game of Catan that last much longer than anticipated, and before we knew it, it was 2021!

                                                                            Cheers!

                                                     Roxy... why are you at the table?!?!?!

                                                Guess who won???? ME! :-) :-) :-)
 

Merry Christmas 2020!

     Grandma and Grandpa come up for visit and Spicy the chicken really wanted to come see Grandma!

        The most beautiful girls around!  We went to a nice Christmas eve church service in Sisters!

                                                                    Christmas morning!

            We got these hot cocoa bombs from a chocolate company, which are a huge hit right now.

                                                                Smile for the camera!

 We went on a horse ride on the day after Christmas.  Even Grandma got on good ol' Huck Finn!

Ava won the Jackson County 4h horse overall Intermediate high point for horsemanship and judging!

                             

 

                               

Great job Ava!  You and Truman are a wonderful team!

 

Who knew that sharing a rootbeer float could be so fun?!? :-)

 

Our 18 year old!

 It's been a strange transition going from having a high school daughter to having an adult daughter.  The saying that states "the days pass slowly but the years pass quickly" is definitely true.  How in the world do we have an adult daughter already?!?! Maddie is a freshman in college studying biology and is leaning towards studying genetic counseling.  Maddie also landed a job at a local supermarket as a cashier! This new form of parenting is different... exciting.... challenging... but, we are so thankful to have such an amazing young adult who is turning out be an extraordinary human being. 

Getting our Christmas tree!

We had a lot of fun getting our tree this year.  We have no clue where to go in this area, so we drove until we found what we thought looked like a good spot.  We hiked around, sledded down the hills, and found the most perfect tree!  We were going to have a fire, roast marshmallows and little smokies, but the truck got stuck in the snow! Oh no!  By the time we were free it was getting dark and we didn't want to drive home in the snow and ice in the dark!