A little late on this post, but I still find the events note-worthy.
While we were in Louisiana, Brent and his dad jumped at the chance to help Angie out with a project. They used a couple power saws to remove the obnoxious cupboards dividing the kitchen from the rest of the house. They don't look quite as annoying here because the bottom half have already been removed. Taking them down really opened up the house.
This is how the girls felt about the project and the way it interfered with their show.
For Christmas the girls got sun catchers in their stockings. Painting them was a perfect afternoon craft activity on one of the following days.
The long-awaited day finally arrived....we were off to ride the horses! It was all Tylie could talk about when she found out she was going to ride them, and the rain had delayed it longer than planned. Here they are hanging out with Brennon's dad, Tony, while Angie and Brennon got the horses ready to ride.
These two pictures crack me up...those girls are two peas in a pod!
Chilling with daddy while they wait.
When Tylie first got on the horse, it freaked out because it was too close to the fence. Luckily, Tylie was completely unaware that the horse was upset. She was just enjoying the ride. I think it scared Angie more than Tylie!
A couple of very happy girls. I'm sure they walked away thinking we need to get them a pony---not going to happen for a very long time!
Brent taking his turn. The only one in the whole group who didn't get to ride....? Me! Apparently pregnancy impedes on more aspects of life than I originally realized.
After dad and Bonnie had gone back to Idaho, there was a quiet day that just Brent, me, and the girls had some time to spend together. We decided to use it wandering around the state park up the street from us.
One of the first things we saw when we got into the park was this little group of deer, so we sat and enjoyed them for a while.
With all three of my girls...
Tylie and Kaelisse just couldn't bear to save all that popcorn for the ducks we planned to see. They snacked on it the whole time they watched the squirrels run around.
Checking out the water.
Pouting defiantly like only a trained three-year-old knows how. I'm sure we asked her to step one inch to the left, or something equally inconvenient...
My FAVORITE face, and I can't believe I caught it on camera!! Man, this little girl is expressive. This is the face she puts on when she uses the word "yucky."
Kaelisse was highly entertained by sweet Quigley while we were there, and she played with (tortured?) him constantly. She also spent a lot of time laying snuggled up with him on his doggy bed. I really do think he enjoyed the company. He probably had flashbacks, however, because I think we have an exact replica picture from two summers ago with Tylie in the cage.
What a fantastic trip! Hope we get to do it again sometime soon...it's so nice to spend the holidays with family!
