Sweetie & Princess Night @ Chick-Fil-A

Here we have Sara, Hayden and Sweetie. Sweetie is the little miniature we have out at the barn. She is a pistol to say the least. Sara and Hayden rode in the back of the trailer with her to make sure she was okay, which I might add that she did very well for her first "field trip" in a very long time. To the right we have a picture of us all at the "chick" and being of course Sweetie being adored by a couple of the Princess customers! Sara painted her hooves sparkly pink, which the girls just adored! In the photo, we have Sara, me, Linda, Carly, Denise and Sydney in the front. We had a really good time, and hope to do it again.

Sara & Haley @ PSJ

Sara and Haley decided to both do the PSJ show at the local grounds her in South Carolina. It was a nice change from driving the 4 hour drive to Aiken - showing - and coming back all in the same day!

They both did quite well considering the amount of people who turn out to these shows.

We are very proud of them both.

8th Grade Graduation

Here they are...... Sara and her Dad! Today is Sara's day. She is graduating from Middle (Junior) School and is moving on up to High School! Doesn't she look lovely? I am sure you all know that she got her fashion sense from her lovely Mother... right!!!

Anyway, sarcasm asisde..... Sara is so excited to be going to High School. Her graduation gift was a new laptop! I think that excites her more!

Sara was only 1 point away from being on the honor roll for a full year, which was an incredible feat for her. We are so very proud of her for all her effort and hard work.

Way to go Sara..... enjoy high school - but work hard!

Graduation

Hayden FINALLY graduated from Elementary School. I say finally, because it seems like he has been there forever! I suppose when two children have gone through elementary, it seems to drag out and take longer for the last one.

I reminded him today that he is now out of "baby school" and he is moving on to the big leagues. Let's hope that he manages to stay out of the principles office - I knew the principal all too well at this place. Time to grow up and move on!

Good luck Hayden!

Riding Time

Here's Nicholas at the quarry that we ride to. He had been bugging us to take him on a trail ride. Well, this was one to remember. He rode the nicest of the horses, as we did not want anything to happen to him. Then we arrived at the quarry and he decided to take a little dip! You don't really know what might be lurking in the water, so he jumped in several times and then came back up and out really, really fast.

I don't think he is impressed with riding, as the "jewels" got a little bit smushed due to the horse wanting to trot a little bit.

Getting ready for Michigan

This is one of Hayden (at the front) running the 1.5 mile training run for his trip to Michigan. We had to drive 5 hours to Raleigh just to train for this trip. They had ice time, then went over to a school to do the run. I think we walked 2 miles to the school, just so they could do the 1.5 mile run!!!

Easter 2009

I know this is old (Easter) but I wanted to post it anyway and try to catch up on our "goings on" Each year, Bob hides eggs and the kids get to hunt for them. Our back yard is not like the one we had in Florida - we have less places to hide them. I am not sure who likes the hunt more..... Bob or the kids. If Ihad to guess I would say that Bob is not ready to "let go" of his tradition just yet.

Oh yes, Nicholas found the GOLDEN EGG yet again this year. He is the only one thus far who has EVER found the golden egg. Sara is certainly not happy about that!