My dear, sweet, awesome mom has been planning a cowboy party for all the grandkids for a year now. She made each one a teeshirt, a pony, decorated cowboy hats, bowlos for the boys and necklaces for the girls, and, icing on the cake, took everyone to a farm to ride a horse. It was crazy hot, but they all a great time. Afterwards, we went to eat at Racho Viejo. wooohooo!!
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| He just looks like he's up to something..... |
Every year the youth ages 14 and up go on retreat. This year we are at Southern Virginia University. We are staying in very nice new dorms, which, more importantly, are air conditioned!!!!
For years I have been convinced we didn't need a dog. I have never really been a fan of dogs, more of a cat person. The kids, however, have been trying to convince me otherwise. I finally decided that everyone was old enough to help take care of a dog. I carefully researched small breeds and we decided on a shih tzu. Noone locally had any, so Maddie and I drove to Amherst to pick one up. So far, so good, they are all in love!! (The cat, not so much.) We were going to get a male, and name him Calvin (since the cats name is Hobbes) I ended up choosing a girl, so we are calling her Callie instead.
Monday was field day for West Salem. I got assigned to the sno cone booth, so I wasn't able to take as many pictures as I would like to.....and I had to use my phone! (no way I was taking any camera near the snow cone stuff!)
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| They squirted the kids down with Dawn dish detergent, hit them with water from a hose, and down they went |
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| yes, my kid got a bigger sno cone. Sounds fair, since I made it, right? |
When we went to Tennessee last month, Maddie and Walker were dying for these shirts. They finally got to wear them at the same time....
