Sand Bar

I don't know why I've never taken my kids out to the sandbar on the bank of the platte river. It was so fun to play in the sand and throw rocks in the water. I will definitely do it again!

My first real trail ride= disaster

So I went on a crazy trail ride over labor day and almost got myself killed. I was nervous to go riding since I've only been on a horse one other time. I think the horse could definetely tell I was scared. After switching to the giant tan horse because the smaller black one wouldn't go forward the horse takes off down hill heading toward a large ditch. We are going over all kinds of hills  and rocks and I almost fall off the horse sideways and loose one of the reigns. I am scared to death. So here I am 20 feet feet from going into a large ditch at the bottom of the valley pulling on one useless reign leaning forward trying to grab the other reign yelling "woah". The owner is yelling "pull harder" and chasing me in the background on foot but too far away. The horse turns and almost runs into a barbed wire fence eyes crazed then starts running up hill past the owner and I loose both reigns before it stops at the corral! I was shaking after for about an hour. It was one of the scariest experiences of my life never having been on a horse and a runaway out of control one at that! I am so glad the horse did not get hurt. I'm sure I looked about as goofy as the guy in the movie. Only to my defense I stayed on the horse and my horse was running fast downhill. Glad I didn't break any bones or get hurt other than the bruised bottom for a week.

Yum Messy Cake

 

I'm One Year old!

Colbie is one. We can hardly believe the time has gone by so quickly! She is an especially happy baby. She laughes alot and likes to snuggle. She loves putting things together and taking them apart. She likes to sit on my lap while playing and has to come get hugs often. She likes to give kisses. She is a little tease and thinks it's funny to give us raspberries when we ask for a kiss.

Some of her words: ma ma, da da, more, all done, please, up, bye bye, wow, oh, uh- oh, that, this, Alexis, dog, cat, horse, red, no, tickle, wash, num num, and wah wah (water).

She barks, moos, neighs, meows, growls, hops, says ma ma for a goat and ssss for a snake.

She is a blessing in our lives and we can't imagine our lives without her here. Happy Birthday Colbie!!!

Colbie got really excited about her cake and thought if we opened the box it would be inside. She was doing sign language for and saying "red" over and over. And saying "muh muh" for more. She was laughing at the cake in the oven she was so excited for it.

We told Alexis to go over by Colbie to take a picture. Oops! Alexis wasn't too happy about it but laughed after she got cleaned up.

Colbie ate the whole top tier. Her little tummy was bulging!

Colbie was laughing and trying to get us with her messy hands so we were laughing.

We love you Colbie!!!

Wow cookies!

Colbie and I were making chocolate chip cookies for the first time today and when I turned the oven light on and showed her the cookies inside she turned to me and said "ooo... wow!" It was so unexpected that she knew how to say that I quickly grabbed the camera to catch the moment. Sooo cute!