Basketball

Max and Dakota started basketball last night. They are on different teams this year. Max scored lots of points in the game. A big change from last year when he couldn't even get the ball up to the basket.

Max riding 'Rain'

Max has been bugging me since we brought his new horse home to ride her. We went and rode her tonight. In the past with other horses I have always ponied Max. Ponied means that I have a rope attached to his horse. Tonight I did not have any hold on his horse. They did great together. She did whatever Max asked her and if she went a little too fast he was able to stop her. He said he wants to try trail riding but I just don't know if he is ready to ride that long. We will see.

Trail Riding

Mom and I went trail riding at York Hills this weekend. We had an awesome time. Our horses did great. We saw lots of deer. I even had one running along side of me and my horse. It was pretty awesome. The trees were just beautiful. I can't wait to go back.

Max and Oliver have a new horse

Max and Oliver have a new horse. Her name is 'Rain'. She is about 8 years old. She a small horse just perfect for the kids. We went trail riding this weekend and a friend of ours rode her. She did awesome. She comes to you when you whistle at her in the field. She is voice commanded. All you have to do is say trot and she would start trotting. Say whoa and she slowed down. Max and I are going to try to ride on Tuesday. He wants to go trail riding with mom and I but I need to make sure he can handle it.

Max cracks me up!

We are thinking about trading our "untrained" horse for a "trained" kid safe horse. The gal came last night to look at our horse and just loves her. I know it will be a good home for her and she will get lots of love. We still need to check her horse out and find out if it is as good as she claims. Max and I were talking about what the new horses name might be. He said, "Mom let's name the new horse 'Old Man Jenkins'." I about fell over from laughing so hard. The crazy part is that the horse is only 8yrs old and is a girl. Again, that's why we call him Dewey.

No Soccer Practice

The boys soccer practice got canceled today. Too cold and rainy. Max is excited because they play one of the weaker teams this Saturday and he is hoping to score lots of goals.

Dakota's piano lessons

Dakota is going well with his piano lessons. He doesn't like to practice that much but he will tell you that he likes the piano. I am trying to convince him to play on Christmas Eve for the children's service but he doesn't like to play in front of people. He is afraid of making a mistake in front of people. I will keep working on him.