A Whole New World

     The first couple months since he's been home have been a huge adjustment. Bringing home a new baby changes everything. Life comes to a screeching halt and your whole world revolves around one tiny little human all the sudden. It's like trying to learn to ride a bike all over again. Sometimes I seem to get it all right and I go merrily along the pathway, until I hit a bump and go tumbling head first off this bike and have to start all over again. Thankfully I have an amazing support team in my Husband and immediate family. 

First Real Trial Ride

   So I talked one of my friends into taking the horses off the property and go on a real trail ride! I mean, it was like a four hour ride. But it was in the rain, on super rocky trails, on inexperienced horses.

Adventures at Nameless

  My whole family, my husband's family, plus a bunch of other family friends all went out camping this past weekend at my family's land in Leander. "Our Nameless Ranch". It had been a really long time since our little family had been out there so of course we wanted to join! Ashlyn and Roque were ecstatic, as was I.

Riding with Friends

  Over the past couple of months I've been out on the trails with a few of my friends, as well as family. The nice thing about having trail horses instead of performance sport horses is that anyone can ride them! Within reason of course.

A Carnival Party

   Kids parties are always a lot of fun. Noise, chaos, sweets, energy, gifts, and tons of really happy kids. Even for the adults it's a lot of fun. I'm not very good at throwing kids parties, I'm learning. To be fair I've only hosted three parties for a child.. and the first party doesn't count because she had no idea what was going on at one year.

Ashlyn's 3rd Birthday Party

     I really need to stop planning Ashlyn's winter birthday parties at the park. It has happened every year. The day before it will be about 80 degrees and beautiful, then party day arrives and BAM it's freezing! Thankfully this year it was better than her second birthday. Less wind, but still chilly for sure. Ashlyn didn't seem to mind though, she had a blast.

Thanksgiving, Christmas, and More

   Well, time for some updates again. Christmas has come and gone this year. So many things have changed in just the short month and a half since my last blog post. So many pictures to share it's not even funny!

It has really been awhile...

   I'm not sure where I've been! Well, I do know.. but no excuses. I really want to keep up with this blog. It acts as a journal for me, one day I can share it with my family and kids when they are old enough to understand. But until then, I'm sharing with you!

A 90th Birthday

  My husband's grandfather just turned 90! He's an amazing man that has such a history and rich life story. For his 90th birthday a very large family/friend reunion and birthday party was planned in Midland, TX. Of course we went!

New Year 2013

  This year we celebrated a little different than we have ever celebrated in the past. Lets just say there were lots of stories to tell the next day.

Some Updates

   I know, I've been a bad blogger. That's okay though. My mission in life has been to simplify my day to day. To take a step back and examine what my life really consists of. What's important, what's not. To prioritize.

Rainy Days

   I love rain. love rain. I probably love rain so much because I live in Texas and rain is such a scarce thing here. We can go months at a time without a drop, with temperatures way above 100 degrees some days. So when we have rain, we enjoy it!

Little People

   For the last few weeks Ashlyn has had frequent visitors to her home! A playmate for the day while his momma recovers from having a baby number two. She's been learning to share both her momma and her toys, invaluable skills for later on.

Social Media Purge

  It's time for spring cleaning... in the summer. Spring cleaning and purging of my social media outlets. The large scale mass posting of pictures, videos, status updates, and "checking in" to various locations ... it's got to go.

Day Six

   I hate being sick. I'm sure most people do. Being sick takes a whole new level of bad when you have a toddler too. Why? Because when you have a toddler, or really any age kid, you aren't allowed to be sick!

June Baby Shower!

    Baby showers are a lot of fun, especially when you're the one hosting. Presents, decorations, friends, family, yummy food, and forever memories to celebrate the arrival of a new little person into the world!

Birthday Bash

   April 14th 2012 - the day my best friend turned big bad 21! Also the same day that I chose to celebrate my birthday on.. even though my birthday was four months earlier. It didn't seem like much fun to have a birthday celebration that involved downtown and wine tours without my bff being able to enjoy it with me. So together, we celebrated!

Letting Go

   Sometimes you just have to let go. Let go of the past, let go of wanting to control the future, let go of people, let go of animals... just let go.

Picturesque

   We will be saying goodbye to Phoebe soon. She's ready to move on to her next rider. To forever capture the time that she spent with our family, Avery (my sister) and Phoebe modeled for a photo shoot.

New Changes

  Packing, moving, expectant mother friends, babies... life is always changing. Always. It never stays the same for long. As soon as you think you've got everything figured out something changes. Life throws you a curve ball.