Jessie wrote this article about the FFA Convention and it made it to the front cover of the High School paper. I love the picture of Jessie and Tayler. I spent last week in Seattle with my mom and dad. My dad had his second round of chemo and then his stem cell transplant on May 1st. Mom and I made this door decoration for the contest they are having at their apartment. It was fun to "craft" again. My mom use to spend the week days with me when I was on bed rest with my pregnancies and we would craft all day long.

I have spent the week in Seattle with mom and dad. This morning dad and I walked to the clinic to have his blood drawn. Then we picked up mom and went down to the waters edge to look at all the boats. It was a nice day and we had fun together.

Miranda Arrives!

Today June and I met at the hospital to help Miranda come into the world.

Everything went just perfect and Miranda arrived on schedule at 7:45 am.

Randy (daddy) holding her after her bath.

Kody (26 years) holding his new baby sister.

Here June is enjoying all Miranda's expressions as she is about 2 hours old.

Holding Kylee's finger.

Vickie had roses for all the women that came to visit today.

Miranda's name and birth date was on the ribbon. Neat idea, huh?

Gotta love these little feet.

Kylee had a long day at school waiting to come visit.

We sent a picture text to a friend in the office and she was

able to share it with Kylee.

Tayler didn't have to work after school either, so she was able to come hold Miranda too.

She was a little nervous about holding her because she seems so small, but once she had her in her arms, they were both very content.

Mule Baby

Wednesday was my friends first day home from work before she has her baby and at lunch time, SURPRISE, her large draft horse had HER baby! Yes, she is a Molly mule. The girls and I met June after work and did a little imprinting.
Vickie was very happy with her and said she is "just what she wanted".
She couldn't believe that her horse beat her though (having a baby).
One more day and Vickie will have Miranda.



This is Vickie's first time to touch her. Baby seems to like being scratched.

Tayler held the Momma while we worked with the baby.

What a neat experience! She seems to be a very gentle and curious baby.

I can 't wait to see what the future brings.

Nails

I forgot to take a picture of Tayler's nails until today.
They looked really nice .
Look at her ring finger for the special dazzling jewel.

Prom

We had so much fun today getting ready for Prom.
We took all afternoon and just pampered ourselves and then
I helped the girls with their makeup and their hair.
This is Jessie, Ellie, and Tayler. What fun, good girls.

With everyone ready and the guys getting close to arriving,

we took time to practice putting on th boutonnières.
Beautiful and ready for a night of fun.

This is Tayler with her date, Andrew.
Brian was very helpful in the kitchen getting dinner ready.
He cooked and sliced the pizza, cut the cheesecake and a lot more.

We had four couples and a friend meeting for dinner at our house and then pictures.
Andrew (Tayler's date), Billy (Sarah's date), Harper (Ellie's date), and Charlie (Jessie's date).

Jessie, Tayler, Ellie, Sarah, and Stewphanie.

Wow! What a fun group.
They laughed all through dinner as Brian and I hid out in the back room.
Kylee kept popping into the kitchen to steal a little dinner.

Got Gas?

Oooops....Tayler thought she could make it to the gas station this morning but.....oh shoot as soon as she got on the highway her car quit. Meanwhile I was taking Kylee to school because she missed the bus. After work and school Tayler and I went and filled up her car and got it moving again. Tayler was a great sport and we enjoyed the laugh together.

Icebreaker 2008

Saturday Kylee, June and I went over to Walla Walla

for the Dressage Icebreaker Show. The day started out cold but turned out not to be too bad.

Both June and Kylee signed up to do a dressage test. This was a neat show to go to because after the test the judge gave you a mini lesson and then let you take the test again.
Kylee went first. She did great for a "pleasure horse".

June road Cecee for her test. They were both very nervous and had a rough start but worked through it.
In the afternoon, they competed in a Pas de deux which is when two people ride a pattern together doing mirror images and then riding as pairs to music. It was a lot of fun as always. June made the Pendleton Wool pads out of a blanket I won many years ago.

We had a good day with friends doing what we love to do.

Here are the real riders. June, Kylee, and Vickie (who is due in 3 weeks with Miranda).
We plan on coming again next year. I will babysit and hopefully we will be able to put together a quadrille again.

Kylee and Hannah happy at the end of the day. They make a great pair.

First Horse Show of 2008

On Saturday I took Kylee to her first horse show of the year.

Our good friend June joined us too.

Here Kylee and June are talking over the showmanship pattern.
This is Kylee in her first class.
She is set up at the cone and ready
for the judge to tell her to start.

Kylee and Hannah are really good at showmanship and the judge thought so too.

Here they are with their first place ribbon.

Brian got to see a little of the show before he headed to Portland to visit his family.

Even though the day was really cold we had a good time together.

June was very helpful and knew when to help Kylee re-lax.

They did very well and we can't wait for the next show.

New Favorite Stop

On our trip to Seattle Tayler and I stopped in Yakima (Union Gap) at their McDonald's. We had fun with all their decorations from the 50's. She wants to come back here and play a song on the jukebox next time we come through.
Right across the street we found a "Cold Stone Creamery" shop. We decided to try it on the way back home. I had peanut butter ice-cream with a snickers in it, and Tayler had peanut butter with Oreo in it. Each time we travel we add to our traveling traditions. I think we have a new one. Yummy!

We also stopped off in North Bend to shop for a few minutes and both thought the scenery was beautiful. Funny how Spring and Winter overlap. The flowers and trees are all blooming and on the way home it was snowing????

While dad was receiving his treatment on Thursday, mom, Tayler and I went to Whole Foods for the first time. We all loved it (another tradition). Tayler saw this cute hat and decided it was meant for her.

Mom and Dad love fresh cut flowers, but aren't aloud to have them in the apartment, so we always stop and meander through the flowers at each grocery store. Thank you Seattle for having so many beautiful flowers in each grocery store!

Through out the day we went to visit Dad at the Cancer Center as he was spending the whole day there getting his first round of Chemo. It turned out to be a 14 hour day for them and this is on hour 13. Looking good don't you think?

We came home on Friday so I could take Kylee to her horse show on Saturday. While grocery shopping, mom showed me this new way of making pancakes. Any of you that know Kylee, knows that pancakes are her staple food. I bought her this can of mix and it didn't take her long, before she was trying it out. She is going to have FUN with it.
Maybe she will make me breakfast???