House of Learning
The kids and I have been planning a trip to "Grandma Murphy's" for weeks now. We made it on Wednesday, but not without some adventure. Randy sold his car the night before we were leaving. Then by some crazy chance, he found "the Jeep" that he has been looking for on the internet and it just happened to be in my own home town. So he took the afternoon off work and came with us. He bought the Jeep at 9:00 PM when Jay was home to act as Notary for the signing of the papers. Then he slept for a few hours before heading back home to make a 10:00 AM meeting at work. It was CRAZY! I always said I was going to marry a guy with a green jeep - now seven and a half years later he finally got the Jeep. :)
The kids and I are staying for a few days to visit Grandma and Grandpa. It has been fun. We set up the bounce house this morning, then we rode the horses with Grandpa. This picture is of the kids who got left behind on the first horse ride waiting for their turn. It was lots of fun. At least it was fun until Grace and I fell off Perla - that was kinda scary! Grandpa saved us before we actually fell to the ground. Perla ran a bit down the little hill to the hay field and my foot slipped through the stirrup. I had to hold on to the saddle horn with one hand and Grace with the other for dear life until we were rescued. All is well that ends well. The valuable lesson that was reaffirmed there is - always wear your cowboy boots when riding a horse!