Howdy Partner...

This weekend we attended a benefit with some friends to support their daughter Ally who participates in the Ride to Walk progrm which provides horse back riding lessons to children with neurological disabilities http://www.ridetowalk.org/ Even though it was a whoppin 102 degrees out, we had a fun evening. The girls loved the barn dance and Daniel and I even were able to get a quick dance in before the girls wanted their dancing partners back :) I think Lauren would have danced all night if we would have let her. Thank you Nikki for the fun night :)

Gone Fishin...

Since my step dad was in town for business, we decided to take the girls on their first fishing trip to a local place, five minutes from our house. It was a fun/hot afternoon...from catching the fish, to having them cleaned :), to bbq trout dinner....good times.

Family Time

So our family needed some serious down time.....with futures up in the air, my second to last online class in progress, and two allergy ridden cranky little mamas, it was time for some family fun. To recover from the heat we stopped in and had a little frozen yogurt on the ride home.

Breaks from stress are always important...they give us the endurance to keep mentally and physically in the game and to preservere...one day at a time.

Let the good times roll...

A few weeks ago we went bowling with the Belleza clan. The kids got their first bumper bowling experience and we had a great coupon for free bowling for up to 10 people so I was thrilled since i get excited over coupons :) Anyhow lesson learned: a free coupon for bowling=$ 4 bowling shoe rentals, but it didn't matter, everyone had a great time.

A few nights ago Christian's dad Ted got into a bad car accident and is in the ICU. Please say a prayer for him as he will be going into surgery sometime soon. Here is a picture of Ted with Lauren and Tyler from last fall when we went down w/ Darcy and Christian to the Monterrey area and stayed with Christian's family.

Happiness is...

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18