Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Finally we are back to posting some pictures. I got a new camera today, so I am able to get my pictures alot easier onto my computer. We had a wonderful day, Troy had the day off so that was extra special. The kids were all spoiled by Santa and us. We were not going to go overboard this year but.... We didn't have much snow, just bits and pieces. It was a great day at home.

Here are Rachel and her horse Teddy and Taylor is on Doc. They had to ride on Christmas day, it is a tradition for them.

This is Dodger, Chelseas new horse for 4H this year. We had to get a new horse for Chelsea because Bubba was injured in September and is going to need at year to recover. Bubba is doing better each day, his legs are healing slowly, but he loves to get out and run around carefully to get some sort of exercise. Chelsea is very excited to ride Dodger this year, they all start riding here in a couple of weeks with their club.

Here is Jack enjoying his 2nd Christmas ! He was so much fun on Christmas morning, of course he loved his presents but most of all he loved to play in the boxes and all of the paper


Here are all 3 enjoying their Christmas afternoon ride.

We are just about back.....

Hello everyone, yes I know that it has been awhile... I do have some photos to post, they will be on soon, once I get my computer sorted out and all.
The kids are all doing well. They are all enjoying school and have started a new 4H year. We will be having all 3 in horse 4H. Chelsea along with horse will be in the beef club with another steer and also a heifer. She is very excited, and also going to be very busy. Taylor and Rachel will be showing their horses and cannot wait for that!
Jack will be there for support and to run around at all of the functions just being Jack! He is very busy and has all of his sisters wrapped around his little finger! He is one spoiled and very cute little boy.
As for myself and Troy, we are just trying to keep up with the day to day activities.
I will be putting some photos up soon.....

OOOhhhhh SUMMER TIME

We are back! Finally!!! For all of those that are still blogging HELLO!

Here are some photos of Jack playing with a dandylion while he was sitting out by the arena watching the girls ride.

The 3 Amigos on their pride and joy, (left) Taylor is on Doc, Chelsea is on Bubba and Rachel is on Teddy. They are ususally out every single day riding their horses. How lucky are they? I get to sit on the side with Jack and watch, maybe I can get a few minutes of riding time with my horse... just maybe.

Rachel's 1st day with Teddy, her new horse that she will take to 4H! She is very excited to start showing him. He is 5 years old, and behaves like a 10 year old. He is awesome!

Rachel again with "Teddy"! We were very lucky to get this great horse, thank you very much Kathy Gillis! We all love him very much. He is now a part of our extended horse family.

(That would be 10 horses now).

Our new horse trailer that we took up to the Regional Horse show with Chelsea and Bubba, we had a wonderful time with our new trailer. The kids thought that it was awesome being there right with the horses and all of the other 4H kids.

Taylor cannot wait until next year so she can show Doc at Regionals , she met alot of new friends that weekend while we were there.

Chelsea getting last minute instructions on her English pattern... She rode very well and Bubba was a perfect gentleman.

Little Jack is now 1 !!!!

Here he is opening up some presents, he got very excited about all of the attention... Which he gets alot of every day!

Look at who is 1 year old!!! I can't believe that 1 year has passed. He is such a sweetheart!
We are having so much fun with him! He is a happy little boy!

Here are the girls again with Jack! Taylor is on Doc, Chelsea is on Toby, and Rachel is on Miss Ginger, who is also a new addition to our horse family. She is a sweetie!

Chelsea and Bubba sharing a moment before she takes him into her showmanship class at Achievement day with her 4H club.

Her she is again with Bubba, but this was at Regionals. Just getting ready to show him in the showmanship class. We bought her a new show halter for her Birthday which was a few days later. She is now 11, we can't believe it!

Jack and Blue, he was trying to eat Jacks cookies. This horse belongs to Alex who is in our 4H club. He is quite the character, he is always right there wanting to be with you. As you can see Jack just loves the horses!

Here are the kids on Jacks Birthday down in Kalispell, Montana! They couldn't wait to get into the pool!

Jack just relaxing in his spider man chair back at the hotel.
That is all for now, we will be keeping this up a little more often now that the kids will be going back to school here next week!

Spring Fever

Like all of us, we have been pretty busy. Sorry that I have no new pictures to blog. I will get some soon. These are just a few more of our trip to Disney... I know that was in February, but we haven't done anything fun for some time now. Just the daily routine of school, homework, piano and riding lessons. I am so ready for spring and the weather to clear up. No more snow please. We are all anxious to get out and work in the yard and of course the obvious, to get out and ride. We will post some more recent photos soon. I would love to put a video clip on like Caitlin's... I just have to figure out how to do it!

Strike a pose!

The girls right after their photos

I think that we need to cut back on watching Americas next top model

Rachel was the western rider, she loved her outfit, especially the belt, it has crystals all over it! This is one of the outfits that I would like to buy for them. They all need some new boots and a new pair of jeans. They have a belt here at home that is very similar but is black.

This show shirt was from the states and apparently cost over a thousand dollars. It has lots of crystals all over it. She would love to have this shirt to wear to Regionals. I will have to learn to sew...

Taylor loved her english attire! All Taylor wants to do is jump with her horse. We are trying to find her and the others some jumping lessons before they start 4H next season. She cannot wait!

This was the girls first photo shoot! We pulled them out of school for the day, they got their hair and makeup done at a salon in Calgary. They were very excited to have all of this done of course. Then we were off to have the photos taken. The photos were for a magazine here in Calgary, called "The Western Horse Review". It is available all across Western Canada. These photos will be in May's issue. They were all very thrilled to do it. A friend of mine that is the editor for the magazine had asked if they would be interested. Well of course it didn't take them too long to answer if they wanted to do it. It probably helped that the pictures were taken in a stable full of horses. The girls really enjoyed their day. Now they want the outfits that they modelled. Maybe...

The Beach....Searching for Sea Shells

Jacks first day at the beach

Chelsea looking for the perfect sea shell

Taylor making her mark in in the sand

Rachel found her perfect shell

The gang all at Newport Beach, the weather wasn't the greatest!, It had just stopped raining and the sun was trying to shine

We had an awesome time at Newport Beach, the girls just loved playing in the freezing cold ocean. It was very cold and windy this day we were there. Though they still thought that it was pretty cool. We really do need to get them to a really nice warm beach...

I just wanted to add a few more photos of our trip to California. We took so many photos and lots of videos. There are more to come!

Our Trip to Disneyland!!!

Jack feel asleep watching Shamu the killer whale show.... isn't this a precious picture?

Jack loved to watch the stingrays and the girls enjoyed playing with them!

We all had chance to play with the stingrays, it took Chelsea awhile but she finally pet them. They feel really rubbery and slimey, it was pretty wild

The girls got to feed the dolphins and pet them, they all really enjoyed getting that close to them

The girls enjoying the ocean in Santa Monica

Troy and Jack watching the girls play... isn't this a cute picture of the boys?

Jack enjoying the beach in Santa Monica

The girls had a blast looking for seashells in Newport Beach

They just couldn't resist to see the horses, they loved seeing them around Disneyland

Taylor was soooo excited to meet Jessie!

Jack loves to pull on the girls hair!

Taylors face painted as a princess

Chelsea with Swans

Rachel's face was beautiful!

The candy store will never be the same ! Yes Caitlin, they bought all of that candy and even more for their classmates.
Our first day in Disneyland!!!!

This was the first day, they got to meet Mickey

Well we had a wonderful holiday in Southern California. The girls didn't want to come home. They loved Disneyland the most! It was very crowded, bumper to bumper strollers. It wasn't as busy later on in the week, so the kids were able to ride on all the rides. We did Disneyland for 3 days, Universal Studios, Knotts Berry Farm, and Sea World. We really wanted to get back to San Diego for the Zoo, but the traffic coming home from Sea World was crazy! It took us about 1.5 hours to get to San Diego, coming home was 3 hours. So the girls didn't want to do the drive again. We did manage to get to some beaches for a few hours, it wasn't the warmest weather, but it was enjoyable. We were on the go for the whole week, the kids had a ball. Now Troy and I need to get away for a holiday. Troy was pretty sick the whole week, but he toughed it out and came everywhere with us. Jack was awesome! He loved all the people and all of the colors. We had lots of people tell us how cute he is and Jack would just eat it up and smile at everyone.

I will post some more photos soon....