Heritage Dressage Show, Apple Picking, and Jumping Chance!

Busy October!!! We went apple picking last weekend, beautiful Saturday before the Sunday rain storm. Then this weekend we were at the Heritage Dressage Show in Hanover where Emma got a 3rd and a 4th place! We had a great day! Today at her lesson she was jumping Chance, the biggest horse in the barn! Mommy needs a valium! And another job to pay for all this horse stuff!

Busy September!

Have not posted since our trip to Niagara Falls, sorry about that!! Just a crazy September with a horse show, back to school, homework, commuting to school, U2 concert, leasing Chief (horse) once a week, lessons once a week....phew I am tired! Then add in all the usual stuff, working Fridays and some other days, the travel agent job, housework, laundry, animals. And on top of that I got the 'class mother' job! I needed that like a hole in my head, but it will be fun to be in at school and in Em's class occasionally! So I will throw a mess of photos up!!! The first photo is Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes walking into the U2 Concert! The some U2 photos, Emma horse show photos, back to school (yeah! ) photos and a great photos of Emma, Keagan and Charlotte!!

Niagara Falls Trip Aug 2009

We took a road trip to Niagara Falls, Canada Aug 10-13th. Had a great time!!! Long car ride thought, about 9 hours getting there and 8 home. Would rather fly up next time and rent a car! But as the saying goes, getting there is half the fun (who ever said that never spent more than 4 hours in a car or plane!!)We did manage to get 43 of the 50 states with the license plate game thought! Never did get Hawaii, but did get Alaska!!! Anyway, would recommend this trip for anyone! The Falls are amazing, and so much stuff to do there! We did The Maid of the Mist, Journey Behind the Falls, the Cable Car over the whirlpool, the walk along the class 6 rapids, then there was all the other fun stuff at Clifton Hill: Guinness Book Museum, Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, the giant sky wheel, indoor mini golf, wax museums and ice cream and candy stores galore! Not to mention shopping! Enjoy the photos!

Emma's First Dressage Show!

Emma rode in her first Dressage show at Furnace Brook Farm, where she rides (lessons one day a week and lease of horse one day a week) She also took her first (of I am sure many) Dressage tests, which she did great on! She is so proud of herself, and as I sat and watched her and listened to the reader call out instructions, I myself was amazed at her! She is a great rider for only 8 1/2 years old! I actually had to buy a book the other day for ME from the U.S. Dressage Federation, so I can actually know what she is doing! I have to figure out how to upload videos to this blog so you can all see her riding live! I think I may need another job to support this horse habit of hers!

Various Photos and Stuff

Emma had her tonsils out on June 26th, she did great!!!! We spent the night at Waltham Children's Hospital (satellite of CHMC Boston), saw all my friends from the o.r. and recovery and anesthesia!! She is 6 days post op now and doing great, just a sore throat and taking Tylenol! She is a trooper! Also wanted to show some outside photos of the addition and the patio that Dave did! After 2 estimates for $13,000 and $11,000, he decided to do it himself!! And a great job he did!!!