Cowgirl

Hannah started taking riding lessons a couple of weeks ago and is having so much fun! The first day, she learned how to brush a horse, put on his saddle pad and saddle, walk him to the round pen, mount, (she needed a little help with that one), how to get him to walk, stop, and turn left and right. At the end of each lesson, she takes his saddle and bridle off and brushes him again. Then she walks him back out to the pasture. In her second lesson, she learned how to balance. She is loving spending time with Vick the horse and learning to be a real cowgirl. She got some new boot that are pink and brown and she wore them to church and school before she started her riding lessons. She is so excited because Mrs. Hughes (the one teaching her to ride) told her that when she gets good enough, she gets to ride her horse.

Ball Game

Ok, my posts are getting out of order, but I just can't keep up so I'm backing up a bit. Labor day weekend, we went to see our friends Amber and Jeff and their kids Olivia and Aidan. We went to a Frisco Roughriders game that Friday night and had so much fun! We all ate the usual baseball game food and they had a great playground for the kids. The girls got pink cotton candy and Aidan got blue, but he wasn't too sure about it at first. Hannah got a pink foam finger with some money Nanny sent and had everyone laughing as she pointed at everything with it. After the game, we spent the night at Amber and Jeff's house and Hannah loved having a sleep-over in Olivia's room. They stayed up really late - we told them to quiet down for the last time about 12:30 am and Hannah was up at about 6:15. Of course, she woke Olivia up too! Amber and I were trying to keep our eyelids open during our scrapbook class later that morning, but it was a lot of fun and we learned some great stuff. Thanks Amber, Jeff, Olivia and Aidan for a great time!

Hannah and Olivia

The foam finger

Aidan wearing a dippin' dots hat

Hannah pointing at her loose tooth

Wild Week

This week has been pretty crazy. Monday Hannah had a high fever so Ky stayed home with her on Tuesday. On my way home I wrecked my car. Nothing too bad - no one was hurt but my car is not driveable. Wednesday Hannah went back to school and was felling better, but her lymph nodes in her neck got huge in a day. I took her to the doctor this morning and found out she has lymphedema. She is taking antibiotics and we will go back on Monday to recheck them. The node on the left side of her neck measured 4 x 5 cm and is so big you can see it sticking out. It had Ky and I pretty worried but hopefully it's just an infection and the antibiotics will help. When Hannah and I got back from the doctor we let Piper out. When she came back in, her eyes and head were swolen and red. I gave her some Benadryl and it seemed to help but the swelling is still there. I think she may have gotten stung by a wasp. Hopefully our weekend will be less eventful!