Ashley and her buddy Vanessa spent last Sunday at a USEA clinic. The clinician was Sara Kozumplik-Dierks. Retto was a little ouchy so Phanny was pulled out of retirement. She was such a good pony that Sara had Ashley and Phanny leading the spooky horses over the scarey stuff.

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A Tree for Nana.

As is our family tradition the kids were burying Andrew in the Christmas trees when Scrooge himself came out of nowhere and said no pictures in the store. Of course I had to express my disbelief at the lack of brain cells used in that transaction but still it sort of ruined the mood. We dug Andy out of the trees, located a tree for Nana and went on our merry way. A covert attempt to find and photograph the perfect tree will happen later in the week under the cover of darkness. Duh Duh Dunnn!


We will be back.

Up, Up and Away...
Doug and Kim came down for the weekend. We spent some time at the airport learning about their plane. The highlight would have to be standing out on the tarmac as they were taking off. We were jumping around and waving and Doug dipped the wings and waved back. Fun stuff!

A little basketball action...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Thanks to Amy for taking this three generation photo on Thanksgiving. It is always nice to have a good photographer around.

Congratulations Ashley!!!!!
All the hard work is paying off. Ash and Retto won the training division at the Ocala Horse Trials. Ashley's first victory gallop was one where she was in the lead. How cool is that?

Waiting to hear the results. And our winner is...
Receiving sash and plaque from the technical delegate.
Giggling girls filming the famous people.
Stadium round on Sun.
Last minute tips from trainer Ralph Hill.

You can always tell when basketball season has started. The ties come out of the closet. The varsity team plays saturday in a tip-off classic. Good luck Austin!

Another glimpse of the kids:
Ashley tutoring Andrew in science. When the only kid in the class is the class clown and Ash is teacher it can get pretty interesting.

I knew you were all ready for more pony photos. These are of Ashley and Retto on the weekend working with Ralph. They are preparing for the Ocala horse trials. Sort of a Grand Finale for 2006. Good luck you two.

Happy Birthday Papa!!!!!!

Love
Karen, Jim, Adam, Austin, Ashley, and Andrew.

After a much needed rain everything seems so fresh and new. Magnolias are the perfect Florida tree. Even with winter around the corner the Magnolia gives you the feeling of spring.

Tryouts are over and guess who made the varsity team? (not to mention a 4.0 GPA as well!)

You are AWESOME Austin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A glimpse of the kids.

Ashley missed several days of school due to the flu so Austin was helping her catch up in in her algebra class. She enjoys his tutoring because he adds strange voices and dance moves. Who knew math could be this FUN?

The haunted porch was especially spooky this year. Job well done by team- Andrew, Alex and Ashley. We had a bigger than usual turn out for the candy swapping which was nice too. Now on to the next event: Our re-enactment of the first Thanksgiving and our re-enactment of our Annual Mullen Whooping Football Game. Both great fun only I have heard the Mullen camp is recruiting this year. We had best be on our toes.

Some photos you just have to post.

I was fortunate enough to tag along with the girls (ie. horror junkies) to the land of screams and gags. They hooked arms at the entrance and let go of each other only long enough to throw back a hot pretzel and a cold coke.

Somewhere I missed those lazy days of summer where the kids complain of nothing to do and I have time to float in the pool. Those days never came this year and I think there is something wrong with that. We raise our children to be active productive individuals and perhaps neglect to teach them that sometimes it is good for the soul (and Mom's brain) to slow down and look around.

So here I begin my quest to realign and simplify. If you cant find me check the hammock. Riiightt.

This is what Andrew does when I am doing the morning barn chores.
Wednesday, October 24, 2006

I guess you could call it PE.