"Can we go to the ranch?"part 2

Jacob exploring one of the barns.
Becky, the ranch coordinator, teaching the kids about different wounds that horses get. We love Becky and how willing she is for us to come over and chat, ask questions, get rides and patron the HR ranch.
I did not pose these children! That's why I love this pic so much. It just was. I was talking to Becky and I turn around, and there they were, watching Mia and some of the other horses. This is why I always take my camera.
Jordan's gift to me while at the ranch. I love his little hands. So many times they're so dry and cracked and broken out they hurt me just to look at them. But this day in this pic, they're just beautiful.
Waiting to ride, they're always excited just like it was their first time ever. This day, Jordan was going first and Jackson was excited for him, put his arm around him and said,"You're going first buddy!" I love moments like these and that I get to remember them forever.

"Can we go to the ranch?"

The kids are always wanting to go the ranch. And I always take my camera...
Jacob, being curious.
The cool cowboy pose must just come natural to some.
I love this pic of Haley. How sanitary it really is for her to have that in her mouth I don't know, but it's definately not the 1st time and won't be the last and she has yet to get sick here in WI.
I don't know what Jordan's doing. Just being cute as usual.

One of our favorite things~

We love to be on the lake. Haley and Jackson help paddle and Jordan has lately been wanting to try his hand at it as well.( Recovering the paddle from the lake is just a part of a 4 year old learning to paddle I guess. ) Jacob, my not-afraid-of-anything-dangerous-kid, just likes to lean over the side of the canoe and feel the water as we glide over it. I like watching him. Most of the time he just sits there quietly, feeling the water and looking around like he's just taking it all in and sometimes it looks as though he's thinking. I wish I knew what it was considering he's 2.

Mia~ The HoneyRock Philly

Mia, less than 24 hours old
Mia and momma, Ginger.
Mia, 4 weeks old
It's so cute the way she runs around and kicks her legs. We've really enjoyed watching her as she changes. Jacob loves her the most. He's always wanting to see, "baby hoss."
Haley with Mia. She loves to feel her mane. It's so soft. We're having to be alittle more careful these days though. Mias been nipping.

My Little Cowboy's

All three of my boys LOVE cowboys right now.. here Jordan and Jacob are "holding up" their dinner cook... literally... it always takes a little longer to do everything these days.....it's all good... I like it....
"Stick 'em up!"
Can you say "cowboy from south of the border" ?

Going Way Back.... to April...

Jordan's birthday breakfast... french toast with strawberries and whip cream...yum
I always have to make his before the rest of the families b/c of his allergies, so I just plated it all up for him. It looks like alot b/c it is!!! He usually does eat 4; just not with strawberries and whip cream.
We couldn't understand where it all was going!!!

What a piggy!!!
Oh well... it was his birthday!!!!