Miniature horses :)

We went to a miniature horse farm this weekend. There are three nuns that run it, they have sold the farm and are selling the little horses because they're getting too old to run it now, one is 95, one 93 and the youngest of the group is 89. So they were having their last ever fall fest. We had fun, not too many people were there when we were but it was a good time.

Here is what is on the gate when you first come in.


The horses really were very sweet.









They had a fire truck there :)

Some fun little games to earn tickets for prizes

Fun little cart ride.

It was a great fun filled day :) I love fall, it's not too hot to go do things like this!!

Some Scrappy Goodness!

It felt GREAT to sneak some time for my crafty world!! My pictures aren't as pretty as they are in real but I just couldn't get good lighting inside at work where I took them. LOL

This LO was a blast to make, I used the program that we bought at the circus to embellish it.


I adore this LO, I might shadow box frame it to enjoy it...

This LO was a lot of fun, it was such a great day, I ditched work to go to the Aquarium restaurant downtown :) it ROCKED!!! Great times!

Here is my little singer, the next two actually go together the full title is "Sing Baby Girl" and that is EXACTLY what she was doing!

Thanks for looking :)

Cousin Fun!!!

I really do feel fortunate that Mikayla has been able to develop relationships with our cousins!! She loves them just as much as I do!

Here she is with Mark




Here she is "helping" get the leaves out of the hot tub.


Some of the family chillaxing




Chris always has his camera ready to go LOL


Always time for extra cuddles! Janet and Mikayla look so snuggly!!!!






LOL - Chrissie.... um... sorry but I had to!


Bon fire time.... (notice the blow torch to the right of the fire that was used to start it.....) we need one of those for camping LOL


Smore/marshmallow time....


I think they both wanted this smore..... LOL - it's mine, no it's mine...no it's mine.....



Some more chillaxing around the fire. I got Mikayla all warm and comfortable (wrapped up in a blanket) and she just fell asleep in my arms under the stars.... it was awesome!! By the end of the night there were five of us that were still awake and chatting, we pulled the chairs much closer to the fire because it got darn right cold out! I'm sooooo not used to that anymore. But it was really nice to have some great outdoor time!

Casa Bonita

While in Colorado, we had the opportunity to take in the Casa Bonita experience..... it is truly an experience. For the young.... it's fabulous... for the older, you leave with a headache... LOL

It really is a fun place to go, my dad remembers that my sister loved having her birthday parties here when she was little.


Wonderful fountain in the front.



Can you see the diver, the jump is about 30 feet into a pool below, it's pretty neat.



The table flags are the BEST.... you raise it when you need something and they come and lower the flag and after finding out what you want, they bring it right back to you. It's FUN!

Of course the mariachi band.... here they come!!!! Mikayla actually did cover her ears and say it's too loud!!

Some cousin fun

Uncle Frankie!

Papa, we are glad he's doing better to be able to come to the crazy house...I mean Casa Bonita

Girls Night In.....

When we were in Denver we were lucky to get to spend time with Janet!!! It was an awesome time (in spite of everything else going on....). We walked, shopped till we dropped, had an awesome lunch where we were able to eat outside, on the patio because the weather was SOOOOO wonderful!

Here we are at the Ft. Collins college campus, it's beautiful right in this area. Mikayla was running around like a nut (you will see proof below) but I was able to capture some FANTASTIC pictures of Mikayla and Janet!

Goofball pictures (referenced above)

serious goofball here LOL

Immediately back into "the pose"

This is one of my all time favorite pictures..... absolutely precious!!! Two of my favorite people right here!!!

Now after a full day of shopping and running around, we had some quiet time where school teacher Sara was helping Mikayla with her school work (we brought some to compensate for the days we were missing at school).

Such a sweet face :)

How cute is "Aspirin" (well that's Mikayla's nick name for her) LOL

Next onto drinks and stage one of our pedicures/manicures....

Now yummy camp fire and smore time!!! :) Mikayla loves "camping" at Janets!

Now for Stage 2 of Pedicures...... AWESOME - Janet has a paraffin wax heater, so she heated up the wax...ran the paper towel in it, put it on saran wrap and wrapped us all up for some intensive heel treatment LOL - we all had two treatments, it was fabulous!!!!

This is what Mark walked into.... LOL!!! He didn't want his feet done though :(

Thank you so much for such a great time!!!! This was the best girls day and night ever!!