Dust vs. Mad-Cleaning-Ladies

Yesterday we weeded the garden, made relish, washed the dogs, washed the dog's kennels, and "spring cleaned" our tack room. The last one was Anna's idea. We've had our barn for 10 years and had never cleaned it, so it was pretty gross. Armed with cleanly thoughts and a broom, we went on the attack.

This is before the invasion: You literally could not see the floor, there was an amazingly thick layer of dust over the whole thing. We hauled everything out, sorted it, threw stuff away, cleaned the rest, swept out the cobwebs and dust in the tack room, and then put everything back.

This was the result:

Ah...the organization.

It took some muscle.

And then we had a party.

A Poem About Nothing

I need to write something
What I don't know
Something small
But I know it will grow
The words aren't coming
I'm a little rusty
But I've paper and pen
And they've proved to be trusty
A creative infusion
Would be quite nice
To write something happy
Or filled with vice
An emotion of some sort
Makes a good start
But mine are all muddled
And won't play the part
So I'll write about nothing
For nothing will do
To write a meaningless poem
That is none the less true.

Pajama Pants

The Game That Never Ends

Playing Monopoly in the camper...it took us 3 1/2 hours.

Don't even think about taking my money Em.

To Watch a Sunrise

This morning the alarm rang at 4:30 and I bounced awake. It was weird. I guess I hadn't been sleeping long enough for me to actually be tired. Anna on the other hand was not so easy to drag out of bed, despite all of the planning that went on just 5 1/2 hours previous. She was less than enthusiastic about watching the sunrise on horse back and thought sleeping was a much better option, but I made her get up. I knew she'd thank me for it someday. :) When we got the horses it was dark, but by the time we had them saddled and ready to go it was pretty light out. We rode up to our neighbor's field since it's the best place to see the sun make it's entrance.

It was really foggy and the moon was really bright. It was weird seeing the sun and moon at the same time.

It seems like we waited for half an hour before the sun came up, and it was pretty cold.

Bebe joined us.

Mystique and Bai.

Mystique waiting...

Anna waiting...

The corn waiting...

And then THE SUN.

Even Anna agrees that it was worth it.

Happy 4th of July

let freedom reign

6 months

Zoe is 6 months old!

Sarah is out visiting Ted, Michelle, and Zoe right now and sent these pics.

Sarah's helping Zoe with her expressions.