Wet (but pretty) Weather

It's turned into a very wet Fall.  My son will never get his soccer season finished this way - - the fields keep getting waterlogged and they get rescheduled...and rescheduled...and rescheduled.  It makes for pretty pictures though when it does dry up - fall colors on the trees and green grass.  Very nice.

I need to check out power supplies while I'm thinking about it to protect my computer with these storms. That's all I need is to short my computer! I'd cry.

Too Busy

Finding time for our horses is always a major problem once school starts. With school comes soccer, cheerleading and marching band between my four kids.  It's too bad all the different coaches involved couldn't get them all on the same schedule (kidding...but wouldn't that be nice?).  Two have something two days a week, one child has it five days a week, another three days a week - - and that is just during the week.  The weekend is full of two football games for my three girls and soccer game for my son. Our poor horses get shut out for a couple months while Fall sports take over our home so the equestrian riding apparel isn't getting much use at the moment.

I took a pregnancy test this morning being four days overdue.  I couldn't figure out where I was going to find time if the test was positive.  I'm turning 40 next month so an oopsy baby would be a huge, unexpected surprise.  The test was negative.  As much as I love babies and still get that little twinge when I see a newborn, I am just not ready to start over again.  Now to talk my husband into a vasectomy so these scares don't happen!  How many Valium does it take for a man to have a vasectomy? Mine is scared to even think about it.

Horseback Riding in Spring

Spring at our house means getting out the riding helmets and riding boots to ride again after the frigid temps of winter are gone.  My daughter took her first ride yesterday after a few months of not riding and she found she outgrew her riding boots during that time.  Her riding instructor also had to lengthen her stirrups another hole too or else she'd be riding like a jockey. 

This is my oldest and her horse.  They both did great.  You couldn't even tell either had any time off all winter long. 

Now we have a shopping trip to look forward to for more riding boots because her size 7.5 are too tight!  I need to get her a pair of breeches too for those long, skinny legs of hers.  She just became a teen and she's growing like a weed!