Trail Riding with Great Friends!!

We went trail riding with some friends, Brent and Denise Fick and their daughters Alyssa and Keira. It was our first trail ride and the weather was outstanding. Clayton had a fabulous time riding for almost 3 hours on his horse Andre. Mike rode Fred and I walked Kaya on her pony KayCee. After we got back to camp Brent grilled up some lunch. Then the kids went and played on the play equipment there. We can't wait to go back!!!

Yes, It is a Mule!!

We have been looking for a long time for a horse for Kaya, you know the kind of horse you can put a 4 year old on and know she will be safe. We finally found a 20 year old Mule for her named Blue. So far he seems very gentle. And yes, Mike and I never thought we would have a Mule at the house!!! He is actually very cute!!

Zoo Jully 2009!!!

CLayton, Kaya, Grandma Hauf and I all went on a trip to the zoo yesterday. The kids loved riding the camel, even though they ride horses all the time. They also enjoyed feeding the Giraffes!! Otherwise, not much changes from year to year but we really enjoyed going.

Reiman Garden Field Trip

The kids and I went to Reiman Gardens in Ames today. It was so beautiful!! The Butterfly garden was huge and the kids loved going on a Dinosaur hunt. All the flowers are in full bloom!! What a nice relaxing day!!

Backhoe Dude!!!

Clayton is in hog heaven!!! He loves to help daddy when he brings home the backhoe!!!

Kaya's recital pictures

Kaya had so much fun at her dance recital! She had worked so hard in class every Tuesday for a hour and the recital was what she was looking forward to. She got to get all dressed up in her costume and her hair and make-up done. This was a little girls dream, a princess for a day!!

Slip-n-Slide

It has been so hot outside we needed to find something to cool us off at home!! The kids had so much fun playing with the slip-n-slid! By the time we got done the thing exploded! It was well worth the 7 dollars we spent on it!!

Pictures of our Saturday at Adventureland!!

We decided to take the kids to Adventureland yesterday and they had a blast!! We now realize how small Adventureland is now that we have been to Disney World! They rode all the rides and had fun at the circus. I also handed the camera to Mike so I could actually have some pictures of me in their scrapbooks! This is not a scrapbook page, just something I did messing around with my editing program. Enjoy!!!

Kaya's Preschool class

Kaya is done with Preschool for the year. This was pictures of her the last day of school. She got her memory book and then it was off to the zoo. Clayton and Kaya are both done with school and now it is on to some light summer school work.

Spray Me!!!

The kids got really hot and needed cooled off so Grandma Hauf got the hose out and the kids put their suits on. They ran and played and loved getting cooled off the fun and QUICK way!! We were so lucky to have such great weather this Memorial Weekend!!

Dad's new baby, a palomino and white overo!!

Dad's first baby of the year out of his stud. What a pleasant surprise!! Two blue eyes with dark around them and lots of color!! Clayton, Kaya, and Grandma named him Brady.

Clay helping build the chicken coop

Log cabin chicken coop!!! Memorial weekend Clay, Mike, and Dad worked on finishing the coop!!!

Kaya and Alyssa!

Our newest edition to our family, Jasper, the Donkey!!

Getting ready for dance pictures

I did Kaya's hair and makeup for her dance pictures today. She loved getting all "fancy"!! She can't wait for her recital father's day weekend!!

Future Gardeners

The kids love to help Eva weed Grandma's flower gardens.

These are just a few of the pictures I took while they were trying not to step on the flowers.

All Dressed Up!!

1st of many Easter 2009 pages

Kaya's dance pictures from her Halloween class.

Thomas the Train, fall 2008.