A riding lesson

I guess I uploaded these pictures backwards! Here she is un-tacking her lesson horse "pie"
Walking back up to the barn

here she is riding around the ring, the instructor asked her to go into a trot when she turned the corner, then stop, darn tree was in my way! I did get to see her post though, she's doing great. She was all smiles when she saw me at the top of the hill while she was coming up (parents really aren't suppose to stay, but towards the end of the lesson we can stay at the top of the hill and watch from up there).

June happenings

I managed to get a couple of pictures on here. I tried for more but it would not work, I'm lucky I got these! Here is a picture of Sarah with friends Shannon and Liam on children's day at church. They were presented with their Bibles that day and the children hosted the service with singing and poems. Christian recieved his Bible last year, he did however read a poem.

A very nice service! June has been a busy month here (surprise, surprise!) We've been out of school now for a couple of weeks and we've really filled up the time. Christian has started golf lessons and Sarah started horseback riding lessons a couple of weeks before school let out. Eric surprised me with new kitchen plans so we have been taking out all of the dishes and food and putting it in the dining room. All of the old cabinets are gone now and the walls are bare waiting for my new hickory cabinets! Very exciting. New coutnertops are coming, the cast iron sink is already here and Eric took me shopping to pick out a new dish washer and over the stove mircowave. I can't wait until it's done! The house is coming along. Flooring will be next.... I still have not picked it out. I will post pictures when it's done!

Daddy came home with a pool for Christian's birthday . Here is is trying it out! It was pretty chilly, what a brave boy! Sarah jumped in too.

Christian's birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTIAN!!!! Born at 12:48pm on June 11, 1997. He was a tiny little bugga at 6lbs 8oz. It's hard to believe how fast time as gone by. We are so proud of you and the wonderful person you are and are growing up to be. We love you!

Here he is just in from a trip to the mailbox with a card from his Nana.

more pics to come from his bday party which is June 20th.....

Christian pitching!

This is all it will let me post for now.. for some reason we're having technical difficulties with the blog.. it won't let us upload pictures and when it does, we only get a couple.. so I will keep these two on here and try to add more next time! Until then!!! :)

update.. finally!!!

Whew.. May has been a busy month! At the beginning of the month Christian was invited to the "kids connect" day at the Thayer school of Engineering and he had a blast!! It was an all day adventure building robots out of lego's and then computer programming them to do all sorts of things. He has been very busy with school, baseball and even a trip to a nearby camp for two nights with his 5th grade class. It is a tradition to get the whole 5th grade together from his school and the Westshire school, as they will be one 6th grade class together next year. Daddy volunteered to go as well. (brave soul!) They hiked, sang, played games and even went down some zip lines in the woods. Daddy even did that, and Christian's teacher had to catch him.. Mr. N said it felt like a linebacker running into him! Too funny!! Sarah has been busy as well. The ballet season has wrapped up until September with a spring recital which was held on the 17th. We were so happy that Nana and Papa could come watch! It was nice having them here to spend some quality time with.. they even got to see one of Christian's baseball games. They live so far away and it was a real treat for them to see the kids doing things they love. More big news: we talked Daddy into a puppy!!! A little girl pup which we have named "Sally". We call her sleepy Sally , or silly sally.. she's a real mellow pup so far and oh so cute!! We go and get her from time to time for just an hour or so until she is ready to come home for good. Our neighbor who rescues pets owns her for now. She took in the mama dog who was rescued from a neglectful family and then she had 4 cute pups! They will all go to loving homes, even the mom. We will officially own Sally in the summer sometime. Very exciting!!!

Sally as won the affection of Daddy!

Sarah after the recital, May 17th, 2008. It was Sarah's 5th recital! It seems like she just started ballet.. time goes too quickly doesn't it?! Thank you for the lovely flowers you gave to our ballerina Fleming family.. we are so glad you could make it. It meant so much to us!!

Christian at the Dartmouth school of engineering "Kids Connect" Day May, 2008

using the computer to program the robot

Christian and his team demonstrate their robot! It worked! They had this mat set out on the floor with "water" and a city.. the robots were programed to do such things as push things into the water etc. It was pretty interesting to watch all of the groups with their robots. You could have heard a pin drop during each demonstration!

more pictures from vacation!

Original slave cabins

In the garden with plantation house in background. Some of the roses were planted there in the late 19th century. They were gorgeous and smelled so good too. Picking cotton on Boone Hall Plantation.

I have even more pictures yet.. I will add them next time as the upload time seems to be getting slower and slower!!!

South Carolina 2008

We just got back from SC visiting my parents. What fun!! The weather was pretty nice.. we had a few cooler/windy days but the weather soon changed to warm and we got some beach time in!! My brother Randy and his family came down too. It was great to spend some time with them as well! We all went out to eat, took in a show and we took my folks to Charleston, SC to take in some sightseeing!! We visited Boone Hall Plantation where we got to pick cotton, strawberries, see original slave cabins and picnic. We learned a lot about slave life and the lives of the owners who lived there. A trolly took us through fields once filled with cotton and over ditches dug by slaves for the confederate soliders.. very interesting! After that we headed over to Patriot's Point where the USS Yorktown is docked and Daddy and Christian did a quick tour of that WWII ship while we waited for the ferry to take us over to Ft. Sumpter. THAT was cool! To see where the civil war began was pretty amazing.. bullet holes in the sides of the fort, even some torpedos STILL stuck in the walls. Christian is studying the war in school now, so it was neat for him to see the some of the sights they learned about in the classroom. It was a full and very fun day. I will add more pictures next time of our "day of history", I have a ton! For now, here are some from the earliest part of the trip.
Christian and Daddy playing some football with cousin Zach and his friend Aaron.. not sure how he didn't get in the shot!

We had a bite to eat at the NASCAR restaurant

some fun in the sun at the beach!

Annual Ballet Picture Day

Sarah at the barre

Sarah and her teacher posing (Sarah knows the names of these positions but I don't know how to spell them so I won't even try! haha!)


Now I KNOW this is 5th position feet. These are the outfits they will wear in one of their dances at the spring recital, (they will wear the black too for another dance they'll do that day)cute aren't they?!








It was the annual picture day at the Upper Valley Children's Ballet yesterday! Sarah has been attending since she was four and every year I notice a difference in the girls on picture day. I remember when she first started and they had a hard time just sitting still for the photos to be taken!! They were all just so darn cute though with their little tutu's on and stumbling trying to hold that pose. Of course they are still cute, but getting so mature!! It's sad though how fast they grow. A few of these girls have been in with Sarah since she started and her teacher puts up pictures that were taken each year and my oh my how much they have changed :( stop growing so fast girls!!!!