10 on 10 August

I spent the whole day today thinking it was the 10th. Oops. Here is my ten on ten, a day early.

The Amazing Miss Molly

We always knew there was something special about Molly. Today, however, when I observed this interaction between Molly and the horses I realized her powers and abilities go beyond our wildest imaginations (insert Katie's dry sense of humor here)

for reference the horse on the far left is KR Lady Hawk with her baby, and on the right is KR American Girl with her baby. And the one in the middle is Molly, our baby.

stretching out, warming up:

Attention please!

And the magic begins

not sure what is happening here, all I know is that I have never had 4 horses look at me that way.

Pretty sure she is casting some sort of spell on American Girl's tail here

and her work here is done.

I thought it was just a fluke, but then we walked directly over to the pile of dirt, and before she sat down to play I saw her doing this:

apparently it was fine to play in then.

Wish You Were Here!

A lot has gone on since my last post . . . I hope to post pics and stories sometime, but for now a VERY brief synopsis:

-decided to move back to Seattle
-sent kids on plane with my mom
-Ryan and I drove and drove and drove to Seattle
-celebrated Molly's 2nd birthday & my 31st
-attended family reunion in Moses Lake
-now in MT with Ryan's parents for undetermined time
(I just realized all this has happened in less than a months time - that is crazy)

While we are here we are soaking in the beauty and peacefulness of the land (besides the small fire Ed, Mary, and Ryan are out helping with right now)

Here is a couple photos Ryan took this morning from an amazing view point. The first was looking one direction with square butte in the distance, and the second is looking 180 degrees the other way with the Rocky Mountains in the distance.

The kids have been having a blast with the horses (pics soon hopefully), the pile of dirt places especially for them, as well as posing on some machinery:
Sean was loving it just a little bit:


More to come soon!

the 4th

We had a wonderful 4th of July down here in Texas. We started the day with a small parade in downtown Mckinney. We saw plenty of cars, motorcycles, and horses. Our one Seattle connection, Kristen, joined us and we had a blast.

Sean: "Look, its Doc!!"

And some sparkly pink horses

It is kind of hard to see, but downtown Mckinney is actually a really fun, cute, old town square with great shops and places to eat.

Later we were paid a visit by none other than Roberto! Came all the way from Costa Rica to visit us (not really, but it makes a good story). We had a blast catching up, and throwing the kids at him. We missed you Paola!!

Hope you all had a great 4th as well!

Nana & Papa

We had such a great time with my parents in town!

Here are the kids waiting in the airport parking lot for Nana & Papa to arrive. They were showing me how excited they were:

Our first stop with Nana and Papa was the aquarium:

Penguins

Shark tunnel

3 toed sloth (super close)

Giant river otter

Manatees etc.

And there was the daily swim time in our community pool:

And special treats, like ice cream:

Thanks Nana & Papa for visiting! We had a great time and can't wait to play again soon!!!

Back-up Dancer

2 Peas

Sean and Molly are VERY different children. I could right many-a-post on their differences, however, Molly has been doing a couple things lately that reminded me of her brother when he was her age:

Example 1: The "I am going to force this smile out if it is the last thing I do" Smile

Example 2: Eating corn like it is going to get up and run away from you

Ah kiddos . . . Thanks for making me laugh!

waiting

it was 96 the other day . . . I melted. Here we are waiting for Ryan to get home:

The stake out followed.
He arrived (see his truck between bush and garage)

The sneak attack

Lots of splashing followed, then a trip to the pool. I am beginning to understand why all the pools down here are not heated.