Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Really, Really, Really Busy Weekend (But in a Good Way)

Sometimes life is busy in a way that makes you really stressed out: 10 loads of laundry, running to soccer and football, mowing the lawn, replacing the shed floor, baking loaves of bread for the week, watering the grass, etc...

Last weekend, we were busy in a good way.  We spent the whole weekend having fun!  We ate restaurant food for every meal!  We picked ticks of each other and the dogs!  Yay!

We started out riding four-wheelers and shooting guns in Verdigre on Saturday.  Jefferson got to run around off the leash, and he was so happy to follow us all over the place.  He made a pretty good farm dog for the day.



The kids always love to ride on the four-wheelers...the little kids and the grown up kids. There were lots of smiles all day long.




On Sunday, we went to my Aunt's house to ride horses.  She gave the kids lessons on how to control their horses, and then she let them all ride all on their own.  How great is that?!












At the end of the ride, the kids got to help lead the horses back to their pens.  It was pretty poignant to see my Uncle Brad walking with my girls back to the barn.  His only daughter was killed by a drunk driver twenty years ago to the day of our trip to visit.  He and my Aunt have three sons and lots of grandkids, but I couldn't help but think about all the moments they missed with their daughter. 




See what I mean by busy weekend?  All that, and we headed back to Lincoln with a van full of luggage, two dogs, four kids, two adults, and two chickens.  We definitely know how to roll. 

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