Our family posing for a flyer to send out to all of Rick's new clients. We thought it would be nice to tell them a little bit about us. If Ella would have smiled, it would have been perfect. Oh well, it's nearly impossible to achieve a family picture where everyone is looking and smiling at the camera :).
Rick's business has been blessed. We have made a very smooth transition back to San Luis and the horse community. We are so grateful.

We've certainly been busy since Christmas vacation ended. Kaeden and I went to see Annie, the musical, at the Cal Poly performing arts center in January (first picture). We also made a trip up to visit our family in Humboldt County. While we were there, we went to the zoo and the kids loved the petting farm the most. We are really enjoying our family and friends. Kaeden is still loving school and Ella is very much our little girl with her new loves of Tinkerbell, princesses, and all little critters.

Ella's 2nd Birthday

This post is all about Ella Bella!! She just turned two on November 28th and she had a butterfly princess party. She had so much fun, and so did our dogs, Chloe and Cricket. (We had an unfortunate and sad incident with Zoey and she is with God now. Chloe is her sister and she is just as full of it as Zoey was) Ella had lots of friends and family at her party and she didn't mind being in the spotlight at all. She is my little princess. She got baby dolls, a pucci puppy and lots of cute outfits and jammies. She loves being a little mommy. Ahhhh.

My Babies

My babies are getting so big!!! Kaeden is well into his first year of big school, Kindergarten. He loves it and he even has homework!

Ella is becoming a beautiful young lady and she loves hats and headbands. I just love watching them grow. They are a joy, and a headache at times, and I feel very blessed to be their mom.

New Pets!!

We have 2 NEW PETS!! We just got a brand new border collie/mcnab puppy and we named her Zoey. She is a joy, and a handful. She is very tolerant of the kids, as you can see:)

We also just recieved a new pony. Kaeden named her Addie. She is a beautiful, calm, sweet pony that we can hardly believe is ours. Kaeden has been riding her daily and she seems to really like it here. We are going to get her a friend soon, probably a goat:) We are really taking advantage of our 10 acres.

We are also experiencing the tarantula migration through our area. They are pretty ugly, but they are not aggressive and they just make their way by and don't bother anyone or anything.

Getting Big!!

We are finally getting settled at our new house in Templeton, just like the rat from Charlotte's Web :) Kaeden is loving Kindergarten and Ella has a big girl pony tail now. We are really enjoying being back on the central coast. We are ready for some Fall weather though. It's too hot this year. Maybe we'll have an extra cold Winter. I can only hope.

Ella just finished her first session of Gymnastics and now it's Kaeden's turn. He starts next Tuesday in his tumbling class. They are keeping me very busy.

Rick is also busy these days rebuilding his horseshoeing client list. He picked up Cal Poly State University recently and we are very excited as it is a potentially large account. They have a lot of horses on campus. We are so blessed and we feel so grateful for the way that things are just falling into place.

Moving

We are getting ready to move back to San Luis Obispo. I can hardly wait to put my home back together again. Kaeden will be starting Kindergarten and Ella will have some mommy time everyday.
Our summer has been great. We have done lots of fun things like visiting the Jelly Belly factory and visiting nana anad papa's new pool in Placerville. We've also made trips to Humboldt County, San Luis Obispo, and Bishop. We've been busy visiting skate parks, fairs, and playgrounds too. It's been fun, but we are glad to be moving on.