A Beach Day

Just a fun relaxing day at the beach. Jack was too funny with his little car. He wanted to put it at the top of the dune and let it roll down until it was engulfed by the waves.



Jeffy's Game of rolling down the hill into the surf.

Horseback Riding Lessons

For Jessalyn's Birthday she has gotten to take some riding lessons. Which of course she LOVES. Attached you will find some different Pictures.


Jessalyn leading the horse (Shadow).


Here is Jessalyn showing off her new pink riding helmet.



This is called a hoof pick. Jessalyn uses it to make sure there are no clumps of dirt or rocks stuck in the horse shoe.

Rodeo

So for Jessalyn's birthday we went to the rodeo. (Flat-Maddie came along as well.) Jessalyn enjoyed seeing all the horses. She really liked the barrel racing. The kids were able to take part as well. They had an event in which all the kids got into the arena and chased 2 calves. The goal was to grab a ribbon out of their tails. Jeffrey came VERY close to one of them but his grab missed the ribbon. They had a terrific time. It was a long eventful day! but full of fun! :)

(It was difficult to take pictures in there because we were above the arena and it was dark but the lights were low enough to be in the scenes. The camera didn't like it very well. But here are some of the best I could get.)

Jessa's Big Hair cut!

Jessalyn took a big step and got her hair cut off! Jessa is donating her hair to WIgs4Kids.org
She looks Really different with such short hair. But Still just as beautiful as before. Jessalyn misses her princess hair but knows that she helped a sick kid and that her hair can grow again.

The Adventures of Flat-Maddie in Florida for Jessalyn's Birthday!

Maddie did a project with school Where she drew her outline and created Flat Maddie. She then mailed Flat Maddie to Florida to go on an adventure with her Cousin Jessalyn. Flat-Maddie made it in time to go to Jessalyn's birthday breakfast at Ihop and she got to eat Green Eggs and Ham and Whoo-cakes. :)





















Then she went to Jessalyn's school and met Jessalyn's classmates and She hung out with Jessalyn's flat classmates for awhile.




















Flat Maddie was there for Jessalyn's Birthday Celebration as well. They have a little ceremony the kids do. Jessalyn walks in a circle as they chanted the months of the year. When they came back around to April they said, "Jessalyn is 1. When Jessa turned 1 she... ___ " "When Jessa turned 2 she.______" etc. It was very cute. Jessalyn held a globe to show how the world goes around the sun (a candle) each year.

Hockey Game

Papaw received some free tickets to the last Ice Pilots game of the season. Since he had to be out of town Grandma, Jeffrey, Jessalyn, and Mom got to go. We had alot of fun. Jeffrey got up to dance with the cheerleaders. Jessalyn stood in the aisle and imitated them a bit although she wasn't ready to stand in front of everyone. Jessalyn and Jeffrey both enjoyed the cotton candy and pizza while watching the game. Jessalyn did not like when the guys fought. She thought it was mean! But really it was a super tame evening with only 2 scuffles both in the last period. The Pilots lost 0-4 to the Mississippi Sea Wolves. But it was a fun time anyhow! :)

Amarylis

Isn't this Amarylis Beautiful! The blooms are just soo Pretty and even the harsh rain storm didn't damage them. Love it. So perfect It almost looks fake!