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Mimi did a test recital at the RB street fair. It was so cute and she did such a fabulous job! She hates all the make up and hair but loves to dance!

My Big Girl Turns 7!

My sweet spirited girl is 7 years old now! What an amazing girl she is becoming. Such a spirit of strength and courage. She loves to dance, sing, do arts and crafts, and read. She is such a jewel in our family and we would definitley be missing something if she wasnt with us!

I get to horseback ride!!!

A new hobby that I have found is horseback riding. I love it!!! This is the first time in many years that I have the opportunity to explore and devote some time to a passion that is just for me. Every friday I get to go ride in Ramona with Barbara Hughes and enjoy her company as well as learn how to ride. I ride her horse Amanda and love every minute!

What a renewal to my soul to get to go out to nature and walk quiet pastures!

Last trip of teh season...

Its the end of riding season. We all wanted one more trip so we braved the heat and the Boyers and the Spikings joined us for one last weekend in the dunes. What a blast!!! We swam in the canal, tried to do fire bombs (we couldnt get them to work this time), had a silly string fight and played alphabet games around teh fire. It was a great weekend and it was a great way to celebrate Mothers Day.

There is something relaxing, natural, slow and happy about being in the desert. I guess it is being away from all the distractions that helps, but my soul gets so renewed when we are there.

Our Big Girl Turns 7!!!

Jessica Joy Nichols entered the world APril 2 2003! The world and specifically our family has never been the same since. She named herself Mimi at 18 months and will now only answer to the name Mimi. She just had her 7th birthday party and what a wonderful day to celebrate this amazing gift from God! She is the true definition of her middle name JOY and what a JOYous day we had celebrating her. She wanted an American Girl all crafts party. SO crafting we did! The girls had little baskets and we made picture frames, sugar cookies, tube sock bracelets, pins, a set of notecards, and a headband. Mimi has the sweetest girls in her life and I hope that many of these friendships stay with her as the years pass.

Happy Birthday Mimi!!!

Spring Break!!!

What an awesome trip to the dunes. The Spiking family came with us and we had the most amazing time out at Ogelby.

Fire bombs, hot seats, fire lines, rides, running out of gas, and of course Mrs. Spikings bee sting and moms crash! Cartwheeled 25 feet with my quad but got back up and kept riding!!! 48 hours later I had a hurt shoulder, bruised collar bone, and charlie horse and bruises everywhere. It was such a fun time to hang out, relax, make some memories and deepen friendships.

Easter with the family...

I love celebrating Easter with all the family and cousins! What a celebration! Everyone was here and uncle Ty did a great devotional and we did "jesus in the tomb" crescent rolls. All the kids just played and played and rode quads around the yard. It was truly a blessed day. We did actually have 2 surprises though! We had 2 small eathquakes in the afternoon that got us a little shook up.

We also got to celebrate Mimi's 7th birthday with all the family too! Mimi is becoming such a amazing young girl and is soooo full of life. What a privilege to be her mommy!