Horse Riding Update

Emily is doing a great job with her riding lessons and she is happy as ever!!!! Here are a few pictures over the past couple weeks. Some pictures are not really clear because of the movement of the horse but you can get the idea. She does ride different horses each week.

Kings Dominion

We spent the afternoon at Kings Dominon!! The girls had a great time!

2 Wheelin Fun

We decided to give Emily her birthday present early this year. She had outgrown her bike and wanted to learn to ride without training wheels. Since her birthday is in the winter we thought if she got a new bike now she would have time to learn and enjoy it while the weather is so perfect. This also gives Amanda a chance to learn to ride the bike with training wheels and graduate from the tricycle. We went to the local school (Theo's school) to learn because they had a great spot to ride in circles. Here are a few of the girls. In the end, Emily did actually ride a bit on her own but still needs practice. The picture is really bad, my camera battery died just as she was getting the hang of it. Look at the last picture and you can see Ed isn't holding on. Amanda was an instant pro and she was afraid for nothing. She didn't realize how helpful the training wheels would be, still needs to practice the breaks.

Love of Horses!!!

Emily took her first riding lesson tonight and she was thrilled beyond belief. They said she did great!!!! She started to learn how start and stop how to turn and how to trott. She is learning English style riding. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. She also loved the horse "Amanda".

Girls New Bedroom

The girls room is nearly finished. We have been in the house for 16 months so we are a little slow. They picked what they wanted and we are working to get it done. One dresser still needs to be painted white (was natural wood) but the weather hasn't been right to get that finished. Ed is also going to make some cute shelves to go on the wall but we have a couple other more pressing projects (laundry room and kitchen) that are going to keep him busy. Ed, being as talented and wonderful as he is made the headboards for the girls.


Here is a picture of the room when we bought the house.
















Here is a picture of it for the past year. Why I took a picture when the room is a mess is beyond me. Ignore the mess.
















Here are a few of it 95% done.

Amanda's Bed



Emily's Bed