Thanksgiving Greetings!

For the first time in several years we celebrated Thanksgiving at our own home. Traditionally, we travel to California where we get to catch up with my side of the family over some entertaining discussions and great food....although we had to cancel the trip this year, we were still lucky enough to have Gma Kathy and Gpa Craig around to enjoy the feast with us!

I haven't stopped eating since 9am....the banana pudding is calling to me as I type!

Lots of love and well wishes from our family to yours this Holiday season!

Here's a little clip that most of the world can relate to as mother nature litters our yards....Leaves happen!

Happy Holidays!

Leah

What the????

I thought I might take a few minutes this week to do a little analysis on my website statistics. I like to see how bored people have to be to find themselves poking around my complete failure of a blog...the endeavor never fails to confuse, annoy, and completely entertain me!

The results of my keyword analysis tell me that the highest percentage of unique visitors to my website (those that arrive by chance using search engines) come here looking for: WARNING ADULT CONTENT

What the? Seriously? I can only imagine the total disappointment when they arrive at my blog and are forced to look through all my family pictures and farm rehabilitation stories...not quite the content they are most likely expecting! I can only speculate that THIS post is the culprit...naughty me!

Next, and as equally dumbfounding, are my MULTIPLE visitors who arrived here looking for: FAT CHICKS ON TRACTORS

Is that really something people desire to see? Is there an audience out there for this sort of visual? Because I can totally make this happen! I'm not getting any slimmer these days....I might just buy myself a new domain and capitalize on this one...I'm serious!...I blame THIS post. Whodathunkit?

I'd like to apologize to my visitor from Targu-mures, Mures, Romania, who did not find what he/she was looking for (0 returning visits)....I'd love to know how you found me!

Thank you, StatCounter, for your endless documentation of all things statistically intriguing.

Happy Trails,
Leah

Teething X 2!

Lordsy Mercy! Why didn't anyone WARN me about this! We have BOTH punks now in full out teething mode.....Little Man had his toofers come through this weekend, but the Princess is yet to present her pearly whites....a little prayer for my sanity, please.....as well as those that share my dwelling....times iz tough!

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

Leah

Which came first?

I get that question all the time! In this case, it's the egg....

Happy Halloween!

The Little Brat wanted to be a black cat this year.....Eeasy Peasy!

Before...

After...

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!

Happy Haunts,

Leah

Secretariat.....

We had a showing at the farm this past weekend, so we stepped away for a couple hours to give the potential buyers some time to settle in and get to know the place (keep your fingers crossed!)....we decided to go for a movie and found that Secretariat was playing down the road...I can't tell you exactly why, but I really don't care much for horse movies....it seems that a person , like myself, afflicted with the equine virus would enjoy these films...but I do not....ever since I went to see Black Beauty in my youth, and was disappointed to find the movie was more about the people than the horse...regardless, we wanted a family friendly film to kill a couple hours and Secretariat was majority choice...I have to admit I liked it...although times have not changed much...I still think it was more about the people in the film than the horse...nevertheless, it was sweet...funny thing though...as we were walking out of the theatre I asked the Little Brat what she thought of Big Red....her response was, "I wanted to watch nanny McPhee." Like mother, like daughter!

For my fellow Quarter Horse enthusiasts out there....the Freestyle Reining Champion was recently crowned at the 2010 Quarter Horse Congress....it just so happens to be a Secretariat look-alike...I have to give MAJOR props to the rider who maintains a jockey position for the ENTIRE ride! See for yourself!




Happy Trails,
Leah

Ginny's Grooming Service...

Ginny Johnson is at the barn 7 days a week and is offering her services in the areas of grooming and lunging for those that would like some assistance! Please contact Ginny directly to for more information...Happy Trails!

From Blastocysts to Babies: 6 month update!

CJ (left) & Sophie (right)

Sophie Rose

6 months old

Height: 27.5" (95%)

Weight: 17lb (75%)

Codie James

6 months old

Height: 28" (90%)

Weight: 18.2lb (70%)

The boy loves to kick!

(You should the see the mess he makes in the bathtub)

It's hard to believe we've come this far already....here is the VERY FIRST PICTURE I have of Sophie and CJ @ just 5 days post-conception. Gotta love technology these days!

The Little Brat has proven to be THE best big sister in the world...although still a tad partial to Ms. Sophie, she has enthusiastically taken over many helpful duties and responsibilities since the punks have arrived...diaper rolling and tossing expert, binky replacement technician, giggle inducer, you name it- she does it! ...and I do believe they are quite infatuated with her.

Happy Babies!

Leah

Cereal Torture!

It's that time of their life....when baby cereal becomes more than just "Daddy's favorite breakfast"...yes, it's true. Sophie appeared enthusiastic about the event...she was all smiles from the start!

...and met the spoon with open anticipation of the yummy wonder that awaited her...

..so maybe it wasn't as delicious as she had hoped....

...she still handled it like the little champ she is.

CJ, on the other hand....he expressed his indifference from the get go.

Lordsy Mercy, someone come rescue him from the dread of being fed baby cereal! You'd think we were forcing frogs down the little guys throat...

ohhh, the misery!

This would be the first gag....the first of many.

..I don't know...maybe it does taste like frogs?

...day 3 and his cereal satisfaction level hasn't improved very much yet, though they are both getting it down....their pediatrician says to mix some apple juice in....maybe that will help. Poor, poor tortured children! Growing up stinks...

Happy Meals,

Leah

Fare thee well, my fair summer....

...I refuse to acknowledge the fact we are close to drowning out here as the temps drop and the summer firmly and decisively comes to an end! Instead, I made use of the sunny skies that greeted us on Saturday, even if for only a short time, and captured some long overdue pictures of our 2 and 4-legged friends! Enjoy!

In other news, the punks turned 6 months old over the weekend! I captured their hilarious, and somewhat disgusting reactions to their first bowls of baby cereal...We also made the annual trek to the Va State Fair! More pics to follow.....

Happy Trails,
Leah

Houdini...

Houdini is a 4 year old Draft cross owned by one of our boarders, Rhonda. Rhonda and Houdini make quite the fancy Dressage team...on this day, I got to capture some of their conditioning on film...Rhonda is also teaching Houdini how to jump!

Happy Trails,

Leah