We went down to see my family for the Thanksgiving weekend. We took off on Tuesday afternoon, and returned on Saturday. In the mean time, we hung out with my brothers and sisters. We had a lot of fun. On Wednesday night we went to see Twilight with Larry and Karen; and though I’m sure he’d deny it now, Wyatt said he actually liked the movie (blood, vampires, a chase, people’s necks getting broken . . . just enough violence to keep him awake I guess). We also went to dinner for my birthday. On Thanksgiving we had a feast with all my siblings and my cousin Jamie and her family. Jamie is maybe ten years older than me, and before this I hadn’t seen her since circa 1990! We also had desert at my aunt Draza’s with all the cousins, aunts and uncles that were in town. It was fun to see my cousins, and of course, my Aunt Draza, who is one of my favorite people in the whole universe.
We also took Olivia horse back riding. Auntie Leslee told her she would take her, and so we went on Friday in spite of the cold. (It was horrible weather all weekend). Olivia was SO excited to go, but once we got there she wasn’t so sure. She thought the horsies might bite her. It took some coaxing, but after a few minutes she was happy as could be to ride Sly. Sly was very good while O & I walked around the field, but once Olivia was off him, he tried to throw me! I’m pretty proud of myself, I stayed on. I’ll admit I’ve been thrown more times than I can count, but this time, I stayed on. Wyatt even got on Sunny for a few minutes. I was very proud of him. (If you ever ask, or even if you don’t, Wyatt will be happy to tell you the time I put him on an unbroke colt, bareback, and he got thrown. He’s never had the slightest interest in riding since then. Baby.)
I also took it upon myself to scan as many pictures as I could of my childhood. I got quite a few, including one of me throwing calfs to help my Uncle Terry in the branding one spring. Check me out!
I was a tough chick once. Obviously that was just a phase.
So, we had a really nice time hanging out with everyone. Olivia and Cal LOVED staying at “Gama’s house” and were very upset to find out we were going home (about ten miles from our house, we finally broke the news). They look forward to going for another visit soon.
