Daisy's Spa Night

When Ben's family came over for dinner last week, I was sitting talking to Britta when a niece (I think it was Elena) came up and asked me for a hairband. I gave her the one on my wrist and didn't think twice about it. Then about 10 minutes later, Paige came and asked for another. I asked what they were up to and she was so excited to tell me they were doing Daisy's hair. I asked who was with her and after a long list of little girl cousins she said, "and Ben." I had to laugh picturing Ben supervising all these little girls as they did Daisy's hair. He said she got brushed and combed all over and she had a nice braid in her tail and another in her mane. It was her first "do" since we've had her, but she used to belong to a little girl, so maybe not her first ever.

Visitors & Pony Rides

Ben was really busy working and we weren't quite up for company through the winter. We made up for it these last two weeks. On the 30th, we had dinner for Mumsy, Gayle, Tommy, Sharon, JG, Rollins, Kay & Gregory (turkey dinner, mmmmm). The 1st Ben's family & some friends came for lunch and pony rides (about 35 people). The 2nd my childhood friends Joe & Mike came with their families (that's who the photo is of - 5 kids & 4 adults plus us). The 3rd Shelley called and wound up coming over with 3 Seattle area friends and their 3 children. We had just gotten the house clean when Erin's family came to town, so we had a big Rydalch dinner on the 8th (about 35 people again). Then on the 9th it was branding day so I made homemade rolls, potato salad and banana muffins for that and Janelle's family came over for our 0-1-2-3-4 photos and breakfast (huckleberry pancakes, elk sausage and fruit). On Sunday the 10th, Merche called and brought Chispe and her 5 kids out for pony rides and to feed the calves. So our tally was around 100 for the last couple of weeks and we have more coming this weekend. It's fun to be able to share our home, yard & animals with so many good friends and our families. The kids love seeing their cousins and friends.

Babies, babies, babies...

This is a baby nest. I'm glad Atticus was on the bottom because he's a lot bigger than I am, and soft so he makes a good pillow. The other baby is my cousin Olivia.


Here I am with my cousin Elliott in daddy's comfy chair:

Here we are with our moms:


And last, but not least, here I am with my cousin Paige. She's nice and she likes to hold me.