Video of the Week - Week 36 - Trailer Loading

And if you needed the proof - here is Ava trailer loading Tinkerbell.  Now, I have to put in a disclaimer that this is not perfect - ideally Ava would stay outside the trailer Tinkerbell would load herself.  However, because Tinkerbell is so willing and goes easily inside the trailer, we're starting here.  And it gives Ava some confidence going forward as well...

Project 365 - Days 247-253

Day 247 - September 4 

Rosie chillaxin' on the patio...she's so cute!

Day 248 - September 5

Starting to get all my documents together for our home study so we can go get her...

Day 249 - September 6

Rosie loves to race around our property

Day 250 - September 7

I never get tired of our sunrises and sunsets.

Day 251 - September 8

Amelia trying out her Daddy's motorcycle - this girl likes to go FAST!

Day 252 - September 9

Out for a little jaunt on Butters - she's learning how to balance and hold on at the same time ;-)

Day 253 - September 10

After the fire that got a little too close for comfort, I decided we needed to keep the trailer out in order to practice our trailer loading more often.  Ava did a great job with Tinkerbell!

Video of the Week - Week 35 - Fire!

While I've already blogged about the fire and posted this video, I wanted to post it again for posterity's sake...this is the fire that was less than a mile from our house...

Project 365 - Days 240-246

Day 240 - August 28

I was taking some shots of the gorgeous sunset when this hummingbird flew right in front of the camera!  I was able to shoot the picture before he flew away - and this was taken with my iPhone too!  I was impressed with the fast shutter speed!

Day 241 - August 29

My beloved horse, Tommy.  I got so lucky when I bought him! (Though I didn't know it at the time...)

Day 242 - August 30

One of the two greatest gifts I've received in my life were from my father-in-law.  The first was a gas powered heater for my tack room in the winter, and the other was this portable swamp cooler for the barn in the summer!  Neither heats nor cools efficiently nor a big space but it takes the edge off the heat or cold!  While it wasn't on at the time, even the cats know cooler air comes out of here and I think MeiWah was hoping to get some...

Day 243 - August 31

The day of the big fire that threatened our property...

Day 244 - September 1

This was the day we first saw our little peanut's face for the first time!!  I can't show her publicly yet - not until final approval from China but I can assure you - she is a super cute girl!

Day 245 - September 2

Ava and Trinity joking around with a skeleton at Trinity's Daddy's work...

Day 246 - September 3

This rooster lives at our friends' house - the friends who let us bring all of horses to their property when that fire threatened our house earlier in the week.  Anyway, I liked the silhouette in the early morning sunlight...

Video of the Week - Week 34 - Kittens

This was just too cute not to share...and has a funny ending!

Project 365 - Days 233-239

Day 233 - August 21

Nothing like a quick Panera lunch after church!

Day 234 - August 22

Ava's first day of 3rd grade!!

Day 235 - August 23

A rare shot of Jason and I (rare because Jason hates having his picture taken - doesn't it look like he's in a trance?) on our 15th wedding anniversary!  Ava took the picture of us!  I think we were headed out to dinner with friends...

Day 236 - August 24

Oh yes, we went out to dinner with our friends the Joiners.  Kelly and I made the guys sit in the back seat for the ride home...

Day 237 - August 25

Took these two out for a ride...that's Tommy on the left and Magic on the right...

Day 238 - August 26

I had to my ultra-zoom lens zoomed all the way in for this shot of our neighbor's horse getting some respite from the sweltering afternoon heat.

Day 239 - August 27

Well this shot is not for the faint of heart but this deer trunk/body brought Rosie's bone collecting habits to all new level...she was very proud of herself...