Casey's 8th Birthday Horseback Ride

Casey has always wanted to ride a horse, so on her eighth birthday we went to the OK Corral in Apache Junction, AZ for her first horseback ride. The weather was beautiful and the in 60's.

We traveled through the Superstition Mountains famous for a hidden gold mine. We saw saguaro cactus, cholla "teddy bear" cactus, hohoba bushes, palo verde trees, octotillo and prickly pear cactus. Casey even saw a jack rabbit scurring through the brush.

She rode a horse named Buster and Nammie rode one named Hammer. His name sounded scary, but he was a very gentle horse. We spent an hour on the trail and Casey loved her birthday adventure.

Baby Shower for Finnley

On Saturday, October 16th we gathered at Melissa & Steve's home for a baby shower for the newest addition - Finnley.

Everything was pretty in black, pink and white with all the decorations matching. There was a buffet lunch and Zachery, Cadence & Tristan helped open the presents for their new sibling.

Daniella's 4th Birthday at the Phoenix Zoo

Nammie & Papa took Daniella & her friend Evan along with Daniella's mom, Erica to the Phoenix Zoo to celebrate Daniella's 4th birthday on September 19, 2010. We saw lots of animals, but the kid's favorite part was watching a mama tiger eat her lunch - a dead very large bunny rabbit.

The snakes were scary and the prairie dogs were very cute and hard to find when they started burrowing in their holes.

The temps were over 100 degrees, but the zoo had misters to keep us cool.

Daniella also loved looking at all of the turtles in the ponds at the entrance to the zoo.