La Armee Cheval (1984-2008)

So hard to lose the good ones,

Those special friends we've known.

So sad to close the chapter,

When Great Spirit calls them home.

We'll know that they're still with us,

By the storms that crash on high.

their hoofbeats are the thunder,

We'll hear them gallop by.

We'll see their eyes flash in the lightning,

Your McCoy and my Cheval

We'll feel their breath on the summer wind,

And know their spirits wish us well.

(adapted from Laine Raia, Horse Tales for the Soul)

Its Your Birthday!

Six years ago we brought home our "10 pounder!"

Bryan had an excellent birthday. He opened all of his presents in the morning, including a drum machine! He had requested that his birthday meal of stuffed crust pizza be served in the afternoon so that he could "eat it again all day long!" So for the rest of the day he built with tinkertoys, ate pizza, raced his cars outside, ate pizza, watched a movie... you guessed it! Ate Pizza!

Happy Birthday 6 year old!

Rain Rain

No need for rain, rain to go away - 'Lannah will play outside anyway!

Bringing her in from outside is like taking her out of the bath - be prepared for an arched-back-screaming-tantrum every single time!