eight

lucy goosey turned 8 on january 2nd!! what a big girl we have….and such a girl is she.

her birthday itself included a brand new bike (with gears!!…easier to keep up with her big brother on the trails :))

chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast…. "L" was the letter of the day and the number was "8"

…and a birthday bike ride with her friend rhy.

 …and of course a small candle to wish upon

...then today we celebrated her birthday with a fabulous party with all her friends.  lucy has found herself recently in love with horses, so we took a group of girls to a nice lady with several horses.

….they got to feed the horses

…groom the horses

…saddle the horses

…and of course ride the horses….. smiles all around

…riley even thought it looked fun and decided to give this horse thing a try

….one big fun swing on the rope after the ride, and then home for cake!

…lucy actually made her own birthday cake (funfetti of course), and i just decorated it…..she was pleased with the result.

…celebrating with all her friends

happy birthday sweet eight year old girl!!

winter wonderland

first day skiing!!

….and a lovely shot of multnomah falls (credit to todd for this one)

happy 2015!

holiday wrap-up

holiday wrap-up….we had a lovely lovely christmas and a happy happy new year.  here are the highlights.
christmas morning was wonderful. santa delivered a soccer rebounder for riley and books for lucy.

in fact that seemed to be a theme…riley with soccer and lucy with books.

…even i got a new book!

…lucy also got a new scooter from papa (i guess it wasn't all books) and a mask from riley

…all the kids with momo

 (i realize i hardly took any pictures of christmas…but that's all i got)…except this one gem, lucy with her santa skeleton.

new years was full of fun and friends……we are very rich in community