What A Week!

This past week has been a busy and exciting week for us! We finished the lovely brick retaining wall - I'll post pictures later, we have a new addition to the family and we left for vacation. On Thursday, my brother Josh and his wife Amanda welcomed their baby girl, Ellisha Ann, to their family. Isn't she cute?? The kids think she's a keeper for a cousin and Aleah, who has only seen her once, recognizes her picture and knows that she is baby Ell!

After the excitement of a new baby, it was time to head off on vacation! A good majority of our time in the Dells, will be spent in the water, but today (Sunday) we decided to make it a day of horses! Aleah loves horses and Evan really wanted to go horseback riding. Carter was indifferent, but ended up having a great time! First we went on a wagon ride around the grounds....then it was time to go for the real thing!

Carter was old enough to ride his own horse - which was cool for him to experience! Evan opted to ride with Trent, but after riding double for an hour, he quickly made the decision that next time...he'll get his own horse!! The trail guide even let us trot quite a bit and each time we finished, Aleah would quickly say, "again". All of the kids got a thrill out of trotting!! It was so fun to see them excited and lovin' it!

After the trail ride, we were able to visit their petting zoo. Aleah would walk right up to the goats and look them in the eye and talk with them. It was really cute.

Evan was able to hold a baby goat. Aleah tried also, with a little help from the owner.

They also had a llama that was very friendly. He didn't spit, but instead would come up to you and get really close to your cheek and smell you. Then he'd kind a nuzzle in. Odd!!

Baby bunnies. The boys liked them. Aleah was more interested in the buckets of water nearby. She thought the bunnies needed to go swimming in the buckets.

We had a great day as a family, making lots of memories!