What a Thrill

At my lesson last Friday I did something I have wanted to do for years. I jumped my first course!!! Seven jumps in all, not too tall, just over a foot high but not bad for my third lesson in jumping. It was amazing and I can't wait to learn more more more and jump higher and higher and higher! My teacher said I'm a natural (: After my lesson we went out on a trail ride and gabbed. I learned a lot about her and am convinced God pointed me to her. Cross country courses here I come!

1st Family Vacation!

So we had our first official family vacation! We took off Thursday morning to Monterey to spend the first half of our vaca and then stayed in Cambria for the rest of the time. It was beautiful. We saw tons of the coast (I have been up the coast a few times before meeting Tom but never stopped at these two cities) and checked out Hearst Castle sooo amazing! We planned everything so we didn't have to rush and could just enjoy the time we had together. It's the first time we planned everything around relaxing. We liked it so much that that's how we hope to plan every vaca in the future. No point in stressing, the whole point of a getaway is not to stress, right? (: Tim was an absolute angel. He didn't cry or get angry that he was in the car for 9 hours. God definitely sent us the right kid!!! Getting home is always the best, though. No matter where we travel we are always so grateful for our home and where we live. There is no place better in our eyes.