Heart to Heart

Well it's been a while since I've written and of course tons of things have been happening. Too much for me to try to catch up this blog on so I'll dish what's been going on currently.

Dad had his ever impending heart surgery on Monday. I was terrified but knew it was out of my hands. I'd been praying for him and his surgeon for quite some time as were many others (thank goodness!). His surgery went great and he even got down much earlier than expected. Later Dad told me his surgeon said he was boring nothing unexpected happened. Boy are we glad he was boring let me tell you! Tom is in Croatia this week so Tim and I headed down to Balboa to visit him. It was scary to see him with all those tubes but such a relief to know that he has made it (: Today (the second day after surgery) he looked even better and was talking. I was amazed to be told he had been walking around already. WOW!

I love him a lot. He's been an awesome Dad and I don't know what I would do without him. Luckily, I don't have to worry about that now.

Anyhow I'm just feeling really lucky and bless that God took care of him so well.

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.

Back in the saddle again!

Well, I meant to write about this on Friday night but there just weren't enough hours left to do so. I got my first real english riding lesson (I went on a few intermediate trail rides before this due to the arena being drowned out by rain) in on Friday night while Tim was at swim with Dad. I love how excited I get riding and how positive my teacher is. She had me do a double jump by the end of the lesson and said she saw a great future for me as a jumper. I've been dying to start jumping ever since I was a little girl obsessed with National Velvet. I must have drove my mother nuts with how many times I watched it. All in all it's great to be riding again. I've missed the "good old days" when I had my own two horses (Brandy and Maverick) and I'd throw a saddle on (or not) and just go have some fun!

A First

So I've been lurking in the shadows reading all my little friends/ families blogs and secretly wishing I had my own. Today I finally decided to stop wishing and just do it! So here I am. I plan to be as consistant as possible considering how busy life can get. I hope this helps keep my treasured friends and family updated and closer to me than ever. Oh I hear my little man crying gotta go!