Tuesday, July 27, 2010

uh-oh

Aaron is pulling himself to standing! He did it last night, and I thought it was a fluke, so I set him up again this morning, and he duplicated the action before the camera! 1....2...3...4!
I'm a bit surprised by this, because he just began sitting up about 3 weeks ago. I'm a bit CONCERNED by this, because he lacks the sense to hang on once he's standing! ;)
Here's our family before we hiked the "M" in Missoula a few weeks ago.

Aaron "helping" daddy assemble a fly rod; camping at Georgetown Lake

Dave and the girls enjoying a campfire

The Event At Rebecca Farm
Kalispell, MT
We were in Kalispell with Adrian for work last week, so I was pleased to take the kids to this World Cup horsemanship event! The weekend consisted of Dressage, Cross Country and Show Jumping (an equestrian triathlon). I LOVED IT!!
When I first arrived, I found several "warm up" arenas, and spotted one horse rearing in the background:
The kids at a fountain on the property:

An overview of one side of the cross country course:

Horse & rider crossing water
A paint & rider crossing the course:
This picture shows how close spectators were to the action: notice the horse running up hill just in front of us:
Racing uphill!
The jump was right next to us, too:
Neat, neat! I have a renewed hope that someday we'll have horses ... even if I'm not competing at this level, it will be wonderful to have them around!

3 comments:

  1. Looks like so much fun! My Ally is fascinated with horses, she would have loved that too. Good luck with Aaron, what a fun time. Logan is almost there, and I am concerned too that mobility is looming around the corner for us. That means lots more work for mommy, and lots more fun for them! :)

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  2. oh my.. lil Aaron!! Look at you!!!
    Our kids would have LOVED watching the horses. We hope to have horses in the near future too!

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  3. Wow you have a busy little boy! James is just barely to the sitting stage, but it's amazing how fast they change/learn a new "talent" =) Looks like a fun horse show and hiking!

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