Tuesday, October 28, 2008

10/25/08 Pony Rides In Farr West

We started out the day with big intentions, and a list a mile long of chores to be done before the snow comes.
We wanted to get so much done before the big WeberState football game on TV later that evening.
Well, here's what ended up happening.
First, we ended up having a spur of the moment football party as we watched the BYU game on TV with Alisha's oldest brother. Well we had agreat time watching the BYU game, good company and of course good food.
As soon as the BYU game was over, it was time for the WSU game to start. We knew that we would be having more company coming over to watch the WSU game, and most of the group would be little kids who couldn't care less about the game.
So with that in mind we made arrangements to have
the horse avaliable so that the kids could go on pony rides in our front yard.
All the kids seemed to have a GREAT time riding "Smokey", and for some of them it was their first time ever on a horse.
The only set back to having pony rides on your own front lawn is the fact that when a horse has got to go he just goes.


Lets just say it's a real good thing that we have a really big scoop shovel, and a big empty field right behind our house.




We all had a good time, but as far as our list of chores goes, we didn't get one single thing crossed off of our to-do list. The garage didn't get cleaned, and the yard didn't get winterized, but sometimes there is more important things to do.
Thank you very much Heidi for helping out with the horse and the kids, it was very nice of you to share your riding time with all of us.





Friday Night Date Night

So we had a date night this past weekend,
but then again we have a date night every weekend.
So for this weeks date night it was decided that we should go hiking. It was after all a beautiful fall day, and we may not have many more of these nice weather days left.
Anyway, we decided to go on a hike up near Snow Basin Ski Resort on the "Green Pond Trail"
If any of you have never been on the Green Pond Trail, we strongly recommend it, especially if you have kids who like to get out and hike a little bit. This is a beautiful hike on a very easy trail.





What a really cool place, we had a great time,
and even had a few really good laughs, especially
when Alisha decided to sit on a log to take a break.
Well Alisha didn't look before she sat down, and
apparantly sat on a log with a lot of "pokey's"
on it. And well needless to say she ended up
putting a hole in the back seat of her pants.
The whole rest of the hike she was very worried about this hole in her pants even though there wasn't anybody else around the whole afternoon.
Pretty funny stuff.