LIFE HAS BEEN BUSY

So, I've been a lazy blogger lately, but it's not because I've been lazy. We've been very busy with coaching the 5th grade girls basketball team which means practice twice a week as well as games or scrimmages once a week. We are also attending parenting classes on Tuesday nights. I'm really excited about these classes, not to mention the fact that they feed us (mighty well, I might add). We can take the kids with us, and after we've all eaten, they go off to another room with an adult who plays games with them while we learn what is called "Making Parenting a Pleasure". This is a 5 week course, and when it's finished, we will be starting another class is La Grande called Parenting with a Plan. I felt so good when we were headed to our first class, the girls asked where we were going. When we explained it was like school for being a better parent, the girls told us we were already good parents and we didn't need any help. Little do they know... :-) Also, we got to feed my in-laws horses for a week, while my father-in-law was sick and my mother-in-law was injured. They have 11 horses and 2 minature donkeys as well as 4 dogs and 5 cats. So, it's an involved process. The horses are mostly studs and geldings, with one lonely mare. I love doing this chore...the horses have such distinct personalities, it's a chance to be outdoors (which is nice as long as the wind isn't howling) and I get to drive the 4-wheeler and it's good physical excercise. I'm getting better...I can buck a bale of hay now with out having to have help. So, that's what we've been up to lately. This coming week is going to be busy as well, with an appointment in La Grande tomorrow morning, then ball practice tomorrow night, a trip to Walla Walla for a Dr. appt. Tuesday and rush home for our parenting class and the last home high school basketball game, then Wednesday, we have a scrimmage for the basketball team so I'll probably be wiped out by the end of the week. Thought I'd share some pictures of Steve & I feeding and the animals living at what we jokingly call the "funny farm".