OK so I am working on remembering to update once a week. Now I do realize that I am probably the only one reading this. As you can see I have learned to use this website and our blog looks much better now!! Since I last wrote to you of all our fun times, we have added a few more items to our list of home improvement projects!! We really want to make our backyard look like a vacation home. Now this is easier said than done and much more expensive that I had previously thought. Slowly but surely we are working on it. I will post pic's once it looks better!

We have also had a bit of fun in the last week, we are starting to meet people and make friends. Which is a very welcomed experience!! Our neighbors Dan and Melissa are a great couple and we have had some fun dinners over at each others house. We live in a big Cowboy town and everyone likes to make fun of the "city girl", that's me of course! I can't help it if they herd cattle here and I come from Germantown and the Charity Horse Show!! But I am learning, and teaching along the way.....
This past Saturday we went to the Lodi Zinfest. It is a wine festival featuring Zinfandel wines from the local wineries in Lodi CA. It would have been much more fun if the temperature had not soared to 106!! We stayed as long as we could handle it but I just got over heated.
For this coming weekend my best friend from High School is coming out to visit her mom in Fresno and we are going to get to see each other! I am so excited! We reconnected on Facebook and have been filling each other in on all the years that we missed out on. I can't wait to see you Danielle!

Well that sums up this week! Hope everyone has a great one!

Well, I know it has been a while since I updated this blog! So much has been happening, I have to get in the habit of visiting once a week to keep it current. The house is really starting to come together. The new floors are all done and we have moved to the outside landscaping now. My parents were here for a good long visit and we had a great time! It was really nice being able to treat them for once after all they have done for Steve and I over the years.

Today has been an especially fun day!! This morning I started my first Horse Back Riding lesson. I have ridden many times before, but wanted to really learn. My hope that is that I become proficient enough in English saddle that I can start to do some jumps!! After a really good session, Steve and I took his motorcycle out for a nice sunny drive. He enjoys this much more than I do. Especially after being in a saddle all morning!! OUCH my backside is sore! I try to be a good sport for him though. We stopped at a local farm and bake shop, but not til after we made a wrong turn and headed through a Bee Farm. Not a good idea on a motorcycle!! What was worse we had to turn around and go back through it to get out! It was all worth it in the end, we found the bake shop and we split a piece of pie. We ate it sitting under a huge willow tree by a pond and watched the ducks and geese fight while they were protecting their nests. It was picture perfect, only no camera because we were on the motorcycle! They are not all they are cracked up to be.

Now I am trying to wake him up from a nap so we can get back out side and start to plant some shrubs!