Horsing around!

I love this picture of her... dimples and all!!

Bailey was waiting her turn at the horse show this summer and we were in the stands talking to her. I teased her that I could see the boy she liked, and this is the look she gave me!

She did several shows this year and she loves it so much! As for us?... not so much! Don't get me wrong because we love our kids, and we will support them. I love watching her ride and show, but it is the 100 other kids that we are not interested in watching. In most of the events, the kids take turns so we are talking about spending HOURS in the sun watching other kids that we don't know until it is her turn for the event! Now add her 2 brothers into the mix of heat and boredom, and I just have to think... SHE loves this, SHE loves this, SHE loves this!
We LOVE her, so there you go!!

First day of school... belated!

OK so the kids were excited about the first day of school! Was I excited you ask??? No!

Bailey wakes me at 6:00 to let me know she is up... then 6:15 when she is done eating... then 6:30 when she is dressed. I finally gave up at 6:40 and helped her finish her hair. She was excited and just started talking and talking. This part was rough on me because I had gotten used to sleeping till 7:00 then getting ready for work in a very quiet house all summer long. (everyone else is still sleeping at this time!)

After I sent her to the bus at 7:00, I waited until 7:15 to get Kaysen up and ready. Needless to say he was the same way... talk talk talk!!

Bailey was trying to "strike a pose" for her picture and I told Kaysen that it looked like he spilled something on his shirt! They are lots of fun and I wouldn't want it any other way!

Introducing the newest member of the fam!!

Meet Jag!!
He is the newest member of the Pitcher family. He is handsome & sweet but defiantly full of it!
I actually think that he believes he is furious. When we open the door, he comes flying towards you at full speed and kind of sideways with his tail all puffed up like he is going to eat you or something. He usually thinks that we are letting the dogs out because he is always ready to pounce them. They are 5 times his size but he thinks he is one of them!

I think Jag has an identity crisis. As you can tell by this picture above... he really does think that he is a dog. When I took this picture, he started to pull back on my camera lens cord just like a dog would. (I didn't think anyone would believe me so I snapped the picture for you.)

I would like to tell you about his name... Jag is short for Jaguar. Most of our cats have been named after vehicles. Lexus, Hummer, Beamer (BMW) now Jag.

We had 2 other cats at our home. Pitcher the cat was named by Bailey when she was 2. She wouldn't hear of any other name but Pitcher. She also had a cat she named Sissy at the age of 3. That one didn't last very long though. Her dad accidentally ran it over. (maybe it is because it wasn't named after a car... hmm!)