random

yesterday we went to some friends' house from church. they run a wilderness camp for troubled teens and they have lots of horses. they actually use the horses for therapy type activities.

i dont know why, but i have this strange fear of horses. i used to love them, maybe i have just psyched myself out about them or something...

anyway, they just built this
huge horse arena.
it was amazing.
we all got the chance to ride a horse. (yes, i did make myself ride as well)
i knew i couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a picture of gemma riding, so we put her on a horse with uncle ryan and snapped a few.

that's about all she did. she is still not the greatest sitter, so i knew it was kind of hard to hold her and steer the horse at the same time.

ryan probably didn't care, but did i mention my fear of horses.

speaking of birthmarks

gemma's is getting so much lighter.

if you look closely in the first picture you can see it on her left thigh. i have really begun to notice that, especially in the middle, it is getting more faded.

i found this old picture from my cell phone of it. see how bright red it used to be. doctor's say that it isn't actually a birthmark, but is called a hemangioma (probably not spelled correctly). so supposedly it could fade away in time. since hers is so big they said that it could take up to 10 years.

this might be weird, but i am glad that she has it. i just feel like it makes her unique. of course, when she gets older she might not like it which is fine, but i love it.

we got a new used swing from my parents. so eric and i sanded it, stained it and hung it up on our front porch.

there is a small problem, we don't have a very wide front porch, so when we swing it will be more like we are swaying. oh well, at least it is aesthetically pleasing. i can't wait to go to some flea markets to find some small side tables to put beside it.

i am going to ladies nite tonite at olive garden...yum!!! eric is going to stay home for baby duty.

i don't really know what we are doing for 4th of july. i know that we are going to go watch fireworks, but that is the extent of our day so far. oh, and i cant wait to have gemma wear her 4th of july outfit from her gramm!

hope you have a great weekend.

i had better go do the breakfast and now lunch dishes.