Memorial Day

My oldest sister Denise has three horses. The last time we went to see them as a family was when my sister Jodi was pregnant with her oldest son. That was thirteen years ago. We were long overdue for a trip out to Boulder City to see the horses, so Denise decided to take all of us out there with our kids for Memorial Day.

This is Nelson with Denise's husband Buck. (Yes, my kids have an Uncle Buck. We were so excited about that when Rebecca was born.) The riders are Abbey, Tyler, Jodi, and Hailey. Nelson used to live at Willie Nelson's ranch. Nelson's brother's name was Willie. Go figure.

This is Wyatt with my brother Bret and his daughter Hannah. Wyatt is the son of Denise's other horse Sugar. Sugar's not great with kids, so she wasn't brought out to ride, but we visited her later with some apples. Hannah is two, and she started off riding with Bret. She wasn't happy with him on the horse with her, so she made him get off and rode all by herself.

Even the babies took a turn. I know these all look like the same baby, but the top pictures are William and the bottom are Spencer. William was so happy we was kind of singing. You can see it in the top left picture.

Wyatt started getting tired and quit walking so my brother had to start leading him around the corral again. Buck, who happens to work in the same office as Kevin, made me get a picture of Kevin being led around so that Buck could pass it around the office for everyone to laugh at.

Here are just a few other pictures of Wyatt with Rebecca, Whitney, and Abbey. I was so happy that Rebecca wanted to have a ride. She was especially fond of Wyatt because she loves to watch Super Why.

Thanks for taking us to see the horses, Denise. We need to visit them more often.