Family Time

Jenny and Joel

We had a really relaxing Christmas Day at our house.  It was low key and enjoyable....we decided to have brunch instead of a traditional Christmas turkey dinner.  I made sausage gravy and biscuits (well...Mary B. made the biscuits- I just baked them) and cheesy hashbrown casserole. My daughter made personal size spinach quiches and my neice Melinda made some pumpkin bread with cranberries.  It was a really nice change of pace.  After opening presents, Bobby and I drove to Gainesville to visit his mom and sister.  Bobby's daughter, Carolle is in town this week also.... its been good to see her again.

We've all got Christmas colds and have been laying around on the couch and taking cough medicine.  The weather has still been getting in the twenties during the night - way too cold for me and it was too cold and wet for me to get a ride in this past weekend.

         

I left work a little early and joined Robbin and Melinda at the Cummer Museum this evening.  Free admission on Tuesdays.  They have a lovely english garden on the river and always have some great art displays.

Robbin, Me and Melinda

We're going camping for New Years at one of our favorite places - McCulley Farms.  Looking forward to checking out Jen and Joel's handiwork on my trailer.  They insulated and put up paneling in the goose neck so I can stay toasty when we camp without electricity.

Christmas Countdown

I had a semi busy weekend taking my mom for some last minute shopping, attended our company "Holiday" party, and got a solo ride in on Sunday afternoon. Everyone is busy or out of town, so Stylin and I ventured off on our own.

My neice, Melinda, came in from Tennessee last night and we had a great time catching up over some bowls of nice, hot chili with my sister and my mom. Melinda will be staying with us until the new year and we're excited to have her back for a little while.

Hope everyone is staying warm where you are - we've had some unseasonably cold weather ourselves here in North Florida. Merry Christmas !!

Oh what fun it is to ride ........

My riding buddies and I had the most fun weekend ever at 7BarL Ranch in Live Oak, Florida. It was our end of the year Cowboy Christmas party and campout. Marilyn planned the whole thing for us and had a schedule laid out including ride out times, eating, partying, gift exchange, fire side sharing, cowboy church and lots of fun games.

This is my daughter Jenny and her mare Maybe competing in a relay race.....can you tell they are both competitive? :-)

Here's Traci and I battling for the ball in our "polo" game.

Susan had special bandanas made for each one of us to commemorate the occasion.

And this is Cory on her Mustang, Rocky

Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and check out the plethera of pictures taken by Mustang (Cory's mom), Shelly and Traci at this LINK

American Cowgirl