EMILY'S 3rd BIRTHDAY...THREE RING CIRCUS AT THE RANCH!

JON, JORDAN ASHLEIGH AND CARSON...EMILY, WILLIAM, & PAPA

Rode the Quads and the Trail Bike, and they would have been on the Go Kart except that it developed a flat tire somehow, and like all the other kids (and adults) the Quads are always popular so almost everyone under 40 had a go at them. So there were Quads, and Trail Bikes, and Horseback riding, and Animal loving, and Goat Treating, and BMX Bikes, and Gymnastics, but rather than try to explain it all in a million words, I think the pictures will tell a story.

I'll post the AFTER DARK INSIDE events that happened later in my next post...just too much going on when you have a lot of grandkids, and the Denison's youngest kids (Carson)

all participating in the thrills and chills of a

THREE RING CIRCUS going on at your house! I don't want to mention names, but one parent got pretty involved in all the games too...and having a blast with ALL of his kids, finally.

COWGIRL EMILY WAITING FOR HER "RIDE"

COWGIRL UP!

'ONE HAND OFF', NOW THAT'S GOOD RIDING!

EMILY is still obsessed with horses (Bucky & Duke, Bucky & Duke, Bucky & Duke....) and she received plenty of them for her birthday presents...which made all the other presents sort of...second hand choices for fun, but what a thrill she had when Police Chief Denison, his wife Rhonda and his daughter Savannah brought up one of their horses for the circle around the house ride.

When it was over after a couple of dozen rides around the house alone and with Savannah, she reacted about like EAN did at Christmas time when he had to get off the ATV. The only thing that made it OK was that there was Birthday Cake and Present opening going to go on inside after the riding was done.

As you might guess, Emily preferred to ride alone rather than with another rider.






WILL TOOK A TURN on the horse and rode him (Bucky) back to where they keep them toward the entrance to our private road, but he did a little off road of course, and by then I think Bucky was happy not to have to walk in a circle anymore.




WILLIAM AND JON demonstrate that riding the BMX Bikes is as easy as...well...riding a bike!

All the kids took turns on the bicycles too, and Jordan and Ashleigh rode down the lower pasture road and then up the hill. It think it will fun when we get the 'track' in before summer, don't you.

FUN TO WATCH...that is.

HEY! WHERE'S THE "BIG FINISH"?

JORDAN AND ASHLEIGH -
Using a fence log as a balancing platform to see who can push who off is one 'game' we hadn't thought of, but it was a lot of fun watching them.

Later it became a balance beam and even Johnathan and Carson had to show they could cross it just fine.

Of course, those with some gymnastics experience did it a little more gracefully.

NUMBER ONE MUTT QUEEN!
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ASHLEIGH has always liked affection, but here it seems she is getting more than she bargained for, then Yahzee jumped in right after this photo.

I think she is the most 'loving' of the Rudy's I've met so far...as she is excited to come visit the animals and pays attention to them for a long time, and she loves horses too and rides in Sacramento. She's grown a lot since the last time I saw her...but I haven't had a chance to talk with her much yet.

THIS IS MY 'NUM NUM'!

POPULAR EMILY - It seemed like Emily was getting 'over the top' popular with all the animals...and then I spotted WHY...she was given some of those yummy 'mini frosted shredded wheats' the goats have loved since we introduced them to it the minute they were weaned!

The pups, Yahzee, Nickie, and Lucky along with Billy Tom and Nanny Jordan were all going for that LAST NUM NUM Emily had in her hand.

Of course, Emily was beating them back because she had decided to keep that last one 'for Emily" and she never did give it up...so I had to go rescue her right after this shot.