It all started with a book about a horse and Mountain Lion.

 Kadence has been reading another book about the horse Blaze and his adventures. This book has been his  favorite and I am sure we have read it at least ten times this last week.  It is a story about how Billy and his horse save a calf from a Mountain Lion and then receive a reward for helping the rancher find the Mountain Lion to shoot.

and then today an exciting thing happened.... our friend Craig Morgan shot a huge Mountain Lion on his ranch. So Kadence got to see his first Mountain Lion up close! Talk about perfect timing and making a little boys day...although when he got up close he was kinda nervous and said the teeth scared him. He was fine petting the long tail though.

I found this picture from National Geographic along with the following stats just for fun. It really is a large animal and those claws are kinda scary to see up close.

Mammal

Diet:

Carnivore

Size:

Head and body, 3.25 to 5.25 ft (1 to 1.6 m); Tail, 23.5 to 33.5 in (60 to 85 cm)

Weight:

136 lbs (62 kg)

Protection status:

Endangered

Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man

A beautiful photo shoot . Preserved forever in film.

I really cherish these photos and love my adorable little family. They need no other words.

first smiles are the most precious...

so simple so sweet...

 watching always and always learning.

SUCH SIMPLE JOY!

Little cries and six weeks old

Today I am thankful that my little boy is 6 weeks old and has beautiful lungs to cry. The past several nights the poor little guy has been so upset in the evenings and into the nights. He has some form of colic and gets so tight and just cries. It has been so frustrating to me especially when I selfishly want to sleep.  Tonight however I received a different perspective and am praising our Lord that he is healthy and can cry.  Sometimes in life it is so easy to get caught up in the moment and not look forward and seek a different perspective. Who would have thought a screaming baby would teach me that principle tonight !




These precious pictures are Kadence attempts to help me entertain Grayson when he was fussy. So sweet and I think he is learning some good lessons also. :)

Horses... and books about horses

We recently found this very fun series of books at the library about a little boy and his pony. The stories are all about the adventures the little boy has with his horse. Kadence loves them and begs me several times a day to read them to him. 

He also loves to ride horses and really enjoys his lessons riding Smokey. 
 (Thanks mom for the great pictures!)