More from Grandma Osborne's house

I should've added these weeks ago so they wouldn't get lost in the mess of pictures I have from the rest of our trip.  Coulda Woulda Shoulda I guess. :)

Our second day at Grandma's we got the horse out for the kids to ride.  Jeffrey LOVED it!  He's a natural born horse jokey.  Ben liked it, but not enough to let the horse do anything more than a slow walk, and Megan liked it just long enough to look out at Ben and Jeffrey and say that SHE was on the horse and not them, and then she was done and wanted down.  Here's a few pictures of them riding Grandma's horse.

 Such a natural!  It shouldn't surprise me that Jeffrey gets along better with large animals than he does people I guess. :)

So focused.

Ben's all smiles on top of the horse.

Grandma led the horse in a circle with the rope.

Ben hanging on tight!

Ben made up a song about riding a horse while he went around the stable.

Little Missy and the big horsey.

This is where she was about to wave to the boys saying "Hi Ben!  Hi Jeffrey! Look! I'm riding horsey!"

This is the beautiful lake we went up to see to get a break from the heat near the Utah/Colorado border.

Grandma let Jeffrey use that green device to throw Tessie's ball into the water......or course he threw it so hard he fell in!!  Luckily we had some towels left in the car from our swimming trip the day before!

Tessie was pretty cold from fetching balls in the freezing water.  Any time I threw it too far out she'd just whine by the water's edge....we had to leave a few balls behind.

Ben's dirty face.

I snapped these two photos on our way back down to the valley.

Having Fun At Grandma Osborne's

It's been non-stop fun since we arrived at Grandma Osborne's house in Castle Valley, Utah.  We got in at about 1am Utah time on Tuesday night and the kids were so excited to see Grandma that they stayed up for another hour after we got here!  The next morning the kids got to go feed the horses with Grandma, then Grandma got out the ATV and took each of the kids for a ride.  After that we headed to Grandma's work at the Red Cliff's Lodge and had some lunch.  Moab just opened a new pool with lots of little kid wading areas and slides, so we went there to cool off for another couple of hours.  We went and got icecream afterwards then came home and we had dinner and the kids got to play with the bubbles Grandma got them while Grandma was grilling the chicken.  Bed time was shortly after dinner since the kids only had about 5 hours of sleep the night before with little to no naps.  Today we're planning on riding the horses and the ATV again and then going down to the pond and playing this afternoon.  Here are just a few pictures from yesterday's fun.

The kids walk the path to the barn with Grandma to feed the horses.

Grandma showing Ben how to feed the horse a carrot.

Ben was too afraid to feed the horse by himself so he was perfectly content holding Grandma's hand while she fed the horse instead.

Jeffrey was the first to get to ride with Grandma on the ATV.

Ben was next and got to go on a little longer ride since he was bigger.

Grandma and Ben waving bye-bye.

Jeffrey and Megan waiting patiently for their turn.

A nice shot of Grandma's house with Jeffrey and Megan on the steps.

Meggy's turn!

This little girl LOVES her Grandma!

Grandma and her girl.

Jeffrey blowing bubbles.

Ben blowing bubbles.

Blowing bubbles together.