Woodland Antics

We only have 4 days remaining to our 27 day long adventure. It sure did fly by but I think we're all excited to get home and sleep in our own beds.  Being a little homesick is good.  I tell the kids it's one of the benefits to vacation, you vacate your life and when you return, you're grateful for all the little things. When we're grateful, we're happy. I type this with a very grateful heart and sore body. Fiona and I had a Mother~daughter date yesterday.  I have no words for the amount of fun we had. Watching her get up and by the end of the day, doing tricks on her board was amazing!   This has been a dream of hers since she was at least 5.  We've booked a lesson for Ry and Reed for tomorrow and I think Fiona is going to join them too.   I would love to but I think I would be rolling home in a wheelchair.  Ryan did a great job of taking pictures and managing the 3 boys.  I can't wait to get...

I was fortunate to join these two cuties on an hour horseback ride in the foothills of El Yunque National forest in Puerto Rico. TT Clayton seemed too little to ride a horse all by himself... but he was all business and did a great job! Having had riding lessons in the past, Fiona was the most experienced of our group. I think she was so happy to be back in the saddle again. It was just the 3 of us and another young girl on the tour. Clay rode Pancho. Just like Clayton, Pancho liked to be the leader of the pack. Fi rode Rambo and I rode Bayo. Our horses were a little lazy.  Ha! El Yunque is the only tropical rain forest in the national forest system. As the only adult on the trip I was able to chat up our guide and learned a lot about the forest and it's inhabitants.    Reed Moe wasn't interested in the ride but he sure loved up on the horses. He's such a sweet soul. (Day 14 of 27)