Our stop in Silver City, NM

After a few days back from the reunion we headed back to Texas by way of my sisters house in Silver City, NM.  It is a little detour but I thoroughly love stopping and seeing them for a few days.  They are great to make it a pleasant stay for all 8 of us!  A few hours after we got there we headed to the arena to see Holdyn show us her new hobby, barrel racing on the horse, Big John.  She looks so tiny up there and knows exactly what to do.  We were glad she got to show us since the rodeo got cancelled that weekend because of the rain!  It rained a lot of the time we were there I almost forgot it was still summer, I was cold and had to pull out my jacket a few times!  Joel was able to help Ben and his dad get a project done on their new house while we were there.  Joel is always good to jump in wherever and do manual labor.  He actually really enjoys it since he is usually sitting in front of a computer in an office.  He really misses having a wood burning stove so that he can go chop wood.  That was a good stress reliever after a long day at work.

 Kimber and Megan riding like pros.

 Jessica and Cody enjoying some crackers.

 Holdyn and Big John

 Cody and Mason

I even braved the horse alone!  Ever since I was about 12 years old and went with my friend horse riding I have been a little nervous around horses.  Her horse got scared and bolted on a dead run up a hill for about 1/2 mile, it left a mark in my history of horse riding and haven't gotten on one if I didn't have to, I kept telling my kids to go so I thought if I want them to feel comfortable on them I should do it myself.  So I got brave and I did it!!!  It wasn't too horrible. 

 We were also able to be there for Holdyn's special baptism day!  She became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and received the gift of the Holy Ghost.  She is such a cute girl and we loved spending time with their family.