Two weekends ago we had BEAUTIFUL weather! That Friday night we took a few minutes to take Madison down to the stables that are near the house. We were in luck that the horses were up near the fence and were interested in what we had to offer (which was nothing, but they didn't know that!). A couple were really interested in checking us out but the others were just content eating their grass.
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| Madison couldn't get close enough! |
It took everything I had to try to keep her from climbing over the fence and having her running in the field with those horses. She kept explaining to us that she was a "big girl" and that she could do it. But as we all know, she is a "big girl" but not quite old enough to be running free with the big horses!
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| Checking out the horses |
That same weekend, Madison went to visit with her best friend Emma while mom and dad got to check out one of the local breweries. Sure was nice having adult time and she had such a great time playing with one of her BFFs! I'll have to work on getting a few of those pictures downloaded to share for next week.
This past weekend, Jeff and I decided that it was no longer safe to really have Madison being transported in a vehicle with a check engine light on, no A/C and a transmission that could go at any time. So this weekend, instead of doing something fun, we got to go car shopping :-( It wasn't something we had planned on so soon but it had to be done. Of course, Madison kept saying she wanted a mini-van like Ms Lisa's (Allie's mom) but we knew we were the ones making the car payments and told her that a mini-van was going to have to wait. SO...after a weekend of looking, comparing and many hours on the computer, we found us a 2005 "previously owned" Mazda Tribute.
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| Getting ready to pull it in the garage before the rain! |
We picked Madison up from school and she approved. She didn't say much on the way home so we weren't sure if she was taking it all in or she was a little perplexed that we didn't give in to her mini-van request! It's the same size as the Jeep and it's exactly what we were looking for!
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| Madison's view of the Tribute |
