I tried to update this crazy thing the other day, and my computer ruined it, so I guess I'm behind now. We finished up racing meet at Manor Park with a nice finish from We Have A Secret. All of the horses and track crew made it to Ruidoso, NM earlier this week and are settling in. We are looking forward to getting back to the mountains. The bluebonnets were absolutely gorgeous around here this year. of course, I didnt take many pictures, but here are a few. We have slowed down to a crawl as we wait on Baby McKinney #2 to arrive. I had my heart set on last night's full moon, but no such luck. We will head back to Austin for another appointment and sonogram tomorrow morning. In the meantime, Drake has been enjoying everything around here. We have begun using the pool regularly and he has been fishing almost daily.

We'll keep ya updated!!!

so many things to post about! First, Tyler and Avery came to play and the guys and kids enjoyed their first day in the pool! Needless to say, it was a bit cold, but the kiddos loved it anyway. We also had such a fun Easter weekend. The Manor Downs Derby and Futurity both had trials at Manor Park so Micah, Drake and I were joined by Gary and we went to Austin for Saturday night. We had a really fun time at the track. Fredericksburg Too, We Have A Secret and Charm Dance (whom I don't have a picture of) all raced and We Have A Secret did in fact qualify for the finals!!! We are very excited. They take the top 10 times of the trials, so April 18 is the Manor Derby finals; purse $100,000. Hey Say Neigh (also no picture) raced for his first time on Sunday. It was quite a learning experience for him as they backed them out of the gates twice. Once, a horse flipped over and they had to start over, and secondly a different horse refused to enter the gates. Anyway, he ran well and decided to buck and kick when the jockey hit him with the bat which threw him way off. He did not qualify for the futurity, but we have high hopes for Ruidoso beginning in May.

Easter Sunday began with us with a visit from the Easter Bunny in our room! Drake thought that was wonderful and even though he brought presents, Drake still decided it was in his best interest to not hug the bunny. The Four Seasons had a wonderful Easter brunch and then an egg hunt. Drake hunted with kids 1-4 in age. They were all cute. Drake finally figured out the object was to pick up the eggs and put them in his basket. I think we may spend our next Easter there as well!

We visited the San Antonio zoo last week and had such a good time. Drake was very excited to see the "bazoo".

We have had two weekends of races and, thus far, had some bad luck. Four of five starters have stumbled out of the gates. In quarter horse racing, that is something almost impossible to recover from. So, we'll work on the starts and hopefully be in better shape for Easter weekend. The weather has been gorgeous! Even with the bad luck, we have really enjoyed the race days. Here are some pictures of my little ropers.

Hello! And welcome, March. We are very excited you are here for many reasons. First of all, we have a new member of our family, Macho, Drake's new horse. We are so happy he is here and I will post pictures later. We spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Austin catching up on several appointments. Tuesday evening we met with the sonography department to try to get some fun pictures of the baby like the ones we got with Drake. In Odessa, almost every sonogram we had was 3D, but in Austin you have to schedule them differently and pay for them. So, anyway, we went and the crazy baby was breech with the feet and hands directly in front of the little face. Boo! No pictures. We have to try again. I worried all night that I would now require a c-section, but at my dr appointment first thing Wednesday morning, another sonogram revealed that during the night, some somersault action had occurred and the baby is now head down! Thank you prayers. Dr Moreno says the head is heavy so we are likely to not have problems with the breech.

We were also to meet with the midwife on Wednesday but she had to help during a delivery and cancelled. Another reschedule. Maybe we should move to Austin temporarily....

Sunday we begin race season! Charm Dance and Fredericksburg Too will run in the Longhorn Derby Trials at Manor Downs. Will definitely post our win pictures. Hopefully they will qualify for the Derby which is March 21.

ok, I need to prepare for the day of playing outside. Have a great one and look for pictures today or tomorrow.