Our Odyssey

Monday, December 22, 2014



Getting Dressed in Xmas Clothes.



we headed out to take some pictures for xmas.
got everyone collected in the round pen, went to take a pic.....
and the camera battery was dead. :D :D

so, opened the gate and let everyone out, put battery on the charger, and built snowmen for the horses.

that was great fun in itself and will show pictures of that another day. :D

we then collected everyone up a second time and got started.....



one of our first challenges, and one that continued thruout the day was... brady wouldn't stay away from the camera man.  :D



and now, onto getting the kids dressed.....








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and then like all kids who are excited about xmas coming....
the bickering started!  :D











to be continued ....

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back with part 3! :D

we left off the story with me breaking up the toddlers bickering... :D :D

and i returned to trying to get, and keep, the older kids dressed...
islands is helpful in so many ways ;) and ember continues to struggle with the xmas spirit....








good thing i got watchpuppy tattletails eh?  :D :D

to be continued....

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part 4 :D

ebeneezer lol and i returned to the pack ...









and now, it's ........




 :D   :D   :D

to be continued ....

that's it for me for the night and with that i'm off to bed. 
if i haven't bored you to death i will collect the last installments tomorrow. :D

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good morning :)
here's the rest of the story...



hope you enjoyed our entertainment durning intermission time.  :D   :D

apparently the horses...... well..... not so much...










since the babies were gone, trying to score their afternoon snack :D
we decided to get a nicely posed, well-behaved, picture of just the sixpack. :D



to be continued....

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part 6...  :D





the babies wandered back after giving up frisking the coat pockets for cookies  :)






and the dogs showed back up as well....





but poor little ember just couldn't seem to stay in the spirit of things ....





and continued to try to divest herself of her outfit....  :D:D



i added beauty to the mix and brady made sure to tell him .... you're not the boss of me....  :D







could it really be.... a christmas miracle...




and finally,,,, FINALLY...





THE END!!

well,,,, almost  :D :D



ok, the conclusion. :D
finally right? :D

after we got the group shot, i decided i wanted some mounted ones. :D
so i got on beauty (my levels horse), and linds got on islands, i think this was maybe about her 6th time on him. :D



and speaking of which...





and,.... i know you've waited for it ...




except for these next 2... :D :D



don't they look so nicely posed?
what you don't see is behind the camera one of the mares is flying around the barnyard bucking and kicking.  :shock:

and i'm thinkin.... i sure hope islands doesn't decide to join her.... :D
and luckily, he didn't. :D

i put beauty up and decided to use islands as the seasoned role model :) and get on archie for the second time. :D


and that was the end of our xmas picture taking! :D

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