January

January at the Girard home:

 We had our awards dinner for the horse show series that we compete in.  Ella won the Leadline Division Championship and got a huge ribbon, a belt buckle, and a stuffed horse that she sleeps with every night.  Rand got 4th place in the Walk Trot 10 & Under Division.  He got a ribbon, new reins, and a hay tote. 

Grandpa Fisher and I went looking for ghost towns in Wickenburg.  This was at the Hotel Stanton in Stanton, built in 1863.

Ella wearing Aunt Margie's fall dress.

Ella rarely colors in inappropriate places, but at least she fesses up.  She came and told me, "Mom, I drew a beautiful picture, but it was a little rude where I drew it."  The picture is a friend's baby sister.

Two snuffly kids + one humidifier means that they are sharing a room.  Sleeping on the floor is much more fun than in beds.

Ella took two boxes, taped them together, used a little broom for a flagpole, colored the outsides, and filled them full of supplies to sail to "the Sea of Stars."  I love her imagination.