Last night was my daughters very first horse back riding lesson. She loved it. She had never been on a horse by herself before and she shocked me and the instructor, she handled the horse very well. The horse is very easy to work with and the lady couldn't have picked a better horse to start her on. Now Tori is hooked. So now that soccer is about over with she has something else to keep her out of trouble. I am so very glad we found this it just seems right for her. I sure wish I would loose some of this weight I sure would like to ride myself. I haven't ridden in many years, good grief its been 20 years ago I guess. I love riding. Maybe that will be my motivation so I can ride with my daughter. I want to ride this Arabian horse she has, this horse is beautiful and so gentle. I wish I had of had my camera last night but somehow my memory stick got lost and I had no way to store the pictures. I bought one after we left her house so I will take pictures next Monday of her riding the Arabian.

Foodie Friday

Gary's Crab Burgers1 bell pepper diced, 2 eggs

1 sm onion diced, 2 cup bread crumbs

3 stalks celery diced, 2 tbsp olive oil

1 lb package crab meat, 2 tsp cajun seasoning

1 clove garlc

Saute vegables except garlic until translucent about 5 minutes over medium high heat. Add garlic, saute one minute. Transfer to mixing bowl allow to cool. Add shredded crab, 2 eggs beaten, and 1 cup bread crumbs, 1 tsp cajun seasoning. Mix to burger texture. Adjust bread crumbs if needed. Mix remaining bread crumbs and remaining tsp of cajun seasoning. Form into hand sized patties, dredge in bread crumbs. Cook over medium high heat until golden brown, about 4 minutes per side. Serve on toasted onion rolls with remoulade with lettace and tomatos.

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I hope you guys enjoy this recipie it is one of our family favorites. It's pretty easy to make and is very filling.

Carol L.

A month..

It has been almost a month since I last wrote anything. I just haven't had time and really nothing to write about, or maybe I just didn't want to engage my brain into thinking that hard. Yea that's it!!! Hehe. Actually, I have been so busy and so much going on that I didn't know where to start. Soccer is about over but we are leaving Friday for Starkville for tournament for 3 days. We haven't gotten the schedule yet but hopefully they will not be playing 8 am games. Those are tough. And we found out on Friday that the girls team will be playing in the Regional tournament in May. So I have to get another hotel room for then. I hope to find a good one with a indoor pool for the kids to play after their games. After that soccer should be over till Fall season. That in itself will cut down a lot on our runnings. Explorers will be the only other thing going on.

I have got to get out with Cody this spring and teach him how to drive. He needs to be able to get his permit soon. He just doesn't listen to well and I'm nervous about teaching him. I have tried to let him drive before just down the street to the house but he doesn't hold it straight. Then will not listen to me about the turn signals he wants to talk over me. Now to be fair to him that's been months ago, so I guess its time to try again. I also worry about teaching him in my V8 SUV. He gives it to much gas and he will panic then I will have a wrecked V8 SUV. I guess I am just not prepared for one of my kids to be old enough to drive.

Easter was a great day!! I drove my mom and my niece with my kids to Hayti, MO to visit some of her family. We had a fantastic lunch and sat around talking about this and that. We saw a lot of the devistation that the tornados that hit the area a couple of weeks ago, did. Lots of metal silo's just crushed like someone just balled up a piece of aluminum foil, twisted metal of all sorts, splintered wood, etc. Scary!!! After we got home, the boys (and girls) all got dressed up to play Airsoft. It was wonderful!!! I got to spend about 2 hours alone, just me and the dogs. It was wonderful to just be alone.

Carol

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