weekend of fun

The fun started on Friday night with a potluck and family night at church.  Then throughout the weekend we enjoyed Jillian's first horse show, family visits and a halloween party!

The farm where Jillian does horse riding lessons had a horse show on Sunday morning.  Even though she's only had a few lessons Jillian was very excited to participate in the beginner section.  There were only a few other little girls in her age catagory.  We were so proud of Jillian, she did a fantastic job and came home with 1st (walk/trot/canter), 2nd (walk/trot) and 3rd place (single jump) ribbons!!  It was a freezing cold morning but still a great day to be outside and watch Jillian ride.

I absolutely love seeing Jillian in her riding gear, I think she's just about the cutest little rider I've ever seen

Jillian with her ribbons - so proud of my new little rider!

Nana came to stay over and join us at the farm.  She used to ride horses and is excited to see Jillian take up the sport.  We also had a visit from Aunt Tara, Uncle Bob and Brent for lunch. 

Later in the afternoon I headed out with Kyle and Leah.  Kyle's friend had arranged a Magic the Gathering tournament for the afternoon.  Leah's best buddy hosts a fun Halloween party every year and this year it was bigger and better than ever.  Leah decided on Rapunzel this year as her costume.  Fine by me because we already have the costume from Jillian last year.

the long hair braid from last year managed to survive a year of dressup playtime. I only had to fix it up a bit and shorten it to fit Leah.

and finally, thank you pinterest...I got some neat ideas for h'ween inspired treats

(even though mine don't look nearly as good as the ones on pinterest!)