Katherine competes in her First horse show!

This past Sunday, Katherine competed in her first horse show. She was in the lead line division.

She did a great job! There were two other girls in her division. Annabeth, who is a week older than Katherine, and in her kindergarten class. They go riding together too. The judge thought they all did such a fantastic job that he awarded them all 1st place!!

She was so excited.

Below are some pics of her in the show and with her friend, Annabeth.

Wes wanted to ride so bad. It is so hard to be little!

Brushing Jack afterwards!

This is Katherine'e teacher, Sierra. She is an incredible rider and wonderful young woman. We love her!! She won her division and received a belt buckle! Way to go Sierra!

Katherine got to rider Annabeth's horse, Star, after the show.

Sierra is so patient with the kids. They never want to stop and she just leads them round and round.

Kelly wants to get me out riding. I may be her most difficult student. Katherine says, "Don't worry Mom, I will teach you!"

Yee Haa...Wesley rides for the first time!

So the love for horses is shared with Wes as well.

After asking over 100 times on Sunday...we finally put him on the horse.

He loves to ride as much as his sissy.

When he started off, he yelled "Yee Haa".

Katherine says, so proud, "I taught him that"!

We are so thankful for the Spanglers!

Lovin' every minute!

Kindergarten and Preschool

September 6th marked another "first" in the Schreiner home.

Katherine started Kindergarten and Wesley started Preschool.

Katherine is going to Naples Elementary, which is a small school south of Bonners Ferry. It is a wonderful school with a magnet humanities/science program.

She loves school and is doing so good. We went to open house this week and I was blown away with everything she has done. She has changes so much in the three weeks she has been in school. So grown up and of course "in charge"! She loves riding the bus to day care after school to see her friends. She is making lots of new friends and learning so much.

Wesley started Preschool and is learning to be "on his own" from sissy. He loves taking her to school in the morning and playing on the playground with all of the big kids till the bell rings.

He is learning colors right now. It is so exciting to search the room for the color of the week.

His favorite part of the day (according to him) is when "sissy gets off the bus at daycare". He misses her dearly. They are so sweet.

He is getting so grown up too! Talking so much and helping around the house. Today he helped me sweep and mop the floors. Halfway through he said, "Mom this is really hard work!". Too cute!

Riding lessons and Camping out

Katherine has been going to her riding lessons every week. She loves to ride. Sierra is doing a great job teaching her all she needs to know. We are so blessed to have the Spanglers close by. It is incredible to me to watch her.

Camping Trial #1-We set up the tent in the yard and had a camp out. The kids loved it! Mommy discovered that we need more camp mats. The kids got the mats and sleeping bags while Mommy slept on the ground with the comforter. Let's just say these bones are not as young as they used to be. Ha Ha

Happy Birthday Katherine!! 5 Years Old!

It is hard to believe it, but little Miss Katherine Susan is 5 years old.

She had a wonderful party with all of her friends.

Thank you for coming to my party and for the presents. ~Katherine

Opening presents....big smile!


Wesley is still trying to figure out when it will finally be his birthday!

Princess ring from Mommy and Daddy.

Drop the clothespin in the jar!

The kids loved it.

Waterballon Toss

This lastest out 3 minutes and then everyone just started throwing balloons at each other.

Thank you Oma.

Cody getting ready to launch his water balloon.

The Barbie Castle Cake

I got so into decorating the house and making this cake that I stayed up all night. Before I knew it the clock said, 5am. I had so much fun transforming the house into birthday fun. Just alittle tired the next day,but it was worth it. Love you pumpkin seed!!

This is the cake making kit that Jon and Jenny gave me for my birthday. I had so much fun making the cake and frosting it.
It tasted a little weird though!
Thank you Jon and Jenny!

Our little cowgirl

Our little cowgirl....she picked out her outfit all by herself.

Since Katherine was very little she has been wishing to ride the horses at our neighbors. This week we were able to hook up and go over for Katherine to have her first chance at riding. You would have thought she had been riding her whole life. She was so confident and calm. After Kelly and Sierra explained to her what to do she walked "Jack" all around the round pen. She loved it. Then Sierra got up with her and brought the horse to a trot. She even let Katherine ride him all the way back home. Katherine is hooked. Every morning she asks to go back over to ride again....Kelly said she did a great job and was very relaxed in the saddle. Shhh...but we have decided to give Katherine horse riding lessons for her birthday.

Northern Minnesota With Grandma Sue and Grandpa Bob...Auntie Heather too!

We started off our Minnesota adventure by traveling to Northern Mn with The Summer side of the family. Big Thank yous to Kara and Jay for letting us use your cabin. We had so much fun!

While we were there the kids both caught their first fish, drove the pontoon, went for a ride in the canoe, saw a loon with babies, cooked over a campfire, went swimming, rode in Grandpa's boat, got way to many mosiquito bites...and witnessed Grandma caught a "monster" fish (however the pole was not strong enough and broke causing her to loose the fish). It was an incredible time with family. We were able to spend some quality time with Auntie Heather's new fiance, Nate and raze him alittle. We are so excited for the two of you. Lots of laughs, lots of fish...too many that got away...don't forget the net!, cards.....and great time with family! Here are some pictures of our northern MN adventure!Mommy and Daddy taking Wesley out in the canoe.

Grandma's bass!

Grandma's northern...after we lost the BIG ONE.

Wesley loved being out on the boat.

Wesley and Daddy in the canoe....little light in the front.

Driving the pontoon.

Fishing at sunset.

Katherine at the wheel!

Crazy girls!

Grandpa's Northern. Wesley was not too sure about this one.

Captain Bob...with shorts and flip flops.

First time since 1994.

Thumbs up, Dude.

Making a sand castle with Nate.

Grandpa looking for the big fish.

Auntie Heather and Future Uncle Nate.

We had so much fun hanging out with you guys!

Heather caught a little sunny with the princess pole.

Wesley's first fish!

Katherine's first fish!

Not really sure about the whole thing.

Swimming....shallow.

Checking out the water

The Girls Team

Wesley checking out the lake and throwing rocks

Spiderman!

The Cabin

Getting warmed up

So Grandma and Grandpa got the kids competing with who was going to catch the bigger fish...boys...or girls....Wesley marched around saying "Boys catch the big fish, girls don't." But after the weekend was done....I have to crown the champion of the Biggest/Most Fish goes to the.......GIRLS! Sorry boys.

Before we left Wesley decided he wanted to "camp out" on the living room floor with Grandpa. Aren't they so cute!