Tuesday, October 16, 2012

the real "16th"

so when Abbie got up this morning and saw that her birthday banner was still hanging up, she said to her Mom... "is it STILL my birthday!!!" and Sadie had to try and explain that today was really her birthday. Hard to think about if you have already had your party... but I think Abbie was pleased to think that her birthday wasn't quite over....
Three years ago today..... welcome little one... you have been a great joy to this family!!!!!











And when Papa asked Abbie what she wanted for her birthday, she said " a bike with training wheels!!!"... so this afternoon, we went to pick out a bike. This one is very special, since it has a seat for her new baby doll... and it goes really fast, and "must be kept outside". (her trike can still be inside)... it took her all of two minutes to figure out how to sail up and down the driveway..... he first set of "wheels".....












And a post note to this blog.... this evening we had an earthquake... a REAL honest to goodness EARTHQUAKE.... 4.0 on the scale.. the second strongest one in the state!!!! and the epi center was not more that 15 miles from the farm.

I was teaching a dog class, and it was quite scary. I first heard it coming, like thunder and then you could actually feel the waves rolling under the floor of the building we were in. It seemed to last a long time, but really maybe 30 seconds or so.... The dogs were pretty upset in class and actually we really didn't even finish it, as everyone was so bothered by the whole experience.

no real damage was done in the area... but for us, it's odd... and actually, I'll deal with ice and snow anytime and hope that we don't have these things too often....

I made a comment to a friend... "if your grandbaby has an earthquake on her birthday..is that some kind of omen"......

2 comments:

Linda said...

Maybe the earthquake is an indication that Abby will be a 'mover and shaker'!

Louise said...

Sue you have such a lovely family. you can feel the love in every posting,keep up the good work and keep having fun. Louise