The 24th of July celebration in Pinto

Abbey was so excited to ride "Holy Moly" the Shetland Pony.
She walked down with Kyle and helped lead the pony up.
She hopped on and OFF he WENT...Galloping
{Kyle said he'd never seen him even trot}
She held on as long as she could...but finally, the poor little cowgirl got bucked off!

I was so glad to see her get right back on!

She spent the rest of the time riding him or the little wheeler
This girl is on the GO!

All the kids taking a turn on Holy Moly
{With a little more caution from the parents now...}

Ziplines, wheelers, good friends, and a pony named "Holy Moly"
Life is good...

The kids all LOVED the zipline

Pinto always includes good company!

Cute kids playing on the trampoline

Monkey girl, Makayla

Izzy and Abs on the ZIP

FIREWORKS!!!
Thanks Joanna for the glow sticks...they were a HUGE hit!

BIG fun sleepover
{everyone ended up in their own beds, after the movie}

Above: Makayla Lovin' on Reggie
Below: The men headed off to paintball while the moms took the kids to catch crawdads

all the kids all ready for the BIG crawdad hunt
L-R: Lu Lu, Izzy, Ashley Hedman, Abbey, JT Westbrook, Ryder Ence, Jo,
Halle Westbrooke, and Avery Hedman in front
{everyone LOVED Abbey's get-up and wanted to make sure I got a picture--that's my girl!}

Trying to catch crawdads...
Abbey, Halle, and Makayla preferred the FISH catching

Joanna was the first to catch one. She screamed and then all the rest of us screamed, making all the kids cry! They wouldn't TOUCH them, they were all terrified.
{that's what you get when the mom's take the kids crawdad catching!!}

Oh! They are so GROSS! {But it was kind of addicting catching them}

And finally, some HOTT mamas trying out the zipline
Above: Joanna and Megs
Below: Mickell

We spent Friday evening and Saturday {the 24th} In Pinto with Kyle, Megan, Jeff and Joanna Hedman, Mark and Tami Ence, and Josh and Mickell Westbrook. We had a great time. The kids had a ball with the zipline, little four wheeler, and riding the Shetland pony "Holy Moly". It was nice to be able to spend time outside in the nicer weather and to spend time with good friends.