Horseshoe Meadow

One Saturday we decided to take our little family on a hike to Horseshoe Meadows. It's a little less than two hours a way. It was going to be 110 in Ridgecrest so we decided to escape the heat and go to cooler places. We packed up the family and the snacks and all the gear and headed out! The girls were so excited. I am not sure about Paxton, he basically slept in the carrier that I had the whole time. He was pretty content. Here is me and Bailey walking at the beginning of the trail. It mostly looks like sand and some trees for the first part of the hike.

The girls found some incredible dead stumps to play and pose in. They really were beautiful(the logs and my girls).

After a little ways were came to this beautiful lush meadow. There was an incredible creek that ran through it. Some man was fishing and volunteered to take a picture of our family. We stopped here and had a picnic. The girls just ran around the meadow and kept crossing this log. It was so much fun!

Here some more pics of my beauties! It was such a good family time for us. It was nice to get away from the heat. It was a lot cooler there. The girls had so much fun seeing all the wild life. We are really blessed to live in such a beautiful area. We may live in a small town but there are so many places that aren't too far away that are perfect for a getaway!

Here is my bushy husband and my other beauty. Devonney rode on dad's back most of the way. She got out to play in the water and run around the meadow. She was worn out by the time our adventure was done! We had a wonderful day and made even better memories!

Some New Additions!

We have a new addition to the family!! And no I wasn't secretly pregnant and didn't tell anyone. We have a new little foster baby that we are taking care of and his is such an incredible little man! We have had him for a month now. We got him when he was 6 weeks old. He is now 10 weeks old and such a cutie!

He loves loves loves to be held and talked too. The girls love his smiley face and his coo's and all the baby noises he makes. The girls are all little mothers to him and let me tell ya the boy has got them all wrapped around his little finger.

He is such a calm sweet spirit. He is always so happy and content. He is such a wonderful little spirit to have in our home no matter how long or short that stay may be. His name is Paxton. The girls call him baby Pax or little man for short.

We have been doing all of our paperwork and getting background things done and all the stuff needed to become foster parents. It has taken us almost a year but the wait was well worth it. We feel so blessed to have him in our home. It has taken some getting used to with all the boy parts of changing a diaper and all the blue . He is such a handsome little guy. I love his hair and his big excited expressions.

And of course I love to watch him sleep. With all of my kids I have loved these pictures. They are so precious.... We will enjoy him and love him while we can!