February update

February held something special for both Sophia and Anne. Sophia competed in her first off property show at Swan Lake. It was a LONG day. We got up there around 9:30 because we were expecting to ride at 11:00. Well, 11:00 became 3:00 and then 5:00 and then the girls finally got in the ring around 7:00 pm. Two of the younger girls from show team were competing. One came and watched. The girls kept themselves entertained. We took them out for a long lunch and a bit of shopping at a nearby Walmart. Sophia did an excellent job in the ring. She took 1st place in two events, 2nd place in three events and 3rd place in three events. She was Reserve Champion in her class.

I went away for a scrapbook weekend with friends. We went to Blue Mountain Retreat Center and had a blast. It was so relaxing and I got so much done. I wanted to finish all of 2014 but I didn't get quite that far. I hope we are able to do this yearly. It is so nice to be in sweatpants all day, doing nothing but chatting and scrapbooking.

We went to a Chinese New Year celebration at Steve's school and saw the Lion Dance.

Kaegogi is feeling much better than she did in January. She is more active and is gaining some of the weight she lost back.

All the other pets are good. You would think that we never feed them by the way the beg for food.

Count them--all four pets are here trying to get some scraps.

This is a fun project Sophia made in school. They were given heart candies and had to find a way to use each one in a letter.