We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving week in Maui with G-Pa and Carollyne, and Granny "0" and Uncle Jason. Much fun was had by all. You can't really beat water and sand to keep kids happy, and our kids were no exception. We've had a terrific week and are now ready to head home and pack our bage for China. We leave 11/30 and on 12/3 Ruby will become a Crooks! This month is a whirlwind of travel and adventure, and we are loving every minute of it! Hoping you all had wonderful Thanksgivings as well. We all have so much to be thankful for.
Warmest Wishes,
Mike and Jennifer
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Friday, August 03, 2007
Hi Everone,
We are happy to introduce our new daughter Ruby (Jin Ru) to you! Ruby will be 7 in November, and we hope to bring her home in December, but as always that depends on how quickly China processes our paperwork! Below are a couple of pictures of Ruby as well as a bunch of pictures of our summer so far. We hope this finds everyone well and enjoying the summer!
Warmly,
Mike and Jennifer
We are happy to introduce our new daughter Ruby (Jin Ru) to you! Ruby will be 7 in November, and we hope to bring her home in December, but as always that depends on how quickly China processes our paperwork! Below are a couple of pictures of Ruby as well as a bunch of pictures of our summer so far. We hope this finds everyone well and enjoying the summer!
Warmly,
Mike and Jennifer
Ruby (Jin Ru) 7/30/07. This is our sweet girl at the orphanage in Nanjing. She's now sporting the typical orphanage hair cut which is a bummer b/c she had the loveliest long hair until last month. Ah well, her hair will grow :) Her smile is just wonderful to see though! The picture was taken by another Mom who just adopted Ruby's best friend Emily.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
We've had a fun but busy summer so far. We started the summer at Spruce Meadows in Calgary which was difficult competition as always, but most of the horses had a very positive competition series there. It's such a fun place for the kids to be too, which I'm thankful for as we're there for almost a month. While we were there one of our mares, Lady, had her second baby. There is a picture below that we took the day after he was born, he looks like a promising baby. After Spruce, we headed back east to Princeton to have a weeks vacation at Granny O's house. It was a very much needed break from the competition circuit and we had a wonderful week there! I was lucky enough to get to spend a lot of time with some of my oldest and best friends as well as my brother and both of my parents. Mike and I got to really relax and unwind which after Spruce was a life saver. Thank you Granny O! You'll see from the pictures that a wonderful time was had by all!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Well we've had a busy spring so far. We spent a month in Feb/March at a show just outside Palm Springs, California called HITS Thermal. Then we spent the first 2 weeks of April in San Juan Capistrano, CA at a show called The Oaks. The shows had their ups and downs. Our seasoned Grand Prix mare Cassandra had some physical issues and was basically sidelined which was dissapointing, but that's part of this sport. Thankfully she's in good shape now and feels great, so fingers crossed that she will be her usual competative self in Canada next week. Our young Grand Prix mare Shakira has made great strides this year, and has come into herself in a very good way. Both Mike and I worked very hard with her this winter developing both her trust and her respect, as well as her education, and it's paying off as we had hoped it would. We both have a lot invested in this mares career (as does our owner and good friend David), and are looking forward to the rest of the competition season with her. Our youngest mare Uryadi, who is just 6 and begining her career, is showing great promise. She is very talented, brave, and careful; all the ingredients that it takes to make up a good Grand Prix horse.
The kids have all had a great spring. Kai had his first ever birthday celebration while we were at the Oaks and he LOVED it :) He was sooooo excited for presents and cake. We had lots of fun down in CA. We became members of Legoland, as well as the Living Desert Zoo. We also got to spend a couple of days at Sea World as well as at the beach. We had a great Easter egg hunt on the Grand Prix field at the Oaks for the second year in a row, which ended up being really fun. Hunter made a couple of good friends at Thermal who became his football buddies, and that carried through to the Oaks. Sophie and Kai made their leadline debuts and had a blast doing so. Holly can't wait till next year to get to do the leadlines too! Catherine and Ciara had their ponies down in CA with us, and also competed in a couple of local shows, and both have had a lot of fun, both have learned a lot, and both have had and a fair amount of success! Mike and I have had a great spring and we are all looking forward to the summer. We will spend 10 weeks on the road and have some down time in bewteen, so the summer is looking good!
The kids have all had a great spring. Kai had his first ever birthday celebration while we were at the Oaks and he LOVED it :) He was sooooo excited for presents and cake. We had lots of fun down in CA. We became members of Legoland, as well as the Living Desert Zoo. We also got to spend a couple of days at Sea World as well as at the beach. We had a great Easter egg hunt on the Grand Prix field at the Oaks for the second year in a row, which ended up being really fun. Hunter made a couple of good friends at Thermal who became his football buddies, and that carried through to the Oaks. Sophie and Kai made their leadline debuts and had a blast doing so. Holly can't wait till next year to get to do the leadlines too! Catherine and Ciara had their ponies down in CA with us, and also competed in a couple of local shows, and both have had a lot of fun, both have learned a lot, and both have had and a fair amount of success! Mike and I have had a great spring and we are all looking forward to the summer. We will spend 10 weeks on the road and have some down time in bewteen, so the summer is looking good!
Saturday, May 12, 2007
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