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Birthday Pics

Postby avalen » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:22 pm

It was a beautiful day, temp was just right and clear skies.
We went to Tempe Town Lake where the stable is. They rent
horses but Andrea's friend's uncle has his horses boarded there
so they were private horses, not stable horses.
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The town of Tempe is to the left in the background


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Sundevil Stadium, football for ASU

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me of course and my daughter Andrea on the trail. Rode around trails of Papago Park, very rocky and very much
desert landscape.

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our trail guide Mike, the man who owned the horses. The one he's on is a retired police horse, the one I was
on was a retired rodeo pick up horse. Those are the ones they use to run up and get the cowboys off the
bucking horses when the buzzer sounds.

Then of course it was time for dinner
Beef Chimichanga was my choice, I could only eat half of it then they brought on the free dish of fried ice cream
and sang Happy BIrthday. My first time for fried ice cream, that was weird stuff, but definately ice cream.
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Michael
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grandsons, Dylan on the left, Devon on the right
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sorry no pictures of the fried ice cream but theres definately leftovers in the fridge :D
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Re: Birthday Pics

Postby Liz » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:29 pm

You did have a beautiful day, and a grand adventure. What a view! Nice looking family too. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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Postby Bethers » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:36 pm

Oh what a wonderful day and what a grand way to spend your birthday. So glad you were able to take the day off and enjoy. Loved the pics.
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Postby AlmostThere » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:52 pm

Thanks for sharing your day! What wonderful family memories!
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Postby snowball » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:23 pm

sure looks like a great day it's always fun to be with family and then to have all the fun as well
glad you had a good one you deserve it
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Postby VickieP » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:44 pm

What a great birthday surprise, your kids obviously love you & know what you enjoy!
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Re: Birthday Pics

Postby avalen » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:50 pm

my butt hurts :lol:
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Postby longdog2 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:59 pm

Great birthday for you. Nice family too. Wouldn't have recognized you with all that long hair.
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Re: Birthday Pics

Postby Echo » Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:23 am

Dang!!! Sounds like you had a really great day!! So glad that you enjoyed it all with family.

Grab an extra soft squishy for that sore tush!! :lol:
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Postby Irmi » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:19 am

I'm glad you had such a nice day. And thanks for sharing the pictures!
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Postby Nasoosie » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:13 am

Great pics, Ava! And what a neat surprise for your birthday that your kids did for you! Thanks so much for sharing your day with us! You are looking great! No wonder they asked you be sure to wear jeans!
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Postby chalet05 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:49 am

What a great birthday, Ava! How wonderful to spend it with family!
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Postby dayspring39 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:57 am

What a nice day... being with family is always fun and doing something you enjoy is double fun...
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Re: Birthday Pics

Postby mitch5252 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:59 am

avalen wrote:my butt hurts :lol:


But(t) you wouldn't trade that sort butt for anything, I'm guessing? ?
And I'll bet that plate of food helped your forget about your sore bottom...

Thanks for sharing your birthday with us!

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Re: Birthday Pics

Postby BarbaraRose » Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:44 am

Looks like you all had a great time! You should update your avatar. The first photo I thought was your daughter! Love the longer hair!
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