this little girl....

....loves

 horseback riding.

Lucy O'Quinn Cleland

seems to be a bit of a natural in the saddle.

Here she is helping Toby to shed

his winter coat.

Never seen so much hair coming off a horse.

When she was done with her ride,

we were both covered with

 horse hair.

There is just something about

an eight year old girl,

wearing a helmet,

riding a 

horse.

Yesterday,

Lucy achieved Memory Master at her school

for the second year in a row.

While she was here,

she and I went over her material.

It took her over an hour to recite from 

memory,

the history time line from creation to the present,

all of the Presidents,

all of the countries and cities in Europe,

the Middle East,

and Asia,

along with all of the rivers, seas, and mountain ranges,

parts of speech,

math equations,

and more.

It took us over an hour to get through it all.

She only made one mistake,

and she corrected that.

I'm sitting there wondering,

"How in the world does she do this?"

Congratulations sweet girl,

Grandaddy and I are so proud of you!

Being eight is so great.

I love Lucy!!!!

Toby is very gentle and quiet...

likes to sleep,

bears with,

loves what he does.