The day of Awesome

Yesterday totally rocked!


Rei, Ian and I all woke up early and went to Therapeutic Horsemanship in Anthony, TX. Rei had a super time. She made some art while she was waiting for her turn to ride the horses. Then, she got to ride for 45 minutes. She even participated in the equestrian events which she's never done before while riding.

Then, she got to hold a baby chick. Ian was conquered by a baby chick, as you can see in the photo. The chick wins!

Then we drove back towards El Paso and had lunch in the Franklin Mountains. We hiked around a bit until Ian got too tired to walk and fell asleep in my arms. We saw a ton of butterflies, two large beetles (genus Eleodes?) and two large hemiptera bugs (they were huge) and a funny little toad.

We drove home and then later on, went to the Día de los Muertos festival downtown. Rei danced and we saw a lot of great altars and heard traditional music from Michoacàn.

Totally awesome! The Día de los Muertos festival is going on all week. Tomorrow, there's a workshop to make candy skulls. I am hoping we can go. ;)