Latest happenings in Michigan!

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted anything. Since I've last posted, Nick was given two horses. They are both American Paints. The first one he got is named "Whiskey." Whiskey turned three years old on June 2nd. A few weeks later he brought home "Bourbon." Bourbon turned two years old on April 29th. Even though Bourbon is younger, he is quite a bit bigger than Whiskey. They are actually half brothers, as they have the same father.

This is bourbon



Here are Whiskey on the left and Bourbon on the right. They are eating some grain.

Then, on the 23rd of June, Tim, Jill & Malachi flew in to Detroit. They are staying till July 17th. No one here in Michigan had met Malachi yet, except for me (Nana) and Jill's parents, because we all flew to California to meet him back in January.

Pop Pop feeding Malachi a bottle.

Sitting out on the back deck.

Malachi loves this Jump-a-Roo. Michael's girlfriend, Laura, lent it to Tim & Jill to use while they are in Michigan.

Malachi is the most pleasant baby ever. He is always smiling!

When he first got here, Tim took off with the boys to go to the lake. It was time for Malachi to eat, and Tim took all the bottles with him. I found one of James' old baby bottles in the cupboard, so Jill used that. Malachi is used to a certain kind of bottle, so he was a little fussy and would only let his mommy feed it to him. He loves his mommy!

Tim and his little buddy, "Mac."

He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and fourth. He should be crawling in the next few weeks - hopefully he starts crawling while he is in Michigan!

These are the sunglasses that James used to wear when he was a baby!

Uncle James & Malachi. Uncle James was supposed to be at wrestling camp, but somehow he overslept and missed his ride. He was bummed that he missed his ride, till his little nephew showed up later in the day!

Uncle Michael getting to know his little nephew.

Uncle Nicholas playing with Malachi. Nick has poison ivy on his arm, so he isn't going to hold Malachi till it is all cleared up.

Nick has a way with babies, and he had Malachi laughing out loud. It was so cute!

Malachi got up a little early one morning, so James got to see him again before he left for wrestling camp.

Did I mention that Nick had a couple of horses given to him???

Nick and Whiskey

Whiskey & Bourbon have never been broke to ride, but Nick has been working with Whiskey since he got him. Here is James getting on Whiskey. James is the first ever rider.

Nick has a saddle for Whiskey, but for his first time having someone ride on him, James is riding bare back.

Nick leads, while James just hangs on. That is step one in the riding process.

I got to be the second rider. This time Nick put the saddle on him.

Whiskey is such a gentle horse.

Margie & Whiskey. Margie & Jacob had come out here for a long weekend over the 13th of June. Well, Whiskey decided to get out of his fence one afternoon and we had to go searching for him. He had wandered down the road almost two miles and found more horses, so the farmer that lived there put Whiskey in one of his fenced in areas till we came to get him.

And this is Isaiah on Whiskey. Isaiah is the son of Michael's girlfriend, Laura. Isaiah will be two years old on Oct. 26th. He was so happy to be sitting on the horse, that he cried when it was time to get off!