Shelby's Week Away in WI 2010

Since we are approaching the 1 year anniversary of Shelby's 2010 week stay at my parents, I thought it would be a good idea to post some pictures of all the fun things she got to do. Morgan and I dropped her off at Ashley's and the two of them headed to Papa & Nonny Moe's house. It wasn't too far into our trip back home that I got a text from Ashley saying Shelby was crying for me. Seriously? I don't get this girl! When we are home together I know she can't hardly stand it, but when we are apart for any amount of time she misses me. There were also a few nights at bedtime that she shed some tears for her dear ole' mama. I thought this type of thing only happened with teenagers. You know, the love-hate relationship. Despite missing me, I think she had a lot of fun and was lucky to get to do a lot of stuff with Nonny, Aunt Ashley & Uncle Luke. Ashley took a ton of pictures and this post includes a bunch. So sit back and get comfy and when you start to get bored, just remember this post is more for Shelby than for you! :)

My great Uncle David owns a horse stable. Shelby had been there before and rode a horse with Ashley, but this time she got to ride all by herself. She did good. The only problem she had was when she pulled the reigns too tight, her horse kicked Ashley's horse who was riding behind her.

Shelby with her great-great Uncle David

making a new friend

Shelby & Mitch the horse

heading out on the trail

Shelby with her Nonny

hanging out with the horses

riding horses wears a girl out!

Next up on the activity list was a trip to Madison to the butterfly garden. From what I saw in the pictures, this place is full of beautiful flowers & greenery and butterflies flying freely about.

Shelby wore her butterfly shirt & had 1 land on her chest

strolling along with Uncle Luke

with Nonny by the waterfall

have to play some Sorry!

Shelby lined up to win!

she won!

coloring with Luke

Next fun outing was to Yellowstone Lake for some boating & swimming.

speeding right along!

check out Nonny's grip on that rail! She does not like water!

thanks to Great Uncles Nick & Doug for providing the boat & the fun!

meeting Ashley's friend Eryn's new baby

Finally, before heading home, she visited Nonny's Spa for a manicure & pedicure.

fresh out of the shower & ready to be pampered

excited about the nail stickers

inspecting the work

beauty can be painful!

checking her nails in the mirror

quick drying so she can hit the road

One piece of fun she doesn't even know about and probably wouldn't go back if she did, was the not so much fun bats in the house while she was sleeping! She slept through Ashley moving her from bed to bed and all the chaos involved with either killing bats or getting them out of the house. Some day when she reads this she will have to have her Aunt Ashley fill in the details.

This year Ashley, the girls and I are going to spend the week together in WI to close out summer vacation 2011. I'll try to post details of that trip before this time next year! Stay tuned!