Braces and Birthdays and Mule Days

I haven't been very good at keeping up with my blog. Since my last post I have had a birthday and my mom has had a birthday. I got my permit on my birthday. So I have been driving. It is a lot of fun and nerve racking:-) My mom had a good birthday. We got her a recliner. I am enjoying having the recliner:-) Ian's birthday is tomorrow. He will be 6 years old. It is hard to believe that he will be that old. I also got my braces today. I was a little nervous but they look great. They aren't too sore right now but I am sure they probably will hurt in a little while:-) Every year in September my family and I all go to Benson, NC for something called Mule Days. It is a lot of fun. There are funnel cakes, hot dogs, french fries, snow cones, and bloomin' onions. The town closes the main street so that you can ride your horses (if you have one) everywhere. We get there on Friday and leave on Saturday night. We stay with my great grandmother. We wear cowboy boots and cowboy hats. On Friday we go to the mule races and then that night we go to the carnival that they have there. Then on Saturday we get up and watch a parade. There are all kinds of things in the parade. Sometimes there are pony rides that Owen, Alexa, and Ian like to ride. I am very excited because Lillie (my dog) is coming with us. This will be her first Mule Days so I hope it goes well:-) She tends to have a barking tendency:-) I just wanted to update and share what as been going on. I hope to see most of you (who read this)soon:-)