Wow! 13 days since our last post. And you wanna know why? Well yes it's been a little nuts around the Armstrong home, but our absence has been due in large part to our failed attempt at moving our blog over to Wordpress. For all the wonderful things I could say about Wordpress, it gave us such a headache working with photos that we ended up never posting and well, that sort of outweighs any advantages.
So we're back... and including a plethora of photos that we undoubtedly would have posted had it been a bit more convenient. As for what's new, McLaren was entered in a race this last Sunday but was subsequently scratched, this time by order of the stewards. See, the rule is that if an owner scratches a horse, he has to wait 10 days to race him again. Sunday was day 10 so we thought we were ok, but according to the racing office, the rule as it has stood for a hundred years is that you have to wait until the 11th day following a scratch. Anyway, he's entered in a 5.5 Furlong race on Saturday. At this point, I'll believe it when I see him break out of the gate, although they do say the third time's a charm...
Meanwhile, Asher has been a dream kid for the last couple of weeks. I'm not sure why but we're not complaining. We've got another full weekend ahead of us so let's hope the trend holds! When McLaren scratched this past weekend we ended up going out to Lincoln City instead and Asher got to experience the Beach for the first time. I have to say, he really seems to like being outdoors (which he didn't get from me).
Asher's cousin Brenden came over today and the two of them seemed to get along swimmingly. Brenden did, however, seem convinced that Asher is a girl. Not sure why, but even after being reassured that Asher was in fact very much a boy, he continued calling him "Her".
That's all for now folks. Sorry about the drought between posts. We hope to be posting photos from the winner's circle this weekend! In the meantime, here are the photos I promised you at the top of this post...
So we're back... and including a plethora of photos that we undoubtedly would have posted had it been a bit more convenient. As for what's new, McLaren was entered in a race this last Sunday but was subsequently scratched, this time by order of the stewards. See, the rule is that if an owner scratches a horse, he has to wait 10 days to race him again. Sunday was day 10 so we thought we were ok, but according to the racing office, the rule as it has stood for a hundred years is that you have to wait until the 11th day following a scratch. Anyway, he's entered in a 5.5 Furlong race on Saturday. At this point, I'll believe it when I see him break out of the gate, although they do say the third time's a charm...
Meanwhile, Asher has been a dream kid for the last couple of weeks. I'm not sure why but we're not complaining. We've got another full weekend ahead of us so let's hope the trend holds! When McLaren scratched this past weekend we ended up going out to Lincoln City instead and Asher got to experience the Beach for the first time. I have to say, he really seems to like being outdoors (which he didn't get from me).
Asher's cousin Brenden came over today and the two of them seemed to get along swimmingly. Brenden did, however, seem convinced that Asher is a girl. Not sure why, but even after being reassured that Asher was in fact very much a boy, he continued calling him "Her".
That's all for now folks. Sorry about the drought between posts. We hope to be posting photos from the winner's circle this weekend! In the meantime, here are the photos I promised you at the top of this post...
August 29, 2008 at 7:17 AM
Nice to have you back. I've been missing your updates. They brighten my workday.
August 29, 2008 at 8:28 AM
WOW! Your little man is getting so big!!! Gabby really liked the picture of him with the toy horse :-). Thanks for sharing.
Becca
August 29, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Glad to have you back. I've been missing you too.