My little niece, Peyton, turned 5 this past week and Saturday was her birthday party…complete with a pony to ride for all! For those of you who know our kids, you can imagine how timid we would imagine them being around the pony…that is, except for Julia. We all knew she would ride the pony!

I guess we all kind of knew that Drew would run the other way. Sensory overload has never been his cup of tea..

What caught us all by PLEASANT surprise was Dwayne Jr.’s riding of the pony!! We have pictures [and video - but that will come later] to prove it!

We finally got him to admit that he needs to try more things because he had so much fun riding the pony. It’s a whole new ball game for Dwayne Jr. now! Another highlight from our adventures yesterday was taking the kids to Nina and Pop’s house to have their pictures taken under the dogwood trees. We (my brother and I) were forced every year to have our pictures taken under dogwoods. I always said I would never make my kids do that….I’m such a sinner!