Ten is ten!

A decade ago I had a lovely Mother's Day gift--a daughter!  Ten was born the morning after Mother's Day, 1998.  This year her birthday fell smack, dab on Mother's Day and she wanted to celebrate the day riding horses out in the Oregon high desert at her grandparent's ranch, where El Profesor grew up. 

Grandpa Rancher has some BLM mustangs and other horses now that he has retired from raising Angus cattle.  He a horse whisperer.  His ranch is 12 miles from a little high desert town where El Profesor's wonderful brother and family lives/homeschools/ministers.  It was with these cousins and family that we celebrated Ten's decade.

My dear sister-in-law orchestrated much horseback riding for Ten and her boy cousins, particularly her cousin, Nine.  My sister-in-law has been giving informal riding lessons to Ten for a few years now whenever we visit the ranch.   They keep horses at the ranch as well, where Grandpa Rancher has neat and tidy fences and maintains the ranch with great care.     

Happy Birthday!