We got to visit Ashley’s good friend Crystal to ride her horses. The kids had such a great time. Wesley had a smile on his face the entire time!
First we needed to groom Snickers (the horse).
Helping Auntie Ashley lead the horses out.
They are ready to go!
Ashley and Crystal lead the kids around the yard in a circle for about 15 minutes.
She is having such a fun time!
Then Wesley got to go for a little trot on Snickers.
And he really liked to go fast!!
All done... but they could have been up there all day.
I even got to ride too. And yes, in a circle too just like the kids. This is my first time ever to be on a horse.
Thank you Ashley for a fun day!
While Ashley and Crystal were taking care of the horses, Wesley and Jillian got to ride some power wheels. And boy did they have a fun time.
As part of O’Reilly’s Cookbok series, the Arduino Cookbook offers a wide selection of recipes for solving a variety of “problems” you might run into when programming the Arduino series of micro-controllers. The recipes range from basics like connecting your Arduino to a Mac or PC and formatting your code to more advanced topics like controlling arrays of LEDs and wireless communications.
In general the recipes are short and to the point. Each provides a code example and a reasonably detailed explanation for what is going on. This isn’t the kind of book you’d read cover to cover, but it is an excellent reference to have on the shelf after you’ve walked through a few basic Arduino tutorials. Whenever you run into a “how do I?” question or just run out of ideas you should be able to get some guidance and maybe inspiration.
I found Chapter 6, Getting Input From Sensors, particularly interesting. With a separate example for each of the most common sensors it provides a good starting point for gathering and reacting to real-world conditions.
Full disclosure: I received a free PDF version of this book for free in exchange for writing this review. I’ve followed the review guidelines set by O’Reilly. Especially (and always) “First and foremost, we want nothing but complete honesty in your reviews”.
And how did we spend it??
You might think outside doing something in the nice weather…
No. Today it is a cloudy, rainy and cool 62. 
We made the most of the weather.
I made the kids a cool fort:
Happy kids!
While they played in the fort – I cleaned the house.
Well, at least the kids had fun.