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Zion's Birthday
We were both up early. As soon as it was light enough to see it was time to head to work. The barn was first as there were just a few things needed to be finished and from there I went to the foaling apartment. There was still one set of king sheets in the dryer that needed to be folded and put in the closet. Then came time to check the farm house. That just needed the lights turned on, and the floor swept. All three of the airbnb's are rented today. I was grabbing the last of the cleaning supplies out of the barn and loading them on the golf cart right about the time Diane and Ruth showed up to walk. Ruth told us about the big move for her son and how all of the details worked out perfectly. Of course she is giving all of the credit to God. Diane shared about meeting a family from Metamora who were renting at their complex. Turned out the man is (I think the sheriff or running for sheriff) at the Woodford County Jail. Spark had just had a volunteer from Goodfield tell him, "I wish I could just volunteer at the local jail instead of driving in to Peoria" Well now we have a contact! Another coincidence that just has to be attributed to our Heavenly Father. Diane showed them her townhome and after checking out hers they are interested in buying one. The walk went by way to fast. I had to quit after one round and drive to GFS in Peoria to pick up the meat and cheese for Sunday. That went very quick and I was on my way home by 9:10 am. Instead of going straight to our house I drove up to the apartment as there were 4 vehicles up there. It turned out to be Rhoda's car, Sarah's car, Joan's van and a pick up truck. An older man got out of the pickup truck and asked me, "Is this the apartment?" I was confused as the people renting the apartment are coming in for a funeral and asked him, "What are you here for?" He explained they were coming in for golfing. He was at the wrong place. The golfers booked the barn. I had him follow me to the barn and showed him how to get in. It was only around 9:40 am. I was very glad I had finished it early this morning and they were very glad to be able to unload before going to their golf game. After putting the meat and cheese away I took the golf cart over to where Rhoda and Sarah were working with the horses. Rhoda worked with Zion on Dancer today. Mike used a hackamore with Dancer but Rhoda just put a halter with reins on her and Zion did great.
Today is Zion's birthday, she is 9 years old.
Below is a short video. Zion even trotted her a bit.
I was telling Sarah about how naughty Merlin was not wanting to follow his mom back into the paddock. She explained they have to put a halter on him and lead him back every time. She shared Merlin's new trick which I posted below.
He is such a funny foal!
Zion sure loves that funny foal.
This afternoon I made the chicken salad for Sunday then Mark and I loaded all the food for Sunday into the car and drove to church. Tomorrow Rhoda and Lee will come help us make the wraps and help us set up for Sunday. Everything is there now except the donuts. 9 dozen donuts and 4 dozen cherry cheese danish will be picked up at 8:00 am Sunday morning from Casey's and 4 dozen fried croissants will picked up at 8:30 am from Schnucks Sunday morning. Mark worked on the drives today. We got those big rains and some of the roads were washed out. He did a lot of hand digging and is really tired tonight. He is already in bed and I will head there in a couple minutes.
