TWO Ponies!

 I ran over to the stall barn early this morning and noticed the truck and trailer were already gone. I only found out later that Nolan had picked it up the night before, filled the tank in the truck then took it to their house. Rhoda and Iris spent the night at Sarah's house. They left for Waverly Iowa at 3:30 am to pick up Snicker Doodle. Mark and I picked up Rhonda for church and made it there by 9:30 am. It really was good to be in church today. We sure have a special, wonderful church family. Mike Kaisner had the morning message on Isaiah 40 and John 1. Click HERE if you would like to watch that. Rachel and David along with Jon and Kim served lunch today and that was really delicious. They had hot ham and cheese sandwiches. Nancy LOVED that. Gabe Stickling had the afternoon message on Obadiah. Click HERE if you would like to watch that. After church I quickly changed then drove over to the farm to meet Snicker Doodle. I was shocked to find Sarah and Rhoda brought back TWO ponies. They ended up buying Snicker Doodle then bid on one more, a paint pony named Gypsy and won her also.  Gypsy is 13 years old and is 14.1 hands. She was listed as broke to ride so Rhoda got on her first to try her out. Below is a video of Rhoda riding Gypsy.

She was obedient and did everything asked. She is also in season so after talking it over decided to breed her to Evan. Mike and Diane pulled up right then so Mike helped with that. Next Rhoda tried out Snicker Doodle and she did so well that all of the grand daughters took turns riding her.

Zion even led her friend around on her.

After that of course Zion had to ride her again.

Below is a video of Rhoda riding her first then Zion and Iris.

The horses were put away in time for dinner at the barn. Spark and Rhonda along with Mike and Diane joined us and later Joan brought Nancy over. We had a good time visiting after dinner. Berlica brought a bunch of hula-hoops over and Zion got pretty good at that.

The kids all wanted to go back and ride Snicker Doodle again. Diane, Nancy, Joan and I were on the golf cart going over when we had to stop and let the Sauder Hay Rack Ride go by first. They had the right-of-way and they were a lot bigger than the golf cart.

Oh the traffic in this neighborhood! Joan left to build a campfire so after the horses we made our way back to the playground and told stories around the fire.

Sarah and Josh arrived, they had been to Banner Marsh kayaking and Sarah shared a couple pictures she took. There were so many birds but the most unusual were the white pelicans. We just do not see them at our place.

There were also a lot of swans but she didn't share that picture. She took the picture below of the sunset over the water.

We had a pretty sunset here too but hers was really special. We old folks were the last to leave the fire. Spark, Rhonda and Joan helped move the chairs back but we just left the fire burning. It is safe, there is no wind tonight. Today was another really special Sunday. I'm so thankful to live here among lots of family in such a beautiful place.