Mayaswellswim

Braelyn arrived right after Eliza was covered and the stalls cleaned. Actually everything was started before 6:00am but it was already 79 degrees with 90% humidity causing excessive sweating at the least bit of effort. Mytross is now out. The golf cart was used driving fast, just trying to cool off before heading over to the meeting place for the walk. As Tyler Joos our farrier was coming Joan was asked if any of her kids could come watch Braelyn when he arrived. Good thing Karin showed up early for vaulting. The heat is oppressive and Ribbon needed lots of breaks and a good hosing between classes. Even the vaulters were hosing down each other. Everyone headed to Diane's to cool off in the pond once that was done. Karin and Sarah Reinhard came over to help bring horses in for Tyler at noon. He started with Ribbon and for the very first time we were able to get all 4 feet trimmed!

Of course it took Sarah holding her head and Karin stopping her from falling over. She really was losing her balance. Tyler explained it was probably because she was used to stocks before we bought her. Indy was next followed by Jewel, Eliza, Jenis, Ylse and Raven. By then Tyler was out of time and will have to come back for the rest. Thank goodness the barn is air-conditioned. As he was working on Raven, Rhoda, Tauyna, Addyson, Jack and Anna pulled up all ready for swimming. A few pictures were taken during the afternoon. Addyson taking a break from swimming to go swinging.

Braelyn with her new purple cast playing in the water.

Bethany doing a back dive then a handspring dive:

Hannah doing a handstand on the diving board:

And my favorite shot of the day, Sarah Reinhard doing a cartwheel off the dive:

Bethany took the little ones out on the paddle boat.

Addyson became brave enough to start jumping off the diving board:

She was pretty thrilled once she was back on land:

Faith was telling me important facts as we were watching:

Around 4:00pm it was time to dry off and head over to the apartment for ice cream the perfect treat on a very hot day.