Sold

It was hard to wake up this morning but I dragged out of bed at 6:00 am drank 2 cups of strong coffee then went out to work. I know it is Sunday but we have 4 mares in season and 3 of them needed to be covered today. With Emily's help, Zalena was covered by Valiant, Emma was covered by Evan and Prissy was covered by Killian. Mark had to work on the broken boards and replaced them all before breakfast. We moved Holly and Zalena with their foals inside as storms were expected.
We got everything done in time to shower before heading to church. Mom drove separate as she needed to go to Nancy's meeting in Morton, IL. Emily came with us but planned on catching a ride back with her family who came to Peoria for the day and were meeting us at church. Rhoda left early for church and Sarah drove Addyson and Jack to church. So the group here at Meisterville ended up taking multiple cars in to church today. Tim Roecker had the morning service and Craig Stickling had the afternoon service. We are so blessed in Peoria to hear the Truth spoken and expounded on.
Mark and I had to leave right after it was over to be home by 2:00 pm as we had 5 visitors coming down from Chicago to look at Zalena's colt. It took about 10 minutes for them to decide to buy this colt by Valiant.

They were impressed with his disposition and looks but his movement made the sale. Of course they wanted to see Valiant too. Valiant was put in the outdoor arena where we expected him to explode but he was more interested in having a good roll in the sand. The men offered to buy Valiant too but that wasn't going to happen. They put down a substantial deposit on Zalena's colt but after looking at all the mares would also like to buy a purebred filly from us.
Emily's family was out playing on the trampoline at the playground when a storm came through. The rain came pounding down without a lot of warning, the kids jumped off the tramp and ran for the shed then called Emily to come pick them up with her truck. She piled them in and drove into the indoor arena so they could get into the apartment without getting soaked. Everyone has gone home and it's time to start another book.