Burglar

What seemed to happen in the middle of the night was this: We were sound asleep in our little bedroom off the kitchen. We hear the door open and someone step into the kitchen. Both dogs jumped up barking and started running for the kitchen. We hear steps going out and the door shuts. Mark mentions, those dogs are worth what we pay in dog food all the while wondering who on earth would come in for a few seconds then leave quickly. We weren't worried enough to get out of bed though. So this morning we find out the real story. Yes we had a burglar but the only thing missing was the ice cream in our freezer. Sarah (our daughter) admitted to coming in to borrow the ice cream at 9:30 pm, it just seemed like the middle of the night. We really were that tired.
What an absolutely wonderful day in our Peoria church. Craig Stickling had the morning service and Ken Hoerr had the afternoon. Words are not enough to explain what a huge blessing it is to be worshiping with our beloved fellow believers.
Phil, Anna,  Braelyn, Taegan, Sarah, Rhoda, Lee and Emily joined us for Sunday dinner arriving while we were out working on Valiant's pasture. The gate had come off the hinge and it had to be repaired before Valiant discovered the weak spot. He was put in the pasture so we could move a round bale.  I had the camera with me when he was put out. He always puts on a show.

After supper Mark moved in one of the new round bales in for Valiant. The farmer got one field baled when the baler broke down. He is going to come tomorrow to finish up the other field. The hay is excellent, there are 22 bales on the big field and we will probably get 5 or 6 off the other. No rain is predicted so we didn't spend our day of rest moving them inside. The middle paddock also got a bale but we gave those horses one of our first cutting. They are all fat riding mares, none of them pregnant so they don't need the better stuff.
Karin has been hired by the Giant Goose Ranch to provide horses for next Saturday. They want trail rides and pony rides. We will need to use both trucks and trailers to get them there. We will also need to pick up a few more horses from Middle Grove which means more burrs to remove. Good thing I ordered another case of cowboy magic!