The Wedding

Brrr it was cold this morning. The horses were fed early and the foals checked on around 6:00 am. All was well. Sangria's colt was next to his mom practicing the Spanish Walk on his own. He was throwing first one leg out then the next trying to get Sangria to play but she was more interested in grazing. I only had the phone with me and they were way down toward the bottom of the field but had to snap this picture anyway.

Mark was out spraying the pond so instead of starting breakfast I sat on the front porch waiting for him to bring the canoe in when the fox came trotting up my driveway not 20 feet from me. No camera and no phone to get the proof of that. The fox stopped at the fenceline, waiting until Mark walked up to the drive then slipped into the pond pasture and headed to his den.
Mom, Karin, Mark and I left at 8:15 am for the Forest church where we were to celebrate the wedding of Gary and Marie. It is a good hour and a half trip and we arrived just as the singing started. Forest had 3 visiting ministers, one from Athens, AL, one from Champagne and one from Peoria. The minister from Champagne had the morning service then Tim Funk has the afternoon wedding service. The elder from Forest had the actual wedding. It was a very touching wedding in a very full church. We walked across the parking lot for the reception which was held in the Commons. We left for home around 3:00 pm, stopped and picked up Chinese for dinner. We ate at mom's and were joined by Phil, Anna, Austin and kids but we didn't know they were coming so Phil drove in to Bartonville and picked up McDonalds. There is just no fast food restaurant around here. They had a full group for volley ball. Joan had Bill and Bethany here from Bluffton to play plus a bunch of the regulars. It is still very cold and Joan started a nice big campfire. It was hard to leave the warmth to ride the golf cart back but now that we are in the house we all smell like smoke.
There was a nice message waiting from the lady that owns Ella's filly by Evan we named Scarlett. She writes:
Judy, Check out the pictures I took of Bella (Scarlett) taken last week. She turned 2 last month and is an incredible joy to have. She is curious, intelligent, brave, and has a wonderful disposition. The pictures were taken on her first trip away from home and she was being handled by a 13 year old that is just beginning to work with horses. There were other horses (including "Uncle" Jesse) and she behaved herself through all the distractions. I love her so much!

She turned into a lovely mare and is going to be much much taller than her dam Ella. Good job EVAN!