A Day with the Grand Children

Right after the walk Anna dropped off Braelyn while she took the other 2 to Rachel's studio for pictures. Braelyn immediately finds the dress from Rachel and puts it on. It still fits and we start the day with a twirl.

When the pictures were finished, Anna dropped off Taegan and Kensley about the time Taunya dropped off Jack and Jace. Today was sister-in-law day, the day the girls get together and shop. We were only missing Addyson and Israel. Addyson is in school and Martha Kay was watching Israel for the day. Below are a few pictures of our fun.

 picking the volunteer grape tomatoes that grew up near the patio

 heading out on the golf cart for a ride through the woods looking for bear. We didn't see any.

 stopping at the playground

 eating cereal for a snack

 'resting' on grandma & grandpa's bed

 playing ball and the piano

 playing nicely until Kensley arrived

 Rhoda brought back beautiful dresses for Braelyn and Taegan, they tried them on before leaving grandma's house.

 A big hug between sisters

The sister-in-law day was a success. They arrived back to pick up the kids shortly after 4:00 pm. As soon as possible I was on the road to go pick up Darcy's antibiotic in Morton. Mark passed me on the road on his way to an estimate so I made it back to the house before he did. After dinner we went for a walk through the neighborhood stopping at Spark and Rhonda's to enjoy their camp fire and visited with them a bit before heading in.
Emily picked up 2 12 foot red gates this morning from TSC. Tim finished the shelters and installed 1 of the gates. He is coming back tomorrow to install the second. Lime will be ordered on Monday and as soon as that is spread we can move a bale in and start using the paddocks. This now gives us 7 mare paddocks and 2 stallion paddocks all with shelters.
Emily worked the new mares this afternoon. They are improving. They are still a little skittish in this new home of theirs where they are not treated like royalty but instead expected to be just a horse.

 Above is Rosaleigh and below is Roxanne. 

After the mares were put away Emily got the 4 wheeler out and raked the round pen. It looked great when she was finished.