Big Yellow Ball

That welcome big yellow ball showed up today for the first time in at least a week. Having the sun beating down on this cold wet muddy land helps big time with the attitude around here.  We had an exceptional day at church. Kent Heimer was visiting from Taylor and had the morning service. The afternoon was the reading of the memorandum. We had a real shock hearing that Brock Streitmatter had a major heart attack. His mom Lori writes:  what we thought was major muscle spasms in his back turned out to be a major heart attack. He is 22 and active. We are very shocked and would appreciate prayers.  We prayed for him in church and are continuing to pray for him.
When we got home around 2:15 pm while the sun was shining and it was 45 degrees, the wind was coming from the north west and blowing pretty hard. Hard enough to make us all want coats on during the play practice today. At least the outdoor arena was in just about perfect shape. Amazing to think that was possible with all the rain we had last week. Our last play practice was scheduled for 3:00 pm. Karin and I started bringing in mares and tacking up at 2:30 pm. The fairy lights were tried out today. We learned that we need a better way to attach to the manes and tails but were pretty pleased otherwise with the results.

 Check out the 3 ladies below on their horses. This is before the costume change. 

 Below is after the costume change. Anni is a genius. She figured out how to have these beautiful fairy dresses go from black to white while the riders are still on the horses and all within a minute. 

If interested in the rest of the play practice pictures click HERE.  We can't leave out the Oogie Boogie man. Pictures just didn't do him justice so below is a short 40 second clip of some of his antics.

Anna dropped of the girls before went to volleyball. They had a ball climbing on grandpa then jumping off.