Surprise Birthday Party

Today is Karin's birthday but that wasn't who was surprised. More on that later. On our walk today we could hear Kabur and Ebby barking like they had something treed or they were stuck and it sounded far away. Turned out Ebby was inside a fallen log barking at some critter. Kabur was on the other end trying to flush out what ever was in that old log.

 A nice fat possum was the animal being harassed by Ebby and Kabur.  Joan took the picture below, not sure how she was able to get inside the log to take it, I had left for work.

As soon as I got home from the Berean office today Rosalie and her filly were brought in and stalled and the indoor arena cleaned up. I was just haltering the filly when Rebecca arrived all the way from Georgia to see her. It really was love at first sight. By the end of the visit this filly was enjoying the attention and scratches from her new owner. 

 We took them out to the arena which was a sloppy wet mess to see her move then into the field. While Rosalie was grazing a bit the filly was galloping circles around her. 

 She posed very pretty and held it for a plenty of pictures. These Friesians are born knowing how to pose. 

The paper work was done and the filly was marked sold.  Rebecca is going to name her and really likes the name Claire but I won't send in the paper work to register her until she knows for sure.  Mark found a way to speed up the siding process on the house.  Tom is going to start soon on finishing this year long project.

Now for the birthday party surprise story. Karin arranged for all of mom's kids to meet at Gils Supper Club Wednesday night for her 86th birthday.  Mom's birthday is March 30th but she is leaving tomorrow for Gulf Shores so a couple days ago Karin asked mom if she would take her out to eat at Gils Supper Club for HER birthday Wednesday night  then told mom, "I'll take you to DeSoto's in Gulf Shores on your birthday." Mom agreed to the plan and was telling me about taking Karin out for her birthday when she asked, "what are you doing Wednesday night, would you like to go?"  I answered, "I'd LOVE to go, Mark already has plans."  I picked her up just a couple minutes late so the rest of the family could beat us there. Was mom ever shocked when we walked in and saw everyone. Since Spark's birthday is the same day as mom's we celebrated his also, then of course we had to celebrate Karin's which is actually today and Nancy too as hers is the 31st of March. 

 Joan brought balloons for Nancy to take home. 

 Nancy shocked us, when she opened up one of her gifts and says, "It's a Horsemeister shirt!"  We were surprised she would know that. 

 She is so much fun with gifts. Mom gave her a card with $3.00 in it. Nancy grabbed those bills out quick. She knows about shopping too.

 Diane lit the candles. 

 Nancy blew them out. 

 It is so much fun spending the evening together before a bunch of the family takes off for Gulf Shores. We were very thankful for Dan and Susan picking up Nancy. Mom was really surprised. Gils is a great place for birthday parties.
After supper Karin came over to check out the van for their trip and helped me bring in Marika and Lola. Rosalie and her filly were moved back over to the indoor. Marika is heavily waxing. She does not seem to be in labor but with this amount of wax I can't imagine her holding out more than a few days. Praying for a safe delivery for her, she was the mare Amy Koch and I had to run to U of I in the middle of the night for an emergency C section in 2016. She is standing quietly now but the monitor will be checked a lot tonight. So thankful for that foaling camera system.