~ summer fun at the barn

So, just for fun... here's a little photo synopsis of what we spent quite a bit of time doing this summer...

playing with horses 

(my friend Denise and me playing around at Inavale)

Doctoring horses...

This is my sweetie, Poco. Woo woo! Isn't he a handsome boy?

(This was taken before he was diagnosed with the whole eye thing, which is better for now, at least... that episode is over and I'm praying that they will be few and far between to minimize the damage. His vision seems okay so far, and he's happy to be out in the pasture again with his buddies.)

Trying to keep the old man, Roanie, comfortable...

playing on the quads 

(Kiziah on the right, on our quad, and Caleb on the left...

Calvin rode too, but spent most of his time playing Legos with the barn owner's son)

Momentary lapses of reason

(aka, me letting Kiziah ride Kaiyah... which they both handled awesomely well, although neither is even remotely ready for the other, but this was a sweet little peaceful moment they had together...)

Riding the new "barn mascot", Ringo

(ACK! I fixed her foot placement in the stirrup right after I took this!)

riding the quads with friends

watching the chickens

brushing the pony with friends

(doesn't Ringo look terribly upset by this? hahaha... he wouldn't even graze... he was just in heaven having these little girls love on him and brush him!)

feeding the ducks

putting sparkly hoof polish on the pony

brushing and loving on Poco...

and the pony, some more

and of course, giving friends rides on Ringo.

Not sure what else we did this summer!

:)