Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend

My cousin Michael graduated from High School last weekend, and after his party we had the chance to visit my Aunt June's farm. Here, the girls are thrilled to see her horse, Red.


Alyssa smiling as Emma gets a closer look.


Rebekah petting Red's face. Red is 38 years old!


She loved being up close to the horse until she was offered a ride. The big girls didn't pass up the chance though!


Aunt June leading the horse with Emma so excited.





Alyssa's turn, while Emma stays close by on the ground.


Aunt June probably didn't even realize how much she made Alyssa's day by letting her ride the horse, she was so happy. Alyssa loves horses, and she's collecting all the horse/pony webkinz. I also recently bought her a series of 4 chapter books about horses to read over summer vacation.


Kamele riding the tricycle, this was more to her liking. Although she loved touching Red's soft nose, she was not interested in getting on the horse.


Alyssa kept returning to Red's fence to get another look :)


Playing basketball with Daddy.


All smiles on the farm. Thank you, Aunt June! Even though it was brief, it was great to see you and the girls loved the farm!

2 comments:

KmCaCFamilyof5 said...

Wow, I didn't realize horses lived to be that old. It would be fun to have that much land to have animals like that. (although a lot of work, I'm sure!)

jessica said...

I don't think most horses do live this long, my Aunt made it sound like 38 is quite old. And he was wonderful with the girls! They were so excited and kept wanting to have their hands all over his face and neck and he didn't once seem even a little bothered.