We started out our busy Friday with a short horseback ride to get the kids used to the horses again. The horses were more interested in eating the grass than doing what the kids wanted. Wally is on Little Joe, the paint, and Alli is on Luke, the palomino.
Plus we got started too late and it was really too hot to enjoy the riding. Wally was the smart one and quit early to go get in the pool. Alli sure looks older than an 8 year old doesn't she.
After a cooling swim, we went into town to the library where they were having their summer program for kids. Today was a visit from two tigers that are part of the population of a big cat refuge in Arkansas. The tigers are two years old, 300 pounds each. Two years ago when they visited the library they were bottle fed babies. I wish we had seen them then.
More swimming in the afternoon, then a bonfire in our kettle for cooking hot dogs and roasting marshmallows. I really couldn't believe we were going to have a fire in this heat, but once the sun went down it actually wasn't bad sitting out by the fire. Cold beer and soda kept us cool.
Wally (surely a future biologist) is always delighted to find an animal of any kind. Luckily tonight it was only a toad, not a snake.
Beautiful mama, beautiful daughter.
Aunt Norma I don't know if I would post that you're letting the kids have a cold beer to cool down!
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