Birthday dinners, horses and round pens

Rachel came, with Kevin and the girls, for her requested birthday dinner:  Potato soup, chili, and apple pie.  Grandson Arick came out to work with the horse he's breaking, and brought a friend, Lee, to ride with him; of course, they filled their young bellies up with soup and cobbler, before riding.  Lee had never been on a horse before.  Now granted, he's changed a lot since 2004 when the picture below was taken, but tell me if the kid on the right looks like a cowboy?  This was taken the first time I went with my grandkids to Van's Warped Tour.



So it seemed strange today, almost three years after taking the above picture, to see Lee riding Blue.


He had a successful first ride, and came back talking about how totally awesome it was, riding a horse.

Meanwhile, Cliff has spent the entire day finishing the round pen and working on a home-made gate for it.  Here you see our son-in-law, Kevin, Adam (who boards his horses here) and Cliff.


Below, grandson Arick and boarder Adam watch as Cliff and Lee mount the gate:


Cliff wants the gate to be self-closing, and they're testing it out here to see if his invention works.


The boys and Adam and I got in some good "horsey" conversation, and I handled Libby for awhile.

It's been a rather cold day, but a most excellent one.

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