In the infamous words of Rosanne Rosannadanna, "Never mind."

One pleasant evening later the horses did not get along and the family of three had to be moved back into Moo's pasture. Since we had boarders bringing two more horses they purchased yesterday we put her in the round pen temporarily so we could walk the horses in and get them bathed. One thing led to another, as it often does around here, and several hours later we were all visiting late into the evening while the kids ran around with flashlights checking on animals. We didn't want to put the cable up until the boarders left so we'd left her in the roundpen -- which is not sort of a triangle pen. That girl wanted OUT!

Brian and Kim got a yearling filly who cleaned up so nicely and is just the prettiest thing and they also chose what is the largest horse I've ever seen - Bull. This guy is so tall that when I stand in front of him and look straight up, his chin is still nearly a foot atop me. He's that big! He seems to be a gentle giant and bonded closely with the filly during the trailer ride. Brian said when he checked on them at one point Bull was leaned up against the side of the trailer with the filly dead center resting on his belly sound asleep. He refused to leave the barn pen until we let her out - even at the expense of meeting the other horses in the pasture. Finally we turned her out with him and off they went to stretch their legs. He never got aggressive with her at all and she managed to keep up quite well. There's just something about watching a horse let it out in a huge pasture that's just awe-inspiring and I'm so glad Brian and Kim were able to witness it.

The menfolk talked at length about building round balen holders and the logisitics of installing gates, important things like that. These two are such perfectionists and read each other's minds - Kim and I don't stand a chance of getting those pigs since they're both dead set against it. But they are just the nicest couple and all the kids played very well together - their oldest hung with the adults and the youngest took off with Kenny. They're going to leave their kids here this afternoon while they have a lesson with a trainer then stay for dinner -- our kids are just thrilled at the prospect and didn't even flinch when I told them they'd have to clean their TV room!