Horsing Around

After finally finishing our pet fence, a couple of weeks ago, we were able to do the fun part - put something in the fence!  After a little deliberation, we decided on miniature horses. There is a horse hobby farmer, a few miles from our house, who was willing to sell one, so we surprised the kids with the announcement one Saturday afternoon.  We piled into a vehicle, and drove to the farm to let the kids pick one out.  But, when we got there, we were distracted by the greatest thing....a brand spankin' new baby foal.  This baby was so new, its legs were still in the sac attached to the placenta.

This sweet little girl went from being born, to doing the splits for us, to tentatively standing up in under 15 minutes.

Anyway, back to business!

This is who the kids picked......everyone, meet Caramel Candy.  Caramel, meet blogland!  Caramel is two years old. 

And, because horses don't like to be lonely, we "borrowed" another horse from the farmer for the summer to keep Caramel company.  Meet Honeybunch, Caramel's sleepover buddy.

Note:  We did not name these horses.  They were named when we got them.  It took a while for Jeff and I to say the names without asking for a glass of milk right after, but we're doing better now.

Let the fun begin!