Our visitor in the barn ..

so the kids and granny and i went riding last night .. when we walked into the barn this little guy was flying all around .. i got very excited thinking that our little owls had hatched some off spring .. it was hard to tell if he was an owl or a baby chicken hawk .. i have it on pretty good authority though that he is a chicken hawk .. either way i think that he is pretty .. not the smartest though because he can't figure out how to get out of the barn .. typical male .. he won't ask for directions ..

cash got a little seat time in .. thanks to granny .. he kept hollering that he wanted to go faster ranny ... faster ..

and there is little annie oakley herself .. sweetie was not so much into the whole "let's ride tonite" .. in case you are saying to yourself .. has jenny lost it .. it is dark at night .. what is doing taking her kids out at night to ride horses .. remember .. we have a nice barn that has an arena with lights .. jeff thought that it was for racing all those ttr's .. remember the fleet .. but it is not .. it is for riding horses at night ..

after you ride .. you scoop poop .. or dirt .. or you just make huge piles of dirt and a big ole mess .. is totally depends on who has the shovel and rake ...

ellie is going to help him out a little bit ..

you have to love christmas break .. no bed times .. no having to rush home after dinner at granny's to finish homework .. lay out the next days clothes .. no lunches to assemble .. no snacks to make .. no back packs to get ready .. no having to rush into the shower to wash hair .. no hair to dry .. just time .. time to go to the barn and ride horses and scoop poop and wonder if that is a baby owl or a baby chicken hawk .. then of course we have to rush home to shower and clean up because ellie is about to run into the barn door because her eyes are swollen shut because she is so allergic to the whole barn .. just don't touch your face i keep telling her .. don't pet the horses .. don't breathe in the dirt .. right .. because barns are sooo clean ..