City Folk Come For A Visit

We had a family gathering a few weekends ago and the llamas were a big hit! People were afriad to feed them at first, but once they saw that Kiwi and Ebony were not going to bite their hands off people were lining up to feed them! As someone said...how often do you get to feed a llama?!?
When it was time to take a family photo I moved off to the side with the llamas when I heard "No the llamas are supposed to be part of the picture!". Again...how many people get to take family photos with llamas in it?!

Uncle Jimmy Visits the Ranch

Uncle Jimmy came for a visit. He is very tall...Phoenix looks like a pony!!! lol
Buck would like the carrots that Uncle Jimmy and my Mom are feeding to Cricket.

City Dwellers Visit the Ranch

Some city slickers came to visit ye old ranch! Cher and her boyfriend Nick came out to see all the animals....it only took a few months of asking ;)
Nick and Cricket. Aw. Her photos would look better without the fly mask on but I have to protect her one good eye. Cricket is missing her left eye. Totally. Its gone.
Apparently Cricket was THE horse to pose with for pictures :) Well it might have had something to do with the fact that Cricket likes to have her photo taken and always hams it up for the camera!
Boys. What can I say? Buck and Nick get acquainted.
We are not really sure what is happening here....and we might not want to know what is going on ;) This picture has become an inside joke and Cher and I laugh everytime we think of it....Nick took a lot of teasing because of this picture. lol Its because of Ace's expression.....priceless.

A visit with the city girl

Cher did not find the llamas too appealing....she thought they were scary....now how could ANYONE think those cute little fuzzy creatures are scary!?!?!?!?! She said it freaks her out how the llamas stare right at you ant then walk up slowly...
Cricket was a big hit. Cher has deemed Cricket 'her' horse and she wants to ride Cricket when she rides next time :)
Aw cute.

In other news, I spoke to the lady who I am trading Dyna to for Phoebe, and we are still on. The planned date is this sunday at 9-10 am. BUT the lady is is active labour at the moment, so it could be postponed for a bit:)

I am going to miss the big girl, Gracie is definitely going to miss her, but times change, new paths are forged and simply life goes on. Gracie will have to learn to deal with it and accept Crickey and Phoebe or she will be sitting out there alone. Gracie has A LOT of bravado right now and I am hoping she gets a bit of an attitude adjustment when Dyna leaves and let the other girls in. Cricket has been at the barn for 2 weeks now and Gracie still tries to bite her :( right now I think Gracie has an inflated ego becuase big ole Dyna is with her, but soon the only friends Gracie will have are Cricket and Phoebe...

But life is life, horses are horses, time will tell.