Skip to main content

The Bunch Starts Back to School and the Horse is Broken



I guess we have good timing on starting back to school. It had been so unseasonably cool that I was worried we may start too early and not be able to go out and do things in the "nice" weather (low 90's is nice for TX in August). However, things took a turn for the hotter this week with temps in the triple digits and humidity levels crazy high. It literally feels like a sauna out there. I feel so sorry for all the animals.  They all have multiple waters out, access to shade, and are checked on multiple times a day. The horse even gets a sponge bath to help cool her off on the really humid days. Two of the kids were finally able to ride the horse! We were so excited. It felt like we had a real horse and not just a large dog. Unfortunately, two days later she went lame. It was not caused by the kids 10 minute ride, but not being well taken care of during her formative years and old age. At this point it looks like she will recover and we will be able to ride again, but we have x-rays next week and that will let us know the extent of her damage. We aren't expecting it to be worse case scenario, but just in case we are prepared. It sounds like something life would throw at us. You know get a horse for a couple of months and then have to put it down. My neurotic behavior about the horses worked in my favor and we caught the issue when it was still fairly mild. Hopefully, she can make a recovery. She will never be completely healed because it is not possible once lameness shows up, but since she isn't a working horse (being lead around with kids for a few minutes isn't considered working)  she should be well enough to do that. She will never be able to do much more than that though, but to be fair in her entire life she has never done more than that so not much would change. The chickens have now celebrated the 2 year mark with us (except for the one we found roadside last October). The farm life has been a lot of work, but fun. I don't think, no I know, we won't have animals later in life, but for now it is fun and teaches the kids a great deal of responsibility in a world where that is becoming hard to come by for kids.
Maisy is pool ready! (not really she prefers the water sprinkler or unfortunately the septic sprinkler)

Enjoying a day at the water park

Our friends joined us for the day.

T can't stand water in his eyes. He was 8 before he quit wearing goggles in the shower!

You have to have sno cones and smoothies after swimming. (It's in the rule book)

We went to the library end of year party and there was fun animals to learn about.

My nephew turned 12! Everyone is getting so old! (except me...holding at 24)

We picked about 60lbs of wild grapes at my father in law's house.

We made 4 pots this size with what we picked.

This was an all day project.

But the yummy jam makes it all worth it. #Bestgrapejamever

L rode the horse. We were so happy that day.

She wasn't thrilled at being ridden.

She was a little more spirited for T who rode sans saddle.

It was fun having a horse you could actually ride.

Apparently my phone was hacked and these were the culprits.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Bunch Are Off To A Wonderful 2025 And Are Considering A Change 🤔

It's official, she has a college diploma!! Besides totally enjoying a drama free year, we have been consciously spending time doing things as a family and spending time with each child doing things they enjoy. D has been playing ball and watching movies with his larger "mini me" while A and I have been spending a lot of time in Dallas going to the theatre. A absolutely loves going to see off Broadway productions! I won't be surprised in the slightest if she ends up getting season tickets. Dallas Broadway does a lottery to each show where if they draw your name you have 3 hours to buy tickets for $39 each including all fees! That is an absolute steal! She actually won the lottery on Tuesday so we went that night to see the production of "& Juliet". The seats she won were FANTASTIC! They don't give you cheap seats in the back for the lottery. You win good seats. The seats we ended up with worked out to be only about a quarter of the regular price! We h...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Bunch Visit Family

  We had fun playing some board games...and it wasn't even a fun jar idea! We just did it because it sounded like fun! The fun jar has been a little slow being implemented this year. T made sure to let me know! We're making up for it next week by drawing several things.  We have had a wonderfully busy week visiting family and getting things done around the house. We went over to my parents house to celebrate Father's Day and while the boys played games with Grandpa, the girls went with Grandma to show her what all the fuss about Trader Joe's is about. She enjoyed looking at all the different things and even found a few gems of her own. It was a nice day and fun to get out together for a little bit. We had a great day!🥰 We picked up Whataburger for my Dad as a treat and my mom made some tots and a side salad up to go with it.💗 We also had a nice long visit with our Aunt P. She's been under the weather and we hadn't had a visit in a couple weeks so it was nice t...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Bunch Start Birthday Week

  Yes, my Mom had my name misspelled on the cake.😂 It was still yummy so it was all good. T, A, and I all have our birthdays within a week and a half. Which means there is a crazy amount of sugar within those 10 days. We always like to make whoever's birthday it is feel special for the day. We watch what they want,do activities they like, eat what they pick, do their chores for them, etc. It not usually too expensive, but just a fun day where it's focused on them. The kids use to use their days to rule like little kings and queens, but have become a lot calmer in their "old" age since they get to do whatever they want most of the time anyways. We are a pretty close family and do a lot of things together all the time anyways, but on birthdays we still make sure we defer to the birthday boy/girl. My birthday is first and the kids do so many nice things for me all the time, but they put forth an extra effort on my birthday. This year A even woke up early to turn the cof...
Post a Comment
Read more