Today was a gorgeous day. The temperatures have been in the upper 30's-low 40's at night and in the daytime they heat up to the 70's. We decided that it was time to buy Bella (the horse) a turnout blanket. We had no idea what we were doing, so Richard asked one of the local feed store owners what to do, and how to measure her for it. We went to the feed store armed with her measurement and bought a purple one. We brought it home and dropped it off along with our groceries we had purchased and then headed for the fair with the boys. They had so much fun! It was a day filled with cotton candy, and livestock. We started out the day in the animal exhibit area. The chickens were pretty neat. Then they went on every ride that their little hearts desired. We were there for about two solid hours, and they loved it. Next year Nathan is going to raise, show and sell a pig. The kids have to be eight to do so. Matthew wants to enter a chicken, so we are going to let him do that. Whatever the monetary gain is for the pig, it will go into Nathan's savings account. He is really excited about that. The pigs sold between $800.00 and $1200.00 apiece. Wow. Guess you can say we have gone country.
When we got home, I tried on the turnout to see just how well we faired. I wasn't exactly sure how she would react to it. I put it on and she seemed to like it. It is too warm for her to wear just yet, so I took it off and folded it back into the bag from which it came, and placed it on the ground to untie her. She walked over to it and smelled it then stood by it as if she wanted it back on. It was sweet. Well this is a day in the country and how I chose to spend it. Hope your weekend was as enjoyable as ours was.
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