We finally did it!

We had a big weekend. Saturday we had family coming over later in the afternoon for the 4th, so in the morning we let the babies out to graze for brunch.

They got to run and stretch their legs.

They raced.

They showed off.

And Tabasco got to play on his "mountain".

On Sunday we let the babies out again and let them graze for about 5 minutes. Then we opened the gate and let the big horses out with them. This is the first time all five horses have ever been in the same pen without being separated by fencing.

Tabasco of course had to make all of the girls squeal, then went back to grazing.

Pebbles surprised me the most. I think she's quite takin' with Shoni. She pretty much bee-lined-it over to Shoni but was trying to be sneaky about it so she would stop after a few strides and start grazing.

Finally she made her way over there and they grazed next to each other. Then Shoni walked away and Pebbles followed.

All five of them were in a cluster at one point. Then Shoni (who is a lot like her human) got a little claustrophobic with the others in her bubble and trotted off a little ways to be in the open.

Then Dad was out turning hay with the tractor and the horses got all excited and started running.

The big horses ran back into their pen, and the babies followed. They ran from one side to the other, and at one point Sweetie shocked us by jumping the poo pile. Sorry no picture of that (darn it!), I was busy trying to pick my jaw up off the ground. We've had Sweetie for 15 years and have never seen her jump.

I hope everyone else had a great weekend and a fun 4th!