Horses and Sparklers

Now on to part 3 of my Saturday post!

You would think that airplane rides and car shows would be enough for one day... no way! That evening we went to Etna to visit my sister Deanna on her ranch. She and her husband Marc were kind enough to let us ride one of their horses, named Ruby.

Joe was the first one to get on Ruby and take her around the pasture.

Then he took Ephraim for a ride. Can you tell how excited Ephraim is?

When Daddy asked Ephraim if he was done or wanted to go around one more time, of course he said, "one more time!"

Jacob had a great time on his ride with Daddy too. They managed to trot just a little bit, to which Jacob said, "too fast Daddy!".

Jacob loved riding on Ruby though. She was a really nice horse.

Next we put all the boys on the horse for a picture. Poor Ruby!

She was a really good sport to let us all keep getting off and on and stopping for pictures.

Ruby was probably relieved when we put just the boys on her back. They each got a turn to be led around by themselves, and then we put the two of them on together.

Aren't they a pair of cuties! As Ephraim gets older I can see the family resemblance between my two boys getting stronger.

After riding horses we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and after the sun set we went out and played with sparklers. Jacob absolutely loved it!

Ephraim didn't want to do quite as many sparklers as Jacob, but I think he was just tired out from a day of fun.

We still have quite a few sparklers left, so we will have to do them again another time.

So the boys stayed up late and probably didn't get to bed until almost 10 p.m.! What a fun day they had though! Airplanes, Cars, Horses and Sparklers... what more could a little boy want?