The Day O' Horses

We received an invitation from Jonathan's co-worker, Dave, for lunch and time with his horses, Penny and Sierra.

Dave has worked with the therapeutic horseback riding place we'll be taking Christian to soon, so he was really great with our anxious kiddo. 

Scarlett, on the other had, was ready to get on that horse and loved every moment of it! :)

It was another hot day, but they were all troopers!

Dave told us about how good horses are for people's emotions and mental health.  And so perhaps that fact explains this oddity:  Christian had been complaining about an earache (which I figured may have come from swimming the day before).  And after he got off the horse, he said his earache was gone and it has not returned.   Hmmmm ....