Patriotic Picnic

At the end of July we hung out with our church congregation at a Patriotic Picnic at one member's ranch in the local hills.  They started doing this a year or two ago, and we finally cleared our schedules so we could go - and boy are we glad we did!  It was fantastic.

After parking we saw the barns with the horses, the sand volleyball courts, the bocce ball court.  We decided to see what sort of fun we could get into up at the top of the hill where the house was along with all the other activities.

First ride up the hill we hitchhiked a ride in a golf cart... second time it was a hay ride!

 

That's Drew's Sunday School/Church girlfriend.  They're two peas in a pod.  Ironically they both have dads with the same name and they're sports nuts (one likes that orange and black team, the other bleeds Dodger Blue) but we won't name names.

After the hayride the boys wanted to go back down the hill and try to see what fun things they could find.  Drew fed the horses.  We tried earlier to ride a horse in the barn but while waiting our turn one of the girls (around 7 or 8) was thrown from a spooked horse.  We decided to skip horseback riding that day.  The girl was fine just a little freaked out.

 The horses were really friendly.  This one asked if there was anything on his nose.

While the boys were hanging with the animals, I was doing some line dancing.  I never do it anymore since no one else is into country music and Dave thinks that line dancing is too "white".

Even Uncle Sam came to the party!

Dave added a few items to his attire.  Drew's Sunday School teacher had the vest, someone let Dave borrow the hat and beard - the pants, socks and medal are his.