Saturday

Well the morning started early with a 5 AM wake up as little Sammy made a whiny noise. I picked him up and brought him into our bed where he catnapped until 7 AM when Ava awakened. They were just great through the night and both went to bed around 8:30 or so. After our wake up Nancy made buckwheat cakes with a banana in the batter and Sam shoveled it in along with some scrambled eggs just as fast as you put it on his tray. He and Ava were so cute and that was their first sleep over together.

After breakfast and the clean up I ventured out to water the gardens, my is it ever dry with no rain for several days and even a couple weeks. The ground here dries out over night due to the sandy soil. Well after Amy came and picked up Ava and Sam we headed out Oldsmar once again to see the horses run at Tampa Bay Downs. It was once again just a beautiful day with temps in the high 70's and low 80's and bright sunshine. We stayed through 7 of the 11 races and had a fun time. We aren't big into the betting scene but just to watch these beautiful creatures up close is exciting. Most of the horses at this track aren't big money winner's and most have never won a race or 2 races in their whole careers. But they are gorgeous to watch them run on dirt and on grass. We did see a horse wreck in the 5th race today as a horse struck the inside rail breaking apart the rail as the jockey flying off through the air. The horse never went down and the jockey managed to some how walk away with out any serious injury. The horse finished riderless.

After the horse races we came home to fry up some egg plant and squash for supper. We were so full afterwards we even passed on the fresh salad I made as well. After the clean up I headed out to hand water the gardens and the front yard as darkness fell. Well not much else is going except tomorrow is worship at Element Church in the morning with son Bobby. LATER. Enclosed are a few horse pictures from today's races.