A Morning at Southern Oaks

Ella loves horses and my dad found this picturesque stable and training center that's only 15 min. from our house. They train the horses for sulky racing and we went last Wednesday to watch them race...we missed the race, but Ella didn't mind. She absolutely LOVES animals and especially horses. We have a memory card game at home and any time we play she always tries to hide the horse cards so no one else will find them.

Anyway, the horses were gorgeous. We talked to an 82-year-old man who raced horses for 55 years and he was giving us all kinds of good information (he works at Costco serving food on the weekends if you're interested in learning more). Some of the horses are apparently $350,000 and it costs the owners $3,000/month to train and board them at Southern Oaks. Of course, later that evening Ella told Jason that she wanted a horse (what little girl doesn't). Somehow, I don't think we'll be selling our house to buy a horse.