A day in the country

We joined the Dietrich Family for a trip to the Virginia country side one hour west of Washington DC that was organized by colleges of Mandy. Our first stop was a farm that had horses and longhorn cattle

 Mia had fun seeing Kross and Brooklyn again

After a hike over a pasture we reached the longhorn cattle. The smaller children needed a better spot to see them

The next stop was the farm were fox hounds were kept.

The puppies were the main attraction

Then we went on to see another farm were the horses were kept. Mia fed one of the horses a carrot

 Then a blacksmith showed how a horse got new horse shoes

 Mia was asking if this would hurt the horse

 After this it was time for lunch and a cookie with Mandy