A pony in the family

Meet Brandi. She is Emmali's Haflinger Welch pony. We picked her up on July 4 at a New Mexico ranch. I had suggested the name Penny but no one in the family agreed. Imagine that. Then we came up with Brandi because of a strange brand on the horse's left hip. Emmali chose to give it an "i" ending to match her own unusually spelled name (who named this kid anyway?!).

Isn't she a beauty (the horse and Em)? And such a gift from God (both of them also). Brandi is spending the summer with Em's riding coach, a woman who has trained many a pony in her day. Grace is as excited as her sister to have a pony in the family. No doubt this will be quite an adventure for all of us. Giddy-up!