Mr. Sterrett showed that his horse Romeo had complete confidence in his owner by having a whip cracked above his head while lying down. Romeo also sat on his haunches on command, because he fully trusted in Mr. Sterrett's care.

 

After Mr. Sterrett's sessions, there were horse and pony rides, a barrel train, a draft horse wagon, and live music by the Bendixen brothers and Bullinger brothers in the concession barn.







 

Mr. Sterrett taught on how everyone needs to give their heart to God, not just fix their attitudes or put a mile on their faces. To illustrate these truths, he used his horses Spotlight and Spark to represent meek and mature Christians, Jennifer Bullinger's horse Banner, and Evvie's Shahaar,to represent those who are willful, proud, and selfish, which is the case of every human before salvation.

After Shahaar became used to a saddle, Mr. Sterrett's assistant, Ben, mounted Shahaar for the first time and rode around the arena.





 

Summer with the Lapeer Civic Orchestra!

The LCO performed its summer concert last evening. We played a variety of stirring music from patriotic to Leroy Anderson's Blue Tango.
Miss Wendy Case was our concertmistress, and she played the beautiful violin solo in Ashokan Farewell. Visit the orchestra website to find out the details for our next concert in October!
 

 

 

A Day with Ponies

On Thursday we had a visit with a family from California. They have two daughters, Emma and Hannah, and they came out to our house to visit our ponies. Emma is 9 years old and the big sister, she really enjoyed taking care of Princess. Hannah is 8, and has come to Michigan for some surgery on her thyroid. She had fun grooming Sonny Boy. Both girls enjoyed their pony cart rides :)  

 

An Afternoon at the Hyslops

The Hyslop family graciously invited the families from church to spend an afternoon at their homestead. The weather was beautiful, and we all enjoyed our time together! Thank you Hyslops! The Marshalls had a great time!

Three little 'uns had dinner at an outdoor table. L to R: Kathryn DeL, Jordan Hyslop, Philip DeL.



Jacob Hyslop played some real toe-tappin' tunes on his banjo for us. Felt like we were down south sitting on the verandah and relaxin' :)

Papa and Mr. DeL joined Mr. Hyslop on some rip-roarin' 4-wheelers!

 

Monday evening found a bustle of activity at the pavilion in downtown Lapeer. Musicians moved around tuning instruments and warming up in preperation for the last LCO rehersal before the summer concert. Mr. Keith Corbett has benn our conductor for this summer, and Miss Wendy Case has been our summer concertmistress. The LCO had tough competition that night as we tried to play the intricate strains of "A Shaker Melody", while the Heritage Research Institute had their 4th of July presentation rehersal, complete with stirring patriotic recordings, on the nearby courthouse lawn. We managed to have a good rehersal anyway, because who can help but focus on the music when you know that a cool, refreshing root-beer float awaits you at the end?

Be sure to come to the outdoor concert on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the pavilion! I know you will enjoy the music. We have been practicing a lot! The concert is free-of-charge, but you will have to bring your lawn chairs and blankets.


Mason(Cellist) talking to Mr. Corbett
Carol on Bass
Mr. Ed Yachinin, head of the Percussion section