The 4th (Part 1)

The morning of the 4th started out with a bang!  ;)  Eric's cousin, Dave, invited us to take the kids to ride a pony he had been training.  Jason, Mandy and their girls joined us, too.  What an awesome place and the pony was so patient with the kids.  A great way to start the holiday!  

As we were leaving down the long driveway this eagle swooped into the field and had 4 hawks hovering/diving around it.  We watched them for a little bit and then saw the baby eagle trying to get back to its mother.  It was a pretty impressive site seeing this eagle at eye level, right out the window of the suburban.  And a rather appropriate site for this Independence Day.