Betting the Ponies

Erin, DJ, and I met up with Erin's family for a little family outing. Erin got to decide where we were going and she said she really wanted to hang out in an open place where she could run away if the family got too much. I didn't know where we were going but I was really excited because Erin always picks really great places to go. So we all piled into the car. Erin's dad's driving was scary.

I'll walk, really. Just let me out here.

We finally made it! And Erin's mom volunteered (or was volunteered) to give us a ride. She was was much better at it.

O this is much better.

Then we got to see where we were going. It was the race track! And Erin said we got to make bets with her help. And we got to see all the ponies! Erin said we could look but we couldn't take any of them home. I don't know why. Erin had a horse when she was little so we should get one too. We promise to feed him. Pllleeeasssseeee

I want to take one home. Why can't I have a pony.

Ok time to get down to business. If she won't get us one maybe we could win one. Let see who looks fast. O Jelly Roll Journey seems like a winner to me. At least all my jelly roll journeys turn out great.

Ooo...Jelly Roll Journey sounds fast.

But we got to the counter to place the bet and we didn't know Jelly Roll Journey's number. And we needed that to place our bets. Erin told us we had to pick a number if we wanted to place a bet. We didn't have time to go back and look up our horse's number. So we put our heads together and guessed 5. Well we got our ticket for horse 5 and found out that #5 was Splashof Panache. Jelly Roll was number 3. Erin said that Splashof Panache was probably a better bet. But we'll see.

Come on Splashof Panache! Move your Ass!

We were screaming when the horses turned the corner. It was a big deal. We were going to get a new pony. And it worked great, because we won! Our horse came in first!!! WE WIN!!!

Ya we win!

Let's go get our pony. Erin told us that we didn't win the pony that came in we won money. So we went to get our money and then the next step is to buy a pony. OOO...look at all the shinies! This has to be enough for a pony.

Look, we won shines!

But Erin said that our winnings wouldn't even buy a bail of hay for a horse. What a Debbie Downer. But then she said we could get a large ice cream cone. So everything was great. And even though we couldn't fill our pony's tummy ours were happy. Let's go again!!!