"Horses!"

Actually I think this picture is cows.  I can't really tell, but there are numerous such pictures on my phone, which was in the possession of Gabby Saturday when we went to Idaho for the funeral.

Earlier in the week, while at the cabin, we learned that anytime we drove past a field or barn of horses or cows, Gabby would get excited and start shouting, "Horses!  Horses!"  

At first siblings tried to make the distinction between horses and the various other animals we saw in fields, but the distinction was lost in the excitement.  

When Gabby became a little frustrated at attempts to identify the correct animal, we told her about when Nate was younger and we'd drive past fields and he'd say, "Mooooooo..." to everything.  She thought this was pretty funny.  It is kind of exciting to see herds of enormous animals in fields when you haven't seen a lot of that before...

And I suppose if we were all in India and saw a monkey or elephant while driving down the road we'd all get a little excited too.  ...Which makes me wonder if there were elephants in fields in Utah or Idaho if Gabby would get excited.  Hmmmmmm.....

Last Saturday the excitement over horses happened all over again while driving through rural Idaho, this time with cousins in the car.  Soon we were all saying it..."Horses!  Horses!" 

In fact I almost shouted, "Horses!" when I drove past a field the other day without children in the car.  

Yes, really.  Now who's laughing?

It's another of those adoption "firsts," and its fun to see those firsts through Gabby's eyes.