Trust.

Horses are prey animals, so they do not lay down a ton.  If they do lay down in your presence, it is a huge sign of trust.  I pulled up to the ranch to see Levi laying down.  Often times, he will jump up when I approach.  Not this time.  He totally stayed laying down.  I was able to enter the stall and Pigeon was even able to walk away.

My mom was a few minutes behind me.  She was in awe.  We took the opportunity to sit down next to him and take a few pictures. 

He was so relaxed that my mom started to worry something was wrong with him.  I said that as soon as I opened the grain bucket to refill bags he would jump right up.  Sure enough that is exactly what he did.

I was brave enough to finally take Levi (and Pigeon) to the VERY back arena next to the herd horses.  They had so much fun exploring the new area.  They both spent a lot of time bucking and running.  Pigeon was having such a good time that he stopped paying attention and ended up on his side.  It kind of freaked me out, but he got right up and seemed just fine.  Phew!

Levi has gotten so tall.  Sidney can no longer see over his butt.

Sidney has been riding Levi quite a bit lately, and he is doing great.  After an awesome ride one evening, she asked me if we wanted to walk him through the light tunnel that Sabrina put in.  Of course!  It was so much fun!

The boys' grain buckets seem to always get water in them, no matter how good the lid is closed.  My dad and I used our scrap wood and materials to make this little roof for the buckets to keep water out of them.  It turned out super cute.  These horses are not spoiled.

I got a second snuggle time with Levi, as I caught him laying down again.  He is just the coolest horse.