TODAY WAS ONE OF THEM DAYS WHERE I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING MOTIVATION. THE WEATHER IS CRAPPY AND IT HAS BEEN SO BUSY, SO I DECIDED TO TAKE A LITTLE DOWN TIME. WELL THE TRUTH IS THAT MJ MADE THAT DECISION FOR ME BY NOT GOING IN THE HORSE TRAILER RIGHT AWAY. WE HAD A RIDING PRACTICE AT THE FAIR GROUNDS AND MJ WAS GOING TO GO. WELL INSTEAD OF MAKING EVERYONE LATE WE BOWED OUT, AND WORKED ON TRAILERING. WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT AS SOON AS THE TRAILER LEFT THE YARD IN SHE WENT, WHAT A LITTLE STINKER. SO I BACKED HER OUT AND MADE HER DO IT AGAIN 3 MORE TIMES AND WITH NO PROBLEM. SHE MUST HAVE SENSED THAT I NEEDED A BREAK.

THE BARN WAS EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET TONIGHT AND I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I THINK THE RAIN SCARED AWAY A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THE KIDS WERE AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY , IT WAS JUST ME AND THE DOGS. IT IS MY CHORE NIGHT SO I CLEANED AND CLEANED AND CLEANED. THAN I GOT TO RIDE. WHICH ALL THE HORSES DID GREAT . YOGI IS JUST WONDERFUL AND SO LAID BACK, BELLA MISSES HER MOM WHO WILL BE OUT WED. FOR A LESSON BUT SHE IS HANDLING EVERYTHING VERY WELL. WE ACTUALLY WILL BE SCHEDULING A CHIRO FOR HER BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE HER HEAD IS A LITTLE CROOKED AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO FIX THAT SO SHE WILL EVEN BE A BETTER HORSE. MISS MCKINLEY " KINNY" IS REALLY COMING INTO HERSELF, WE ARE TROTTING ALL OVER THE ARENA WITH A HEAD COLLECTION YEAH!!!! WE ALMOST BROKE INTO THE CANTER TONIGHT IT IS GETTING CLOSER. I DON'T THINK I EVER RODE A HORSE WITH SUCH A GIGANTIC STRIDE, IT IS TRULY UNBELIEVABLE AND I AM ENJOYING EVER MINUTE OF IT. NOW I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE LITTLE BEELERS TO GET HOME AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN TOMORROW. ENJOY AND HAPPY TRAILS!!!

TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY. WE ALL WENT ON A RIDE AROUND THE BLOCK KEN ON MJ, JADA ON BARNEY, ERIN ON DUSTY, COURTNEY ON HANK, JAN ON RIZER, BILL ON LACEY, LAKKEN ON JAKE, AND MYSELF ON YOGI THE FJORD. ALL THE KIDS DID AN AMAZING JOB THE ONLY INCIDENT WAS BILLS HORSE LACY DECIDED TO LAY DOWN ON THE JOB BUT WAS SOON CONVINCED THAT WAS NOT ALLOWABLE. LAKKEN IS TRYING OUT JAKE WITH POSSIBLE PURCHASE AND YOGI DID SUPER DUPER. WHAT ELSE COULD WE ASK FOR, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND A GREAT RIDE WHERE EVERYONE CAME BACK ON TOP OF THEIR OWN HORSES.LOL.

TODAY JAN AND I WALKED WITH ERIN JADA COURTNEY AND SOPHIA WHILE THEY RODE THERE HORSES OUT ON TRAIL AND THEY DID SMOKIN AWESOME. ALL THE KIDS ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE WE SET A DATE FOR HORSE CAMP, SO THAT IS THE HOT TOPIC IN THE BARN. LAST NIGHT I BROUGHT SEQUOIA HOME FOR DALE AND ENDED PICKING UP HIS WIFE HORSE, BELLA FOR TRACY TO TAKE SOME LESSONS. I ALSO HAD A TRAINING HORSE DROPPED OFF NAMED YOGI, THE CUTEST FJORD U EVER DID SEE. IT LOOKS LIKE NO REST FOR THE WICKED. LOL

This is Dale and Sequia and Tracy on Barney. We stopped for a water stop at the Pecore. Both of them are doing great and handled the water entrance wonderful.

WHAT IS THIS WEATHER DOING? I NOW I DO NOT LIKE THE HOT HUMID WEATHER BUT THIS IS A LITTLE CRAZY. WE DID NOT EVEN GO CAMPING WITH THE KIDS BECAUSE IT WAS TO COLD. BUT WE DID GO RIDING THERE WAS FIVE OF US THAT DECIDED TO VENTURE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND WHEN WE GOT BACK I WORKED WITH JADA AND ON HER FRIENDS, ERIN. WE WORKED ON HAVING FUN FUN FUN!! I HOPE I WAS A LITTLE SUCCESSFUL. I TELL U WHAT , THAT BARNEY HORSE WE PICKED UP IS WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD. JADA CANTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND LOVED IT. I AM SO PROUD OF HER. TODAY WE ARE GOING RIDING AGAIN WE WILL SEE WHO SHOWS UP TO GO I WILL BLOG LATER.

TONIGHT I HAD TO SUB ON THE DRILL TEAM BECAUSE A COUPLE OF KIDS WERE UNABLE TO COME, I WAS RIDING KINNY WHEN I WAS ASKED AND DECIDED TO USE HER. SHE DID TOTALLY AWESOME CONSIDERING SHE HAS LESS THAN 30 DAYS ON HER. SHE HANDLED ALL THE COMMOTION WELL AND DID NOT EVEN SEEM TO MIND ALL THE OTHER HORSES. THIS WEEKEND WE PLAN TO CAMP OUT BACK AND RIDE AROUND THE BLOCK AGAIN. I CAN NOT WAIT UNTIL BUG SEASON IS OVER SO WE CAN START TO RIDE IN THE WOODS AGAIN, BUT SOME RIDING IS BETTER THAN NO RIDING. YIPPEE!!!!

TODAY WAS A GREAT HORSE DAY, BECAUSE WORK SUCKED ,WHICH IT USUALLY DOES ON MONDAYS. SO IT IS SO NICE TO COME HOME TO WILLING WELL BEHAVED HORSES. SEQUOIA DID GREAT FOR DALE AND WHAT IT THE GREATEST IS HE IS LOOKING AT BUYING A TIMBERLINE FOR HER WHICH IS TOTALLY AWESOME. KINNY DID SUPER SHE IS STARTING TO TROT PRETTY CONSISTANTLY, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS READY FOR A CANTER. THAN WE ARE PREPARING 2 HORSES FOR NEW HOMES, COCO AND JAKE. THEY ARE BOTH WONDERFUL HORSES NOW THEY JUST NEED TO FIND THEIR PERSON. IN TIME WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT IT WILL HAPPEN.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE CALL IT BUSY OR WHATEVER, IT JUST TOOK ME AN HOUR TO UPLOAD THE PHOTOS YOU ALL JUST LOOKED AT, SO I AM A LITTLE FRUSTRATED. IT AMAZES ME HOW PISSED OFF I CAN GET AT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OR AT MYSELF WHO LACKS THE KNOWLEDGE TO RUN IT. LOL. BUT I DID IT. YEAH FOR ME. AS FOR RIDING WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO A LOT OF IT, MAINLY ROAD RIDING BECAUSE OF THE BUGS, BUT IT IS RIDING ALL THE SAME. THE KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR NEW HORSES EVERYDAY, THE TRAINING HORSES ARE COMING ALONG VERY WELL. I JUST RECEIVED A COUPLE MORE CALLS FOR TRAINING SO I SURELY HAVE BEEN KEEPIN BUSY. KEN RODE MJ WITH BILL OUR NEIGHBOR AND HIS HORSE LACY AND HE DID GREAT, HE EVEN IS CANTERING HER. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD I HAVE DREAMED MY HUSBAND WOULD BE RIDING A MUSTANG BY HIS CHOICE. I LOVE IT. WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT OUR COUNTY FAIR IS HAVING THE HORSE PROJECT DO SOME EVENTS AND ONE OF THEM IS A PARADE OF BREEDS. I ASKED COURTNEY TO PRESENT MJ FOR THE MUSTANGS, SO SHE HAS BEEN PRACTICING WITH HER AND DOING AN AWESOME JOB. HOPEFULLY I WILL GET SOME PICS OF THE TRAINING HORSES AND THEIR PEOPLE AND POST THEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE. STAY HEALTHY AND KEEP RIDIN!!!!!

JAN & RIZER DEB & JAKE KEN & MJ COURTNEY

AND HANK MOTHER AND DAUGHTER RIDING GETTING READY FOR TRAILRIDE

THE BARN GIRLS HAVIN FUN WITH THEIR PONIES

DEB AND JAKE

MADISON AND JOEY

SOPHIA AND JADA CAMPING OUT BACK BEING COOL!!!!

COURTNEY & HANK SOPHIA & DIXIE ERIN & AMIRA JADA & BARNEY

JADA AND RUSTY

TODAY WAS ONE OF THEM GOOD DAYS. ONE OF THEM DAYS THAT A PERSON CAN LOOK BACK , SMILE AND FEEL BLESSED. MY REAL WORK DAY WAS PRETTY SHORT, SO THAN I GET TO PLAY HORSE TRAINER, BUT BEFORE THAT THE KIDS WANTED TO RIDE AND THAT ALONE BRINGS JOY TO MY HEART. FIVE GIRLS RIDING THEIR HORSES AND HAVIN A BLAST. JOEY IS DOING AMAZING FOR MADDY, SHE JUST LOVES HIM TO PIECES AND TAKES HIM OUT EVERYDAY. BARNEY IS WORTH HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD, JADA IS RIDING HIM ALL OVER PLUS I AM USING HIM FOR A PONY HORSE FOR THE TRAINERS WHICH IS GOING REALLY WELL. KINNY THE TREKHNER IS DOING GREAT JUST WORKING ON ALOT OF DE SPOOKING AND PONYING HER ALL OVER. SEQUOIA THE MORAB X IS DOING VERY WELL WITH HER OWNER DALE. I THINK IN THE END THEY WILL MAKE A VERY GOOD TEAM. THE 4-H'ERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THEIR DRILL TEAM AND THEIR FIRST PERFORMANCE IS AT THE GILLETT PARADE ON SAT. SO THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY EXCITING.