JADA SHOWING BARNEY

WILLY SHOWING CHANCE

CORALYNNE SHOWING CODY

JADA AND BARNEY WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THEIR CLASS.

IT IS FAIR TIME WE JUST FINISHED UP WITH THE HORSE SHOW, WHICH EVERYBODY DID AMAZING. CONGRATS TO ALL!!!! NOW WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE DRILL TEAM PERFORMANCES AND THE PARADE OF BREEDS WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR 2:00 ON SAT. AND 10:00 ON SUNDAY AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE DONKEY RACES ON THURS. NITE 7:30. COME ON SEPTEMBER TRAIL RIDES CAMPFIRE AND COLD BEER.

KEN ON MJ AT NINE MILE

GIRLS BEING GOOFY!

WE PUT IN HECK OF A DAY . WE GOT ALL OF OUR HAY IN YEAH!!!! PLUS ALL THE TRAINING HORSES WORKED BESIDES, THANKS FOR FRIENDS FOR A HELPING HAND, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. PIPER THE TENNESSEE WALKER DID AMAZING FOR HIS SECOND DAY, I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO GET ON HIM. I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO BE TO BAD AFTER ALL. KINNY GOT HER FEET DONE TODAY BUT I WAS ABLE TO RIDE HER BEFORE HAND AND SHE IS DOING VERY WELL, WE ARE CANTERING UP A STORM. HER CANTER IS AMAZING. PUTTING ALL WORK ASIDE, KEN, SHARON, AND I ESCAPED FOR THE WEEKEND AND WENT UP TO THE NINE MILE RESORT. I REALLY ENJOY RIDING UP THERE, THE RIDING IS VERY VERSATILE, GOOD FOR THE HORSES, IT MAKES THEM WORK AND THINK AT THE SAME TIME. THE ELECTRIC HOOK UP WAS NOT SO BAD EITHER!!!LOL

WHAT A HOT AND HUMID DAY, BUT WE STILL HAD LOYAL RIDERS AND I WAS ABLE TO SNAP A FEW PICS. HOPE U ENJOY!

JADA AND BARNEY GETTING READY TO PRACTICE LEAD LINE WITH JUDGE DAVID PANSY.

MIKAELA RIDING KINNY FOR THE FIRST TIME! GREAT JOB!!

SHERI AND MIKAELA WITH KINNY.

JADA AND BARNEY ERIN AND RIZER RIDING IN THE HEAT TODAY.

LAKKEN AND JAKE WITH COURNEY MISSING THE "HANKSTER"

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HORSE CAMP PICTURES

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE JUST HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY AND TRYING TO GET UP OUR SECOND CROP WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL. UPDATE ON RIVER, SHE GOES IN ON THE 31ST TO REMOVE HER CYSTS EVERYTHING SOUNDS VERY PROMISING. THANK GOODNESS. LAST NIGHT YOGI WENT HOME HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL HE SURELY WILL BE MISSED. I AM STILL PLUGGING AWAY WITH KINNY WHO IS DOING AMAZING HER OWNERS SHOULD BE OUT TOMORROW NIGHT TO RIDE HER AND BELLA IS DOING AMAZING AFTER HER CHIRO. THANKS SO MUCH DR PATTY FOR YOUR GREAT WORK!!!! THE DRILL TEAM IS GOING STRONG AND OUR COUNTY FAIR IS ALMOST HERE SO YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW CRAZY THE BARN HAS BEEN. I AM HOPING THIS WEEKEND WE CAN ESCAPE FOR A DAY TO DO SOME RIDING UP NORTH, ALL I CAN DO IS HOPE. OH ALMOST FORGOT JOEY'S FORMER OWNERS CAME OUT TO VISIT WHICH WAS SO NICE. THEY GOT TO MEET THE KIDS AND SEE WHAT JOEY HAS BEEN UP TO AND I THINK THEY LIKED WHAT THEY SAW. THANKS AGAIN FOR THE WONDERFUL PONY!!! ALSO THIS WEEKEND NEW TRAINING HORSE COMING IN BLUE ROAN TENNESSEE WALKER SOUNDS PRETTY COOL!

I CAN NOT HELP TO SIT HERE TONIGHT AND THINK OF ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS, WHO HAVE JUST RECEIVED INFO THAT HER 4 YEAR OLD HAS CYSTS BEHIND BOTH OF HER EARS. WE ARE PRAYING THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT, WHEN IT COMES TO KIDS MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. THEY ARE SO INNOCENT AND THEIR LIVES HAVE NOT EVEN REALLY BEGUN YET, SO IF EVERYONE OUT THERE COULD PLEASE SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR OUR LITTLE RIVER WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT GREATLY. HUG YOUR LOVED ONES AND LITTLE ONES EVERYDAY IF NOT TWICE A DAY. GOD BLESS.

WE SURVIVED OUR SECOND ANNUAL HORSE CAMP UP AT THE NINE MILLE RESORT. THE TRAILS WERE AWESOME AND I REALLY LIKED THE CAMPGROUND, EXSPECIALLY THE SHOWERS!!! WE STARTED OFF WITH 12 HORSES ON THE FIRST DAY AND LOTS OF EMOTIONS DUE TO THE KIDS ONLY SLEPT 3 HOURS. YEAH!!! BUT WE ALL SURVIVED. THAN ON TOP OF THAT WE GOT ONE HELL OF A STORM OUR SECOND NIGHT, BUT OUR RIDE THE NEXT DAY WAS WAY BETTER AND WE EVEN FIT IN A COUPLE GAMES OF VOLLEY BALL. WE ALL ATE VERY WELL AND A FEW OF THE KIDS DECIDED TO GRILL FOODS U WOULD NOT THINK TO GRILL LIKE GRAPES AND TWIZZLERS. YUM! YUM! CREATIVITY IS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED. THAN CAME THE LAST DAY. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL RIDE. ALL THE KIDS SEEMED TO ENJOY IT AND WE ARE HOPING TO RETURN NEXT YEAR. I WILL TRY HARD TO POST SOME PICS ASAP.

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.