THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO PUT UP WHEN WE RIDE AT POPPLE RIDGE AND NINE MILE. LOL

DEB AND REBEL POPPLE RIDGE

KEN AND MJ POPPLE RIDGE

SHARON AND AMIRA POPPLE RIDGE

ANOTHER CHILLY WEEKEND, BUT WE WEATHERED IT WELL. GOT ABOUT 10 HOURS OF RIDING UP AT THE NINE MILE RESORT WHERE THEY WERE HOSTING A BALLOON HUNT, WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL. MYRON AND CRICKET COME UP RIDING FROM NEW LONDON, SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THEM. KEN EVEN RODE WITH THEM ON SUNDAY, US GIRLS WERE NOT QUITE MOTIVATED THAT EARLY. LOL. ALL THE HORSES DID GREAT WE ARE ALL HOPING FOR A COUPLE NICE WEEKENDS TO RIDE, YET. I AM JUST NOT READY TO PUT THE TRAILER AWAY FOR THE SEASON.

sharon and amira, deb and rebel at popple ridge

OUR FIRST SNOW YUCK! IT IS JUST TO EARLY FOR THIS WEATHER, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. BELLA WENT HOME TODAY AFTER HER CHIRO. HOTSTUFF HAD HIS SECOND ONE AND IS DOING VERY WELL CANTERING UNDER SADDLE AND ALL. HE WILL BE GOING TO HIS PERMENANT HOME THIS WEEKEND- KEVIN WILL BE A HAPPY GUY. I ALSO HAD THE FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS COME OVER FOR A VISIT WHICH THEY GOT TO GO FOR A LITTLE RIDE ON BARNEYAND YOGI AND PLAY SOME GAMES IN THE INDOOR ARENA. THANK GOODNESS FOR THE INDOOR. ALL WAS GOOD. I WILL TRY TOPOST SOME MORE PICS SOON.

THIS WEEKEND WE HEADED UP TO POPPLE RIDGE WHICH IS BY TOWNSEND FOR CAMPING. SICK AND ALL I NEEDED TO RIDE MY HORSE AND BE SURROUNDED BY NATURE, IT ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. AND IT DID. CLOSE TO 20 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO RIDE WHICH SHOWS ALOT OF DEDICATION BECAUSE IT WAS COOOLD, BUT THE RIDE WENT VERY WELL ON SATURDAY WITH ALL OF US, IN FACT, REBEL AND I GOT TO SCOUT A TRAIL BECAUSE WE WERE MISPLACED. NOTHING REALLY UNUSUAL. LOL. OF COURSE I VOLUNTEERED TO CHECK OUT THE GRAVEL ROAD AHEAD AND AS I STARTED OUT PUSHING REBEL FORWARD AT A TROT HE STARTED TO WHINNEY AND GET A LITTLE SQUIRMISH BUT CONTINUED TO GO. AT THAT POINT I WAS SAYING OH SHIT WE NEVER DID THIS BEFORE. WILL WE BE ABLE TO? PRAYING TO MYSELF THAT REBEL WAS NOT GOING TO TURN INTO GUMBY AND LEAVE ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD PICKING GRAVEL OUT OF MY TEETH WHILE HE RUNS BACK TO THE 17 HORSES HE LEFT BEHIND, INCLUDING HIS GIRLFRIEND!!! WELL WE KEPT ON GOING THAN WE BROKE INTO A LOPE AND LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT, IT WAS LIKE I WAS FLYING WELL ALMOST. THAN I REALIZED WE HAD TO TURN AROUND I BECAME I LITTLE HESITANT NOT KNOWING IF I COULD HOLD HIM BACK IF HE STARTED TO HAUL THE MAIL. I WAS VERY CONFIDENT THAT I HAVE PREPARED HIM FOR THIS BUT U REALLY DO NOT KNOW UNTIL IT HAPPENS. SO WE DID IT RUNNING LIKE THE WIND NEVER SKIPPING A BEAT UNTIL WE GOT BACK TO THE HERD. IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!!! THE FEELING TRULY IS INDESCRIBABLE. HAPPY TRAILS TO EVERYONE NEXT WEEKEND NINE MILE AGAIN.

HOTSTUFF GOT SHOES ON TONIGHT WHAT A DIFFERENCE. I ACTUALLY CAN WORK HIM AND WHAT AN A AMAZING ANIMAL HE IS. I LOVE TO WATCH HORSES TRANSFORM AND HE IS DOING IT IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. NOT ONE BUCK OUT OF HIM TONIGHT SO I DECIDED TO TRY IT, SO I GOT ON HIS BACK AND MOVED HIM AROUND AND THAN DID SOME LONG TROTS WITH HIM AND BIT THE BIG ONE. I ASKED HIM TO CANTER AND HE DID FIRST ONE STRIDE THAN 2 THAN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ARENA. IT WAS AMAZING! HE IS AMAZING, IT LITERALLY BROUGHT TEARS INTO MY EYES. THE CHIROS ARE REALLY WORKING THANK U SO MUCH DR PATTY, AGAIN!!!!

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. KEN IS GONE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND IT IS ME AND THE GIRLS. WE ARE SURVIVING, JUST TRYING TO KEEP BUSY. WORK IS GOIN OK AND TRAINING HORSES ARE GETTING LESS. YEE HAW!!! I ACTUALLY RODE REBEL THIS WEEK TRYING TO GET HIM PREPARED FOR THE UNDERDOWN ,SINCE THE LAST RIDE HE WAS A LITTLE SOFT ON ME. TOTALLY MY FAULT. HOTSTUFF IS FINALLY GOING FORWARD HE SHOWED ME A LOT OF PENT UP BUCKING TODAY, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING SINCE I KNEW IT WAS IN THEIR SOMEWHERE. WELL HE GOT OVER IT ONCE HE FIGURED OUT THEY HE STILL HAD TO WORK. WE WILL SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS. ALSO CONGRATS TO ROBIN WHO PURCHASED YOGI HE IS TRULY IN GREAT HANDS.

IT WAS A HOT ONE TODAY AND ALL THE HORSES DID WELL TONIGHT AFTER HAVING THE WEEKEND OFF. PIPER WAS A LITTLE HOT TO TROT AT FIRST BUT SOON REALIZED IT WAS NOT GOING TO GET HIM ANYWHERE AND SETTLED IN. I ACTUALLY EVEN LUNGED REBEL TONIGHT TO TRY TO GET SOME TUBBY OFF OF HIM, GOOD LUCK TO ME. I GUESS THAT HAPPENS WHEN I RIDE EVERYONE ELSES HORSES---THEY PAY THE BILLS. LOL! AS FOR MR HOT STUFF OUR ADVENTURE IS JUST BEGINNING. WE ARE STILL LEARNING EACH OTHER AND TODAY WAS HIS FIRST DAY BACK TO WORK AFTER HIS CHIRO. HE WAS AMAZING! I ACTUALLY WAS MOVING ON HIM AND HE DID NOT SEEM SO DEPRESSED. I WORKED HIM ABOUT 30 MINUTES WITH MY SADDLE ON, WHICH HAS ALL THE FIXINS AND HE DID NOT SEEM TO BE BOTHERED BY IT. WE EVEN DID A LITTLE TROTTING. WE ALSO WORKED ON SUPPLENESS AND FOCUS ALL WENT WELL. UNTIL NEXT TIME.

WE THOUGHT THIS PICTURE WAS COMICAL IT LOOKS LIKE ROBIN IS RIDING ON THE BACK OF REBEL-----NOT!!!!

THE THREE AMIGOS AGAIN. WE ARE HOPING TO GET HATS LIKE DAVID!

ROBIN ON JAKE

AMY AND CHIEF DAVID AND SLICK

SHARON AND AMIRA

RIDIN THE TRAILS

MJ CROSSING A MUD PATCH

KEN AND MJ CHILLIN OUT AFTER OUR RIDE.

JUST GOT BACK FROM OUR WEEKEND RIDE AND IT WAS WONDERFUL AND VERY RELAXING. ALSO GOT SOME GOOD PICS HOPE U ENJOY.

LABOR DAY PARADE PICTURES

THE WEATHER SURE HAD BEEN BEAUTIFUL, AND THE HORSES ALL GOOD! YEAH!!!! THE PARADE WENT WONDERFUL AND THIS WEEKEND WE ARE PLANNING ON GOING RIDING UP TO NINE MILE AGAIN. KINNY IS GOING HOME TONIGHT DOING VERY WELL AND PIPER HAS ONE MORE WEEK ENDING WITH A TRAIL RIDE UP AT SEAN AND ROBIN'S. NEW PROJECT "HOT STUFF", THE VET WAS OUT TODAY TO DO AN ADJUSTMENT WHICH WAS NEEDED VERY BADLY AND HE DID AMAZING WITH IT. NOW ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF I WILL BE ABLE TO HELP HIM BE THE HORSE HE REALLY WANTS TO BE.

MJ AND DEB AT THE COUNTY FAIR----THIS PIC MADE ME TAKE UP BIKING.LOL

NORTHERN RIDERS DRILL TEAM

THE CRAZINESS IS OVER AND EVERYTHING WENT WELL, EXCEPT FOR OUR SATURDAY RAIN- NOT FUN BUT WE ALL SURVIVED. SUNDAY WE WERE BLESSED WITH A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND WE ALL ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. THE DRILL TEAM WAS AWESOME AND WE HAD A LARGE TURNOUT FOR OUR PARADE OF BREEDS. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO LET US BORROW HORSES FOR THAT EVENT!!! MJ DID SMOKIN AWESOME! SATURDAY COURTNEY WALKED HER IN THE PARADE OF BREEDS, SUNDAY I RODE HER, NOW THIS MONDAY I WILL BE TAKING HER IN THE SURING PARADE----EXPOSURE IS GOOD!!! NO WE HAVE NOT FORGOT ABOUT TRAIL RIDING THAT IS YET TO COME THAT'S IF IT DOESN'T DECIDE TO SNOW!LOL!

JAKE AND AMANDA

MIKEALA AND SHASTA

ANNIE AND BLUE
SOPHIA AND DIXIE

NIKKOLE AND CHANCE

ANNIE AND BLUE

MIKEALA AND SHASTA

JON AND CODY

AMANDA AND JAKE

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"

MORE HORSE CAMP PICS

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.