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.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND SHARON AND I WENT RIDING AROUND OUR BLOCK IN BETWEEN SHOWERS AND MJ DID GREAT. WE EVEN WERE LOPING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. TODAY SHARON AND I ALSO RODE THIS TIME I TOOK REBEL WHO WAS AN IDIOT AND SHARON RODE A TRAINING HORSE SEQUOIA WHO DID GREAT AND HAD TO SHOW REBEL A THING OR TWO. IT IS TRULY AMAZING HOW THE WIND CAN REALLY SCREW WITH SOME HORSES HEADS.

THIS WEATHER IS KILLIN ME NOT TO MENTION THE HORSES, BUT IT IS GRREAT FOR BALING HAY. LOL THANK GOODNESS WE DO NOT NEED A LOT OF SQUARE BALES, JUST ROUNDS SO THAT MAKES THE JOB A LITTLE EASIER. THE KIDS ARE LOVING THEIR NEW HORSES, THAT IS A HUGE WEIGHT OFF OF MY SHOULDERS. NOTHING IS A GREATER FEELING THAN WATCHING YOUR KIDS MAKE A BOND WITH TWO SPECIAL HORSES. IT HAS BEEN TO HOT AND TO BUGGY TO DO ANY TYPE OF TRAIL RIDING, BUT I AM KEEPING BUSY WITH MY FIRST WARMBLOOD IN TRAINING, AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL ANIMAL AND A CUTE MORAB QUARTER CROSS MARE, WHO IS TURNING OUT QUITE NICE AND READY FOR HER OWNER TO TAKE A LESSON ON FRIDAY. YEAH, THAT IS THE BEST PART, MAKING THE PARTNERSHIP. AS FOR MJ WE INTRODUCED HER TO THE LARGE PASTURE THINKING SHE WAS GOING TO BE TOP DOG THAT WAS FAR FROM THE TRUTH, BUT SHE IS HOLDING HER OWN. WE WILL BE RIDING THE COUNTRY MILE THIS WEEKEND. HAVE FUN AND KEEP RIDING!!!!

JADA AND BARNEY

MADISON AND JOEY

ROBIN&FED-X, CORY&TREASURE, DEB&MJ, JAN&RIZER

HATS OFF TO THESE GIRLS - FIRST TIME AT WILCAT

DEB&REBEL, TRAVIS&THUNDER, CORY&TREASURE AT THE MACHICKINEE FOREST

BUSY BUSY BUSY!!!!! BUT I HAVE GREAT NEWS I FOUND A HORSE FOR MY DAUGHTER. HIS NAME IS BARNEY AND HE CAME FROM SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN HOLMAN, WI. AND THAT WAS ONLY THE START OF MY WEEKEND WITH THREE SUPER FRIENDS WHO DECIDED TO TAKE THE JOURNEY WITH ME. STARTING OUT SAT. MORNING WE HAD A HORSE TO GO LOOK AT IN HOLMAN, WE ALL BROUGHT OUR HORSES TO RIDE AT WILDCAT SINCE WE WERE SO CLOSE AND SUN. WE HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE ANOTHER HORSE. SO WE STARTED UP THE TRUSTY DODGE AND OFF US GIRLS WENT WITH OUR FOUR MARES,HOPING TO COME BACK WITH A FIFTH HORSE. WE FINALLY ARRIVED IN HOLMAN AND CHECKED OUT THIS GREAT GELDING BARNEY WHO I THOUGHT WAS AMAZING, BUT I NEEDED TO CHECK OUT THE HORSE ON SUNDAY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS THE ONE. SO WE PACKED BACK IN THE DODGE AND HEADED TO WILDCAT TO DO SOME RIDING. NOW KEEP IN MIND 2 OF US HAVE RODE THERE AND 2 HAVE NOT, AND OUT OF THE 2 ONE HAS JUST STARTED RIDING IN THE LAST MONTH AND THE OTHER IS A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND I WAS MORE CONVINCED THAT SHE WAS READY THAN SHE WAS. LET ME TELL YOU THOSE GIRLS DID SMOKIN AWESOME, THE TRAILS WERE MUDDY AND SLIPPERY. SOME SPOTS THE HORSES WERE SLIDIN ON THEIR HAUNCHES, IT WAS AWESOME!! I AM VERY PROUD OF THEM FOR HANGING IN THERE AND EVEN WANTING TO GO BACK. THOSE ARE PASSIONATE RIDERS. WHILE WE WERE THERE I MET SOME REALLY NICE PEOPLE THAT TOLD US ABOUT A LADY WHO HAD A PONY FOR SALE THAT WAS NOT TO FAR. SO AFTER OUR RIDE ON SUNDAY WE PACKED UP, WHICH MJ DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE QUITE YET SINCE IT TOOK ALMOST AN HOUR TO GET HER IN THE TRAILER. THE LITTLE STINKER!!! FINALLY WE WERE OFF TO LOOK AT THE SECOND HORSE FOR JADA, NICE HORSE BUT NOT THE ONE. THAN WE WENT TO MEET THE PONY WHOSE NAME IS JOEY, CUTE AS A BUTTON, PERFECT FOR MY YOUNGEST, MADISON. SO IN THE TRAILER HE WENT. THANK YOU DONNA!!! THAN OFF TO HOLMAN TO PICK UP BARNEY WHO WAS GOING TO BE HEADIN TO SURING WI. TO A VERY SPECIAL GIRL WHO WILL LOVE AND PAMPER HIM FOREVER. THAT ENDS OUR WEEKEND OF GREAT ADVENTURES AND MANY MANY MORE TO COME.

TONIGHT IS VERY SAD, WE JUST GOT WORD THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST HORSES IN THE COUNTY HAS MOVED ON TO GREENER PASTURES. MY GREAT FRIEND ROBIN IS NOT AN EMOTIONAL PERSON BUT THIS HIT HER PRETTY HARD, MY HEART BREAKS FOR HER. BUT I WILL TELL U WHAT, THAT HORSE" CHARLIE" HAD AN AMAZING LIFE WITH THEM. HE HAD THE BEST CARE A HORSE CAN HAVE. SPECIAL GRAIN TO KEEP HIS WEIGHT, BROUGHT IN HIS OWN STALL WHEN THE WEATHER WAS NOT SO GOOD, AND LOTS OF HUGS AND KISSES. HE TAUGHT A LOT OF LITTLE KIDS TO RIDE AND HE TOOK CARE OF MANY ADULTS WITH LESS EXPERIENCE. HATS OFF TO HIM AND ALL OF THE GREAT HORSES OUT THERE.

STILL NO SUN TODAY, BUT WE TOOK MJ OUT AND GAVE HER A HAIR CUT AND THE LAST OF HER SHOTS, BOY SHE WAS NOT IMPRESSED!!! WE WERE SUCCESSFUL. THIS WEEKEND I AM TAKING HER TO WILDCAT TO DO SOME RIDING. I AM GOING THERE TO CHECK OUT A COUPLE HORSES FOR THE KIDS AND DECIDED TO TAKE HER WITH AND DO SOME CAMPIN INSTEAD OF DRIVING BACK AND FORTH. WHY NOT!! WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR SOME GOOD WEATHER SO WE CAN GET OUR HAY IN, IF THAT EVER HAPPENS.

WHILE TRYING TO CATCH UP FROM OUR TRIP TO MARYLAND WE GOT A CALL TO GO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF HORSES FOR OUR KIDS . SO WE PACKED UP THE KIDS AND OFF TO WI DELLS WE GO TO CHECK OUT THE PROSPECTS AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID NOT WORK OUT AND I ALSO REALIZED HOW PICKY I CAN BE. BUT WHEN IT IS FOR YOUR KIDS YOU HAVE TO BE. SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR LOCATION AND TOOK THE KIDS TO THE KALAHARI FOR ONE NIGHT AND THEY HAD A BLAST. NOW WE ARE HOME AGAIN AND IT IS CRAPPY WEATHER, PERFECT TO KEEP LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL HORSE FOR OUR WEE ONES. JUST GOT ANOTHER CALL FROM A LADY IN MI SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD ONE, I MIGHT BE TAKING ANOTHER ROAD TRIP. WISH US LUCK BECAUSE THIS HORSE SHOPPING KINDA SUCKS!!!