The BIG happy news

Yahoooooo for feet getting done!! It took me over half the day because they had 8 horses to do- 4 shoes and 4 trims and I was there to help with it all.

Munching on grass at the ranch after our ride

The BIG happy news is WE CAN JUMP!! We need to keep an eye on his feet and take it slow but we are backkkkkk! WOOT!

 B and I both rode Monday after each of our horses were done getting their pedicures.

Henry was NOT cool with the goats and the cows- especially since the lady who owns the cattle was chasing them around (WHO KNOWS WHY?!)... I just kept him busy and working to try and keep him distracted lol. 

Tuesday I hacked with with afternoon group... I was hoping they were going to jump so I could get a little in to nock off the rust but they didn't soooo next time.

All tucked in after our ride

Hopefully if I get to jump Tuesday night soon Andy (Kat's hubby) will get some media!! WOOT!

Hug a Little Tighter

Emotions are high... sadness for a dear friend but how beautifully did she write this?! 

Nicku bought B a mini Pongo a few years back and we treasure him, even more now.

Been hugging and kissing this guy a bit more lately 

Shoeing appointment got postponed to Monday... gotta get up nice and early to get him to the ranch and then there are 8 horses for them to do- hopefully a few come to do them so we aren't there all day!

Henry has been an angel for all our rides... I am probably jinxing myself ha!

G and Cooper helping do the lawn mowing.. yep they are in the front yard at the ranch lol!

#sospoiled

hanging out with this guy grazing

It's official, G is going to a month of training with the Cowboy in March- woo hoo!!

Rides continue with Henry... hopeing to get to a SAHJA show in March!!

Henry loves our rides- promise!!

Shoeing appointment for Henry Thursday- hopefully all good news with his toes!

Thrusday it POORED just as it got dark... I husstled up to the barn to make sure Henry had to right clothes on and gave him a little snacky :) #sospoiled #henrysdaman

PS Moving sucks.. packing a house 80% alone with two small kids sucks... I can't wait to find and be in a new home and NOT MOVE for a long time!!!

A new man...

B has a new man in her life... a 4 legged one- no boyfriends for my 5 year old!! lol

A friend is letting her boy Cooper teach B how to ride and in exchange I and feeding him and keeping him tended to :)

Day 1

Cooper is a 24 year old QH... he does it all, is so bomb proof and makes B work hard to get him to go- I LOVE IT!

I've ridden Cooper in the past for rodeo grand entry stuff - he really is one in a million!

More to come!

Clean Horses

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Grayson got a bath this week woot! I just love having a clean horse!

Don't mind the chunk of his mane that he rubbed out reaching for grass through the fence blah! :(

 His tail is growing!! And so clean lol!

Wednesday Henry had the day off and got some time in the sun..

Thursday I rode... Hacked around while some kids had lessons. Cantered a lot and stayed out of the kiddo's way the best I could.

Henry was super sweaty when I wan done, walked for quite a while to cool him out.

Friday B and I gave Henry a spa day, lot of grooming, a hose off to get all the nasty sweat gone and some time out in the sun to dry :)

Something exciting will be coming soon... stay tuned!!

Planner or Fly by the Seat of Your Pants?

Horse show planning is fun but also so daunting for me- I have two kiddo's and a hubby to plan around. 

I am a planner my nature but at time I have to just see how the cookie crumbles lol!

My goal this year is to attend as many of the SAHJA show series shows as possible... maybe a year end award if we can swing it?

So what are your show plans? Do you see what is available as you go? Plan as a barn? Give a schedule to your trainer?

How do you do it? Do share!

Charging Forward....

The end of last week and this weekend might have killed me! Between hubby working and having our oldests birthday party (along with hubby getting called in on her party day for a 16.5 hour OT, he was gone for 18 hours)...

I got my rides in though... Friday was a lunge

Saturday was a hack, Sunday was off, Monday a hack outside and Tuesday a hack inside.

Henry has been pretty good so my hacks haven't been too exciting... going through the paces- W,T,C... haunches in and out, shoulder in and out, transitions clean and crisp, turn on the forhand and haunches....

I also swaped his bit back to the twisted wire and he's feeling better in it.... I have decided that periodically you have to swap his bit to keep him from hanging :)

Henry gets today off and I plan to give Grayson a bath this afternoon - it's been way too long lol!

Oh and we are about to sell our house so that is taking up my time too.. but I am managing it all, just call me super woman hahahahaha jk :-P For real where there is a will there is a way and I am pretty good at just putting my head down and getting it done!

Dang Iphone and Rapid Fire

30 or so min of riding and close to 3,000 pictures later B is a budding photographer?

Enjoy a small tid bit of her "artwork" lol

Hope you enjoyed!

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday...

Sunday afternoon B and I headed up to the barn so I could ride, yay!!

She took some sweet pictures for me, more to come in a separate post...

I hacked Sunday and Monday... the normal w/t/c, some counter canter, going around on the buckle...

Henry has been good but I can tell he is DYING to blow off some steam.

With all the rain, our turn outs are crap and not safe, our outside rings are a mess and the normal round pen we use is no bueno...

Tuesday I booted him up and took him down to the BIG round arena that we have way down below. Normally it's got good footing and drys pretty quick.

Needless to say he was SO happy to be out and free.

Though he was NOT very sure about the cattle that were right by the gate.

Making himself look bad ass to ward off those horse eating steers :-P

We had to go in and out of a gate a couple time to remind him that he did not need to grab his bootie and haul out of the gate ... he had to make sure he spun around to face those horse eating steers lol!

Teskeys I love You

Dallas was a blast but I missed my little family and horses!!

We found Teskeys on the way home from the airport... it was AMAZING!

I got the girls some super cute glitter crops, a super nice leather head stall for $12, some star conchos to dress the head stall up, a really pretty yes pretty braided chin strap, a snaffle with a little shank, this kerrits vest that I have longing for and some super cute boots.... they had CO helmets on sale too but I made myself hold back. There were seriously like a million other things I wanted- that store is worth a trip to!!

Henry was a bit crazy when I got back... of course I got back right when hubby had to work so I wasn't able to ride but was able to get him out and lunge him so that he could stretch his legs. It's still too wet to turn out... poor guy is DYING to get out and blow off steam.

PSA: selling a saddle on line sucks, people are shaddy and I am praying PayPal sees through the lies :( DON'T SELL YOUR SADDLES ON LINE!!!