Plans

With all the fires in CA, north and south of me... I have been thinking more and more about my plan.

Who wants to buy me this? lol

I had thought about this before when we had the fire at the barn when I boarded at before moving the horses home... but now that I have more horses then space in the trailer, it has me thinking again.

I have ordered tags to put on my halters with my name and number, that why if I have to set horses free- hopefully someone would find them and call me....

Hubby and I have also talked about getting a bigger trailer- at least a 3 horse so that I could load everyone up- even squeeze all 4 in if needed leaving the dividers open. Thankfully all 4 of them are very chill and no one is a bully or kickers.

BUT footing is the top priority soooooooo the trailer will have to wait ha!

Also if I have to grab one what I could carry, my saddle would be the first thing id snatch... alone with other tack if possible and my tack trunk. I have often thought about storing things in the trailer so that it is already loaded up in case of an emergency but haven't done that.. yet.

Pretty trunk.. I will take 10 of these please haha

So do you have an evacuation plan?

What would you grab if you had to act quick and didn't have time to take it all?

Maybe I am back to Blogging...

I am hoping that I can start blogging again, maybe even a couple times a week... baby girl is starting to sleep a bit more on her own, my middle little is doing preschool 2-3 times a week for  hours and my oldest little is obviously in school (but she is easiest so she doesn't count)... now that I just said all that, everything is going to go hay wire ha!!

It was been pretty wet so I haven't been able to ride but a handful of times since I was cleared by my doctor... 

There is a ranch right down the road from me that has a covered arena so I talked to the owner and he said I can pay the pasture board price and use the arena. HOPEFULLY that will enable to me to get some riding in... Hubby is 3 days into a 4 week training out of town soooo at the moment grooming and maybe a quick lunge in the dark will be all I get in. 

B taking pics again- actually really like this one :)

Mr Wes has been giving me a run for my money... in the stall he is great and I have gained his trust. BUT if I turn him out, he is almost impossible to catch. The fact that the lady didn't handle him at all or do anything is very apparent.. so I just keep plugging along trying to make him love me ha!

We have been working on haltering, being patient when tied, lots of grooming, being hosed off, blanketing, clipping his wiskers and handling his feet- currently pretty good with the fronts woot!

Right now Holli is out with him in hopes that he will become more friendly and she will help him be more civilized *fingers crossed*

Holli is amazing as always, B loves riding her and lately just wants to ride bareback all over which is so great for her balance/confidence/feel of the horse. Holli is of course a saint even when being ridden in just a halter with the trains whizzing by and out in the field (our arena is un usable currently, the footing is no good no matter how much i have worked it and tried to make it cooperate.. so the plan is to try and save for some footing)

A New 4 Legged Baby

5 more weeks till baby girl #3 arrives.... I CAN NOT WAIT to meet her and not be prego!

I might have bought myself a great birthday present this year haha... totally reasonable and a wise decision :)

Meet Wes... hes 7 months old, QH, reining bloodlines... I can't wait to see him in like 2 years!! Can we fast forward?!

Henry has been doing a lot of this... I can get on him but not off soooo he's on maternity leave with me haha!!

I created a grass grazing pasture in one of my smaller pastures in the front of our house... spoiled horses!

Henry has also been loving living out in the pasture... cleaning stalls over 30 weeks pregnant had to stop so everyone got promoted to pasture life. I am having to learn that it's ok that they are not all clean and pristine all the time haha!!

Jets been chilling too... does anyone want to come pull manes for me?! pleassssssse

The girls are getting some riding in.. if it can't be me then at least someone is enjoying our horses :)

Henry and Wes are already buddies... lets be honest, Henry is buddies with everyone ha!

Hopefully I will be better at this posting business... sorry to abandon you blogger world!!

Riding, whats that?!

We are still alive over here... just under water.

No riding has been going on for some time sadly.

I have been able to lunge maybe twice in two months :(

Henry's Valentines treat

Exciting news though... I am taking Jet to the barn my trainer is at for March so that we can get him going consistently since there is a covered arena there :)

Maybe I will get some rides in on Henry soon too! I'd like to do some shows this year - but we need to ride in order to do that ha!

Jet's Progress

I've owned Jet for 3 months now.. here are two pictures almost 3 months apart. Oh man I miss the summer shine (though he is wet in the top pic)... he is gaining weight slowly but it's coming.

He's not a big hay eater so it's been an up hill battle with weight. I have him on hay and a sr complete feed pellet that he really likes... it has joint supplements in it so thats awesome! And it's a local ish feed company.

We are both Crabby

It's wet... I don't have a covered arena.

Start hissy fit... I am crabby not riding... Henry is crabby not being ridden...

I was actually able to get out and ride on the 31st and came out to find this...

Shoe is fixed and now it's too wet to ride.. temper tantrum done.

He's cute and I miss riding him!

Blogger Gift Exchange 2016

Allie at Rockingcowgirl.com was my secret santa. I seriously love doing this every year- horse people shopping for horse people, what could be better!!!???

She wrapped my present sooooooo cute!!

I am a horrible wrapper but I love getting wrapped presents lol!

She included something for everyone- seriously she is THE BEST!

Got a shirt from her ranch- LOVE
An awesome stiff body brush with my monogram- girl i love a monogram!!
Candy canes for all the ponies!
Herbal horse goodies- i love this stuff and am thankful for restocking a few of my favs!
SUPER cute ornaments- again monogram obsessed!
Stickers for the girls... as a mom of girls she knows exactly what little girls love, ponies and stickers!

I got the best presents this year!

Thanks Allie you rock!

Merry Christmas 2016

Merry Christmas from our family!! 

Hello Wet ...

The weather has been crappy... now that I don't have a covered arena it makes riding hard :(

I keep asking for a covered arena for every present! LOL!!! One day!

The horses have been stuck in stalls for most of the days right now- when it dries a bit I give them all stern talking to and tell them to chill and I will let them out on the grass lol!

We have had one or two days like this.. but don't let the sun fool you- its still super super super wet.

We are living in blankets, different weights have come out but mostly they are covered all the time. Jet and Grayson are nasty muddy messes :( Thankfully Holly and Henry have kept their manners and not gotten to nasty!!

Hopefully we get some dry soon so that my ring can dry out and I can ride!

Susie Hutchison Clinic 2016

First off I will start with saying how fun of a clinic this was... I was nervous as heck and Susie is such a kind and straight forward teacher. She was black and white and explained things really well- but at the same time expected you to pay attention and follow through with what she was saying. Which I think should be a given when clinicing with ANYONE, or even lessoning- you respect the person you are riding with.

Day 1 was focused on pace and knowing your pace- she had us going WAY more forward then I am used to but thankfully Henry and I were able to step up. Henry was really well behaved and game for whatever I asked of him... so thankful for having a broke horse whos fun to ride!

After we all mastered the pace on the flat she added in warming up over the X- it was in a really weird show so Henry bobbled  a bit the first time but went over it and we had no other issues after that.

Then she had us doing the 4 stride- this was a big hurdle for everyone. It was a FORWARD 4 and the indoor arena is small and they had part of the end marked off for spectators so you had to really really really get hauling to make the 4 lol.

Day 2 was even better then day 1. We did some flat to warm up and then we did some course work... started with the X and 4 stride then she made a full course.

Here are two videos of our courses.. I will let them speak for themselves...

Course 1 Day 2 Susie Clinic

Course 2 Day 2 Susie Clinic

Again Henry was awesome, I felt like I rode well... I am so happy that our first clinic went well and I feel like I represented my trainer well (which I really wanted to do).

I am ready for another one!!