Little Peepers

Some birdies had their babies in one of the horses stalls at the barn. Aren't they cute????!!!!

The Terrible Four

Nathalie took this photo of the four of us from Summit at our June Competition. From left to right are:

Chris riding Ginger, Robin riding Indy, Dan riding Skippy, and me riding Zena.

Zena + Metal Tab = 22 Stitches

So, Zena thought my day wasn't eventful enough without having to go and get her butt tore up by running into a little metal tab. Here's why I wonder why we have horses at all. I think that Ginger scared her and she flew backwards, tearing her butt up in the process. I had to cancel 4 lessons with my students, borrow Nathalie's car and haul her 30 minutes to the vet. She should heal up nicely and be rideable in 5 weeks. Here are some pics from the after event.

Zena's lovely butt with the purple stitching. There are 11 stitches on the outside and 10 stitches on the inside!!!!!

Here's Zena suddenly being camera shy because she's embarrassed!!! haha

Zena got her feet done, look how nicely they're shaping. For those of you who don't know, Zena was EXTREMELY long toed when I first bought her because her previous owners didn't have a regular trimming schedule!!!!!

WLRCA Drill Team Competition

So, right now I'm typing from inside my little borrowed trailer (okay, it's fantastic! And the bonus is it's just me!) We had practice at 7am this morning and now we're on a little break until the actual competition starts later this afternoon. Of course I'll try to provide updates!

The rest of the time was really a downer. Our coach suffered from heat exhaustion, which put everyone in an upset mood really concerned about our coach. We did our best, though to try and do what we needed. At least it's good experience for next year. Here are some pics from the season. The saddle blankets in the pictures were made by me and Nathalie a few days before the event. We'll see what we can come up with for next year.

Swing Batter Batter

Pictures are coming I swear! Our boys started baseball. I'm so excited, of course since they are on different teams, they hardly ever have games on the same day. AND when they do have games on the same day, they're usually at the same time and on different fields. Brennon is doing better, he's just not excited with the whole sports thing. Keagan however is starting to hit the ball and really loves to slide into the bases. Aidan is suppose to start T-ball sometime in the next week.

Spring Rec Team Finalists

Our 2008 Spring Soccer Team "Freaks of Nature" made it to the semi-finals of their league this year. We finished with a 7-0-1 Record which is awesome!

PNWDTA Competition - June 21, 2008

Yes, I'm quite aware the date doesn't match, I've been a slacker on the blog, but super busy in real life! We had our 3rd even on the 21st of June here at the Tacoma Unit. 13 different teams competed, PLUS there were 4 novice teams (1 is us!) that competed as well. We got
1st in Impromptu!
2nd in Short Program
3rd in Freestyle
13th in Quad

and 2nd overall in high point. Overall was a FANTASTIC Ride!!!