Finally!

Ok finally my update! Where does the time go? Seems like it's always getting away from me. The pictures are from the last 3 months.

Tabasco having a good time today.

Shoshoni the instigator. She was super frisky today.

Then we have Sweetie.

Then Tabasco again.

Sweetie (below)

Sundance has been keeping us busy lately too. He climbed through the electric fence yesterday morning (yes it was on and no he did not jump it). Today he decided to take a bath in the horse trough that I just cleaned and filled up last night.

I bought some Clinton Anderson rope halters from his website since I can't seem to find any rope halters up here. They're really nice

Me and Shoni having a moment :)

Pebbles- she had her "disolveable" stitches in for a month or so longer than she should have. We had a different vet come out for a different reason and had him look at the stitches while he was here. He said they weren't disolvable and that we will have to cut/pull them out. We ended up putting salve for humans on them to moisten it up so we could start cutting/pulling them out and *walla* they fell out on there own. Apparently they were disolvable if you helped them along.

Mom's friend from work, Lori, invited us out to go trail riding with her and her horses at Maplewood State Park in Dent, MN. It was a ton of fun and next year I plan to use my own horses. I was hoping to saddle train Tabasco and Shoni myself but I think I'm in over my head on that so I am going to do some research and find a good trainer. I'm hoping to send both of them for 60 days each and Sundance for 30 days. So if anyone knows of any trainers in Minnesota or the Fargo, ND area let me know!

Lori and Whimsey (above) Mom and Bee (below)

Me and Justice

Lori and her husband take their horses and camp at Maplewood. They have a portable electric fence so the horses can graze when they're not riding then these posts to tie them up when it gets dark. Have I mentioned yet that I love Maplewood?

It was a beautiful fall ride. I loved riding in the trees and crunchy leaves. :)

A quick post

Stopping in for a quick post. Updates and pictures coming soon! :)

Catchin' up

Another month has passed since my last post (where does the time go?) and a lot has happened since then!

First this...

The shelter had been chained down but we had some micro burst winds that took it and flipped it a couple of times so it ended up on it's roof. It is now right side up again and has bigger chains :)

Next came Memorial Day Weekend. When I got home from work we let the horses out to graze and stretch their legs. At one point Dad and I unexpectedly ended up in the middle of the stampede. One minute we're watching the action and the next we are the action! Mom was the smart one who stood by the building instead of the dirt mound.

Shoni, Pebbles, Sundance, Tabasco, then Sweetie

Look at the next picture...

Did you see it yet?

Look a little closer....

Still nothing?

How about this next one then?

Yup, you got it.

There's a Shoni Girl hiding in that thar grass!

Who me?

Mom and Pebbles

Shoni

Sweetie

Tabasco

Sundance

I've been thinking of selling Sundance. I am getting so frustrated with him because he has been biting on Sweetie and Pebbles. Not just little nibbles either. He takes the fur or makes scabs. I have only seen him bite at them a couple of times and when I've seen it it's just a quick nip but there was no reason for it then either. I don't know that this is something he could be taught not to do, but if anyone has any experience or advise let me know! :)

I recently reached another milestone in my life (I guess you can call it that) and am now officially a quarter of a century old! I was wished a Happy Century (100!?), a Happy 26th, and a "Happy Birthday just think you're now closer to 30".

Luckily I got by without having a quarter life crisis, but I figure there's still time. I'm thinking getting a well trained horse would be a great quarter life crisis! :)

For my birthday my folks and I drove up to Duluth, MN and I got to see my Grandparents and my aunt.

On the way there we drove by this huge eagle nest.

Then we drove down to the canal and got to enjoy some fresh air from Lake Superior and see the light house.

The week after my birthday I took vacation time off and decided to drive to my cousins place near Tower, MN. We drove up to Duluth to surprise my Grandparents with another visit. Then we drove to the Rose Garden (I think that's what it was called).

Of course we just had to do a self portrait in front of Lake Superior!

Okay, I think we're pretty well caught up now so I will just leave you with this:

"Hey wait, where are y'all going?"