Christmas 2007

Mom preparing Christmas dinner.
Bob doing the guy thing and watching the races.
Opening gifts.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Nelson and Dakota

The boys have finally settled in. This is Nelson sleeping on the back of a chair.
Nelson.
Dakota looks bored with Christmas.

Snow at the Ranch

Sky & Ruby
Blizzard
Horses under the Tree
Ruby
Sky

Abi's 4th Birthday

When does the party begin?
Now, thats what I'm talking about. A princess cake, just for me.
Abigail with Clifford at her birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese.
John and Amanda, still the happy couple. :)

Summer Fun

We had a live in babysitter for Abi. Ernie would always keep an eye on her. He is such a good boy!
This year Abi could go right out the back door to the fenced backyard and feed the ponies carrots. This is something she did very often. Good thing they like carrots!
Half the fun of a hot summer afternoon is a popcicle. Abi loved the red ones but when they were gone any flavor would do.

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Abi loves her new pony Tinkerbelle....you did good Papa!
Uncle Nicky, Marcy, Abi & Harley having fun
Abi loves to visit grandma's house. Everytime Abi comes for a visit we have a new pet. This time we had 3. Lady, Tinkerbelle and Abi's favorite, Frankie. Frankie loved Abi. She never scratched or ran away. She would just hang there while Abi packed her around....very cute!

Update on Hannah

Well I'm sure Thursday, June 14th was one of Hannah's favorite days, as she got to ride Misty.
Misty is excellent with everyone! If she's teaching a 9 year old how to ride or barrel racing for me....she hits the right note for whomever is singing! :)
Of course, along with the fun stuff is the chores. Brushing a horse after riding is a chore but for a girl who has horse sweat running through her veins, its just plain fun. Stay tuned.....next go around is with the Arabians.....

Fun in Portland

Lydia and Zoey wanted to go home with me.
Amanda preparing dinner
My handsome son-in-law John hanging mini-blinds....always working.

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Abi & Lydia
Abi in ballet
Abi & Papa

Meet Hannah

This is Hannah (I hope I'm spelling her name correctly). Hannah will be coming out, once a week for now. I will be teaching Hannah about horses and what it takes to care for a horse. This week we walked the property, brushed Jake, cleaned Jake's hooves, picked ticks, fed Jake grain and made sure his water was full. I showed Hannah bridles, saddles, hackamores, halters and a lot of stuff she probably won't remember. I know this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Hannah and Logan on Harley.
Harley is such a good boy. He doesn't care what you do with him. :)

More Happy Horses

Shasta, Misty, Midnight and Harley walked slowly to the barn to get some hay. I told Bob to whistle and see if Jake, Sweet Pea and Ginger would hear him. Well they did. As we watched they came up out of the dip with Jake in the lead. They were all running but it didn't take Jake long to get ahead and win the race to the barn. I'm so glad I had my camera.

And here is Jake, the winner!!
Then there was Jake, looking like the Thoroughbred that he is.
Here they come

The first four horses slowly meandered up to the barn

Mom & Aunt Shirley

My Aunt Shirley, mom's sister, came for a visit from North Carolina. She and her husband Max moved out to North Carolina from Chatteroy last summer. It was great to see her again. I know mom misses her very much. Come back anytime Aunt Shirley. We miss you!!

Abi Loves the Horses

We had a blast

We had a great time. We baked cookies, fed horses, played with Barbie's and horses, watched DVD's, took a bath in Grandma's garden tub and finally fell asleep. I don't know which one of us was more tired!! Wow, I'm getting old!! LOLOL....