Midnight is Home

Still best friends.
Shasta came home the first week of April. Midnight came home 5/4/08. It took all of 10 minutes to become best friends again. It is nice to have them home. Now I have to start riding them....I hope neither breaks my neck...cross your fingers.

Tinkerbelle

Alex and his parents came over for dinner on Sunday afternoon. I gave him a ride on Tinkerbelle. She is doing so good. You would never know a year ago she couldn't walk. She was awesome. Alex had a blast!

Always Something

We don't have enough going on so life thought a broken water line would fill up the one last second of free time that we had.
We rented a backhoe, I dug for 4 straight hours and then.....
.....Bob got in the hole repaired the line. We covered the hole and now we are good as new.

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Snapshots

Ruby and Jewel

Ruby is the best mommy
She always keeps Jewel close. I love my girls!!

Way Too Cute

I love Jewel's head. It is perfectly shaped.
I love when her little ears are forward

Just a few little white hairs on her forehead.
This is a pretty good picture of Jewel's body color

One white sock in the back
One little white pastern in front (same as her mommy)

More Pictures

Ruby, Jewel and my mom...Jewel is about 1 hour old. Taken 5/1/08
Beautiful Jewel on 5/2/08 approx. 18 hours old.
Bob and Jewel becoming buddies.

Ruby's Blue Jewel

Well, Ruby surprised me with a very special May Day present.
Meet Jewel. I will post more pictures this weekend.

4/30/08 Update

Totally waxing up now.
Poor old girl....she is dripping everywhere!

What a difference 11 days make.....

Ruby on 4/17

Ruby on 4/28

Wow, she has gotten so big in just 11 days....

Still Pregnant 4/28/08

Ruby likes the barn stall to herself. :)

Update 4/23/08

Poor old Ruby...her teats are so full that the mammary glands are swollen all the way under her belly. If you look closely to the right teat it has a drop of milk on it. She is such a sweet old girl. She meets me at the fence and just lets me feel her teats and rub her belly. As we get closer to the birth it will make it easier for her to allow me to be near the foal. I'm getting very excited!

April 20th and Still Snowing

Well, this is known as the winter that refuses to end. Last weekend we had 78 degree (pictures below) weather. Today it is 30 and snowing AGAIN! Boy I'm ready for this to be over!

Sweet Pea & Ginger

Ginger and Sweet Pea have found a new home. I will miss them but am very excited with their new home. They will be loved on by 6 kids and 2 adults as well as have 40 acres for just them to roam. Life goes on.....

Ruby Is Getting Ready

I came home last night and was surpirsed to find that Ruby has started to 'bag up'. That usually mean we have about a month before she foals.
I checked again today and one of her nipples is bigger than they other. She is getting full faster.
She looks pretty scruffy with her winter coat. You can see the weight in her belly. She doesn't look like she is ready to foal yet. Usually there is a fullness in the back of the belly. I will be taking pictures to record her progress on a very regular basis and keep you posted on her progress. I am very excited.
Now, thats a big belly and nips. Poor old girl.