Great Friday Night Rodeo~!!

This whole getting into the grove with a new horse while running events has been kicking DD's butt! This poor girl just could not get out of the mindset of riding her old horse...BUT after much practice I think she's finally getting it!

Thursday night we took her to an open barrel race and exhibition which she ran her 3 exhibitions at a slower pace of course and then for her open run she ran almost up to her full speed and had a 21 second run!! On a full sized pattern! WHOO-HOO!! The fastest run was by an older girl who clocked 18 seconds, so I was pretty proud of my girl!

Friday night she had her junior rodeo, we were pretty pumped for this night as we were sure she would do better than the last 2 weeks...First up was goat tying and she got her's tied but I can't remember her time! Next up was Barrels, she ran pretty good but was a bit wide coming out of barrel 2. She ran a 22 second and then ran an exhibition and tightened up those turns but still had a 22 LOL! It was exactly the same time as the first run down to the milliseconds...Strange?! So coming home on the exhibition run she lost her stirrup and Krissy went to stop and hopped sending DD bouncing in her saddle and almost up over her horn but she caught herself with her elbow, that hurt a bit and she now has a nice shiner on her elbow! So Flags was next and she placed 1st place with an 8.28 second run! She had the same issue coming home and almost bounced over her saddle again! So Poles was last and she ran a great pattern and ended up with a 27 second run which is her best personal time! She actually could have had a faster time but she practically trotted home in fear that she was going over the horn again! The fastest run on poles that night was a 26 second and that was by a high school girl...So I'm thinking my lil old Cowgirl outdid herself that night! She was beaming with pride and so were we!

This is a series of pictures I took on her exhibition run Friday night.

















LOOK at these strides! AWESOME~!!


















Have I mentioned lately that I LOVE this new horse! She is so sweet with DD, she has great manners, stands still, isn't jumpy at the gate, doesn't spook, just truly a great horse! We are so blessed!

Country Styled Wedding Reception

Following my Big Bro's Wedding was the reception (of course) that was held in an old saloon in "Old Cowtown Museum" that is a place that shows what life was like for the city from 1865-1880. It is truly a fabulous place and I LOVED that they held their reception there!! I wanted SO badly to go outside and do candid type pictures but it was very windy and very cold so there wasn't much "outside" activity....We had a fantastic dinner of Chicken Alfredo, Lasagna, Italian Salad complete with my Bro's famous pickled Eggplant YUMMY!! The cake was beautiful!! And there was much fun to be had!!




My AWESOME Auntie~!! Yes we're just crazy like this!!



Auntie and her family



Bro and his new Bride~!!






Their much anticipated casket pictures!















More to come soon....

Easter Couldn't be Complete Without an Emergency Vet Visit!!

Holidays with my family are ALWAYS fun and crazy!! When we get together we have such an awesomely fun time! Easter is always held at my house since there is so much room to roam. This Easter was a fantastic day, the weather was beautiful!! I don't think we have ever had that nice of an Easter!! So the family all spent the day playing with water balloons, riding 4 wheelers, taking walks, sitting outside and just having a nice relaxing time.....UNTIL.....The Hubby decided to do something.....

Hubby decided after watching our horses in the pasture up front that he wanted to move my Mom's yearling filly "Angel" to the back pasture to get her away from the boys who keep picking on her! So he grabs a rope halter and heads out to catch her, well that took just a couple of minutes but once she had that rope halter on she was a little ticked! We have always used a nylon halter on her so I don't know if the pressure points caught her off guard or she just simply wasn't having any of this...So they get her moving along and she's throwing a couple of fits along the way and finally he gets her moving steady and one of the other horses comes blasting in between the Hubby and Angel...Angel immediately rears up and flips over backwards smacking her head on the wooden post at the gate! Hubby gets her up and then I get the "UH-OH" look and a motion to come here so I knew then it must not be good if he wants me to come check it out. I get over there and I was shocked to see a hole in the side of her face! Not a large hole, maybe a couple of inches long but a pretty obvious bone exposure and break in there...UGHH!!! Seriously?! After an accident a couple of years ago with one of my former filly's Mya I was freaking out because I knew the dangers of cracked or broken bones if they get infected! So I call my SIL over to have a peek and see if she see's the same thing I do and yep she does :( So she immediately gets on the phone and calls the Vet for me. Our fantastic Vet allowed me to interrupt her Easter Day and came right out. I should mention that in the mean time we are all standing around waiting and my wonderful family pretty much all stayed till all was said and done! So during the wait the Hubby then decides he will move a round bale out for DD's horse so he has J drive it in while he feeds Krissy in another paddock...I said "not a good idea", I was just not having a good feeling after Angel's accident! So I am up with Angel and I let her roam around the paddock for a bit and then I realized that there was a section of the panels that Hubby had left open and Angel was headed straight for it! I didn't want to run after her, afraid I would spook her to a run so I hollered at my Uncle to block the opening so he did and all was well until we are standing there and he says "UHHH D's horse is out...UHHH Krissy is running around SHE'S OUT"!!!! It took me a minute to realize that yep sure enough she's out and running around like a little kid high on helium! SO I head towards her and she of course takes off towards the other horses then LUCKILY she seen that open panel and ran straight in there! WHEW!!! Hubby got her caught and put back, that could have been bad! Apparently J didn't realize it but the Hubby had opened the gate to let Krissy back in and when J drove out of her area he didn't shut the gate because he thought the Hubby was behind him and Krissy was still locked up...NOPE thought wrong! But no harm no foul, right?!







My SIL who is a Canon girl grabbed my Nikon D90 which is like a foreign language and took some great shots for me! So thank you "Canon Girl"!!








We got Angel doped up and rinsed the wound then she got her stitches and some shots. She is on an oral antibiotic as it didn't seem feasible to try and shoot her everyday with penicillin... So we are post day 3 and looking good! So far there has been minimal swelling so hopefully the bone heals well!