Bringing Home the Blues

Karin took some of the Heart of IL Vaulting team to a vaulting competition in Iowa and did those girls ever bring home the BLUES!! Even RIBBON got scores of 8 out of 10 for steadiness. Almost the first thing out of Karin's mouth as she exits the truck is, "have I told you how much I LOVE this horse?" Mia, Crystal Bakers daughter won first place in her class and first place in her division. Bethany went against a professional and WON! Sarah, Hanna and Anni were in the same class along with other vaulters, Sarah took first, Hanna took second and Anni took third. It is amazing to think our little Heart of IL team can go up against vaulters that compete regularly and not just do ok, but win. Good SHOW TEAM!
Crystal Baker told us she is not a camper and would prefer a hotel but Karin talked her into it, letting her stay in the living quarter trailer, telling her the camp ground would have flush toilets and showers but when they arrived they found out this was a primitive site, no bathrooms at ALL. Only a port-a-potty set up. Crystal was smart, she called to look at a pony for purchase, once she looked over the pony used their bath AND took a shower!
Mark helped change the puppy bedding, then we took off for Peoria. Rhoda arrived shortly after we left finding ALL the puppies out of the box, wetting on the floor. She gave each puppy a bath and a few more pictures were taken before we started adding inches to the sides of the box. Around 3:30pm Sanna's filly just wasn't looking well, I started milking Sanna and realized this mare has not been nursed on for a while, this milk looked like milk from a cow that is drying up. Every hour Sanna was milked to encourage her to start producing again and the filly force fed. After the 3rd time she actually walked over to Sanna and latched on nursing for a couple of minutes. We are not out of the woods yet with her but this was so encouraging. Rhoda helped hang plastic over Sanna's stall and turned on the air conditioner to help her cope with the heat. Mike and Diane arrived and stayed a bit visiting. The John Deere tractor broke while mowing at Middle Grove. The International Harvester tractor is at Mikes being repaired, the Yanmar needs to be worked on, it is a good thing the skid steer is still running.
The last set of meds still needs to be given along with one more shot and banamine, time to get busy.