We expected the temperatures to rise a bit quicker than they did which meant the snow didn't melt as fast as we hoped. By late afternoon the outdoor arena was a soupy mess. Emily is now on a break from nursing school because of the Thanksgiving holiday and spent the day here working horses. I didn't make it back to watch the first 3 horses but did get to see her work Evan.
She worked Rosaleigh and Roxanne first. Today they were introduced to a saddle. They both accepted the saddle better than expected. Once they were finished with the round pen reasoning work Emily took them in and braided their manes. We are just hoping both of these amazing manes will stay long and thick and the braids give them the best chance.
Valiant was worked next. Emily reported he was very well behaved and is going off her legs. It won't be long before she will be able to ride him bridleless. He was also taken into a stall and his mane braided up.
I needed to head down to the Peoria post office to pick up the Berean mail today as Ellen is out of the state visiting her daughter. The post office lady told me I was going to need a cart to get the mail today as there were 3 of the tubs full. It turned out that 2 were full, one was less than half full.Tuesday is going to be another record day. From there I drove to East Peoria to Aldi, picked up a 20 pound turkey, canned pumpkin and pecans for the pies. Once the groceries were dropped off at home, the car was loaded with the goodies that were left over from the parenting conference then it was off to Sam's Club where the rest of the groceries were picked up. Poor Mark, he footed the bill today from both stores and they weren't small bills. The Berean mail plus all the goodies were dropped off at the Berean office. By the time I finally arrived home Emily was riding Evan. Below are a few pictures.
Check out the standing water in the arena, Evan was throwing water and sand which each stride. Evan is becoming much more balanced and the soft soupy arena didn't throw him off at all. He too got the beauty treatment from Emily once he was done with the work. We are going to have to buy more small rubber bands.
We are going to have an early night tonight, we have been up since 4:00 am and are both starting to drag.
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