Holiday Weekend

As soon as it was light enough to see I went up to the barn to take care of Sheena and her colt, feeding and cleaning the stall. The next job was to tease. Lisa is still in and covered by Evan. Tori is in big time but we are using Evan for her this year so she will have to be done tomorrow after church.  The morning was nice so Sheena and Madiera were taken out to the field with their colts and a few pictures taken for the website. Sheena's colt is just 1 day old and Madiera's colt is 3 days old.

They both had a ball running around driving their mom's crazy. If you would like to see the rest of the pictures click HERE. On the way in I took the picture below of Lily, her filly, Zalena and her filly in the pond pasture. See the missing hair on Zalena's filly's back leg, it WILL grow back and she is doing well. This was from the day she was born. She ended up laying in a puddle for over 20 minutes.

Anna dropped off the girls so I put them to work. Below Kensley is petting Rosaleigh's filly. 

 This filly loves kids. She came right up to the fenceline to get Kensley and Taegan to pet her. 

Only after the morning chores were done did I head in to make breakfast for Mark.  Our breakfast looked so good that the girls wanted some too.

After breakfast Braelyn and Taegan were given the job to put all of the pictures up on the new fridge.

Kensley was given the job of taking care of Pax their new puppy.

Karin had a trail ride scheduled leaving here around 10:30 taking 5 horses.

 Karin sent back pictures.

They had a very good time but got lost on the red trail. If you would like to see the rest of the pictures Karin sent back click HERE. Mike didn't want Ripper left by himself at the cabin field so took him out for a ride.

After that ride he took Ripper out to Middle Grove. Mike feels he is trained enough now that he does not need to stay here and can go out on the good grass.  Rain was predicted later but this afternoon was nice so we went over to mom's beach and were joined by lots of dogs. Pax enjoyed playing with Bear, Gabe and Molly's dog who is here for a week while they are on vacation.

 Molly even came out and went swimming.

 Kabur joined the group.

 Emma and Chewy were to dignified to join in the rabble rousing play.

 Even Studly came but I didn't seem to have taken any pictures of him. The two below played until both were exhausted.

 Joan came canoeing over from her house.

 She and Braelyn went to move a boat they thought was blocking the siphon overflow pipe.

 It wasn't a boat blocking the pipe, there was a big snapping turtle caught in the pipe. He was dead and smelly. The suction of the pipe pulled him in and he drowned. 

Joan showed us a picture of her van.  This just happened today as the young group was traveling to Alabama to the Tennessee Memorial Sing.

They were almost to their destination when they had to stop for traffic. A truck pulling a trailer didn't stop in time, tried to miss them but slammed into the back and side of Joan's van. SO very thankful no one was hurt but the van is more than likely totaled as it was pushed into the car in front and also has front end damage.  

 We went back to the house to get swimming suits and grandpa Mark came out to swim with the girls.

 Mackenson came swimming over too.

 Below they are burying Taegan in the sand. Only her hair is sticking out.

 After all that work Kensley needed to get a little sun and take a nap.

 Phil and Anna arrived so Mark and I left for home to get ready for our dinner date with Amy and Ken Koch. Today is Amy's birthday and we decided to eat at the Red Lobster in Peoria. Mom came along too. We had a fun evening with delicious food that none of us had to cook. Megan the owner of a Raven son out of a Thoroughbred mare sent the picture below with the caption Figured I'd share a few now that we have him all dappled up and got some muscle on him!

Thank you Megan, your boy is BEAUTIFUL and obviously well cared for. The Friesian X Thoroughbred cross is a wonderful mix and we are thrilled to get updates.
It is again pouring rain outside.  We were worried after out nice day that the mud may be dehydrated but that isn't going to happen THIS week. Rain is predicted EVERY day of this coming week. Today was a good day!