Last post of 2008!!

I have had a great few days! I have been riding on Friday, Sunday and Today!! Sevens mom, Darcy, has been off work last week and this week and the weather has been pretty good so we took advantage of it. Christian is doing GREAT. He willing loped quite a bit, that is his fastest speed so far LOL and it is not a fast one. He is sooo smooth though. Christian was a bit tired today so we took it easy, he was out yesterday with Darcy and her daughter and he was a perfect gentleman which is always nice. Darcy and I switched horses on the way home. Seven is always wanting to go so it was a nice break for Darcy. She also said he was like riding a Cadillac! He was a good boy and did his lateral gate on the way home. I had fun on Seven and we galloped quited a bit which was a nice break for me as well. I really miss my arab, and that gotta go gotta go all the time. One of these days I will upday with a video or pictures I promise! Have a safe and happy new year!!! May God bless you all!

Update on Christian

We had a small scare with Christian right before I went to the NFR. He had been limping and was not getting better so I called out the farrier. He tested what he could and said that his pain was in his foot could be his coffing bone, but with out x-rays we would not be able to tell. He suggested that we could either put shoes on his front feet or wrap them. Since we would like to keep him barefoot we opted for the wrap and I told the farrier that I would call him when I got back from Vegas. While I was in Vegas I also bought a ration balancer that has all the vitamines and nutrients he is not getting from his hay. While I was gone Christian stoped limping!!! YA! I started him on his ration balancer when I got back to town. That was about 2 weeks ago and he is a different horse now!! He willing will trot and lope when he is in the arena with Seven. He is excited to see us when we go feed and will trot up to the gate. He has even kicked at Seven a few times! Seven is the top dog but at least Christian is sticking up for himself a little bit now. There is a spark in his eye, his coat is shinny and he has gained weight! I can not wait until spring to see what he is going to look like when he sheds out! I was starting to think that he was just going to be able to be used for the girls since he was soooo slow, but he is now comming along. I havent been able to take him out on the trail yet, but I did ride in the arena a few days after I came home from vegas and he is doing soooooo good. I hope that the weather will at least ease up a bit and I can get a trail ride in with Darcy and Seven in the next 2 weeks or so. I need to get a new video up. I will try to do that maybe this weekend when Eric is off and can help with the kids and the horses.! Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas to ALL

Jesus is the Reason!

crazy schedule

I hate Erics new schedule. Really I guess it is not all that new, he has been on this schedule since the start of October when we came back from vacation and this is the schedule he was on when he worked at Morenci, but I HATE IT!!! It is a crazy schedule! He has 7 days off in a row then he works 4 graveyards, off for 3 days then on days for 3 days then off for 1 day then back to 3 graveyards then off for 3 days then days for 4 days then back to 7 days off. It is hard to keep track so there are calendars every where to help. It is sometimes nice when he is off for 7days but it is also hard, it interrupts our schedule. Things don't get done when he is home. It really messes with out family life. I see him more when he is on graveyards then when he is working days. He doesn't get home until around 6:30 or so and by 7:30 he is soooo ready for bed! Maybe I just need my butt kicked and I need to keep our schedule going even when he is home but its sooo hard! GRRRRR! Right now I am listing to 2 kids crying, they both miss their dad and Delaney is freaking out about her teeth and getting braces. I wish he was home. I am thankful that he does still have a job since he is in the copper industry but some times this schedule just gets to me.

History

Well as most people know (unless you live under a rock) history was made last night. The 44th president of the US is going to be Obama who just happens to be a black man. It didnt matter which way the election went it was going to be history. I know quite a few people who are very worried about Obama being president, but the way I see it GOD IS IN CONTROL!!! God knew this was going to happen before we were born! IT seems as though as Christians we have forgotten those very imports words. God has always been and will always be in control. We have no idea what the future hold but God does!!

God is in control by Twila Paris
This is no time for fear This is a time for faith and determination Don't lose the vision here Carried away by emotion Hold on to all that you hide in your heart There is one thing that has always been true It holds the world together God is in control We believe that His children will not be forsaken God is in control We will choose to remember and never be shaken There is no power above or beside Him, we know God is in control, oh God is in control History marches on There is a bottom line drawn across the ages Culture can make its plan Oh, but the line never changes No matter how the deception may fly There is one thing that has always been true It will be true forever He has never let you down Why start to worry now?He is still the Lord of all we see And He is still the loving Father Watching over you and me watching over you...watching over me..watching over every things..watching over you..watching over me..every little sparrow..every little things

New horse

Christian is being boarded with another horse from Shiloh called Seven. They get along great and Seven runs circles around Christian when they are in the arena! Delaney is enjoying being on a slow horse, my last horse was a 5yo Arab who I loved and had lots of spunk. Delaney is able to ride him around the arena by herself with just the halter and lead rope. Today we bought her a set of reins that is can use and she is excited to get to try them out tomorrow!

Here is a video from them today!

God is GREAT!

Well today Delaney started morning kindergarten. She had been asking to move from afternoon kindergarten to morning kindergarten so she could nap in the afternoon. We will see how it goes, but so far I think I will like it better. I will be able to get my day going earlier and wont have a break in my day for kindergarten.


On to new news, we have adoped a horse!!! Yeah us!!! We are so excited, it has been too long since we have had horses in our lives ( at least for me!!! ) Our new horse is Christian Bail, although I think we will shorten it to just Christian. The background to us getting the horse is , at least for me, an example of how God works. This all started a few months ago when a friend of a friend(sue) was horse sitting. Sue called and asked if I would like to ride a bit (her back isnt great so she cant ride to much). I jumped at the chance! I had been toying with the idea of trying to leasing a horse and had been praying about getting a horse. I went out and rode Seven, who is an Arab from a horse rescue called Shiloh. http://www.shilohhorserescue.com/ My last horse was a Arab and I loved him so much! So I fell in love with Seven as he is sooo much like Zeus. Sue told me about Darcy (who ownes Seven) and sugessted that we get together when she got back. After Darcy got back we talked a little about Seven and the horse rescue. I started looking at their website and at all the horses they had. I was looking for a horse that I could ride but also a horse that my kids could ride and gain confidence on. I am a total judge a book by its cover kinda gal and had found a few horses I like, from their looks, at the rescue. I didnt know when I would be able to make it to Vegas just to look at a horse so I just continued to look on line. Well we had a trip to California with my grandparents set for the last week in September. I thought we were going to make it a long trip and leave from Ely and drive straight through to California. My grandparent wanted to meet in vegas and leave from there, so we spent 2 nights in vegas. I took that as a chance to go to Shiloh and look around, not intending to get a horse. As soon as I got there Jill said oh yeah I have the perfect horse for you. She went out to the pasture and got Christian Bail. They named him Christian Bail due to his brand. It looks like the Christian fish and they bailed him out from the auction. When I heard that I thought that this was the horse I had been praying for! We got him saddled up and I rode for a bit. I fell in love with him and thought he would be perfect for my girls! A week later when we came back from vacation we all went down and check out the horse. The girls loved him and he was so sweet with them. The rest is history!

the first ramblings

First things first to anyone else who reads this blog, I was never good in English, so you will probably find miss spelling if I forget to spell check, as well as run on sentences like this one. Also I will not post comments with foul language in them or anything else that I see unfit.

The things I have been struggling with lately have been about being an adult. There are so many things that you never hear about when you are growing up. First thing that comes to mind is Santa Clause. I do not remember how old I was when I found out that he is not real, in fact I don't remember when i thought he was real. So for as long as I can remember I knew that Santa was not real, but I was never prepared for the Christmas when I was an adult and I became "Santa". It was like the magic of Christmas morning was gone. I have since had children (2 girls) and I try to make it magical for them, but I never knew what my parents did for us as kids. I am learning everyday that the things that were special when I was a kid didn't always come naturally for my parents. As a parent and an Adult there are many thing that we have to make happen if they are going to happen. Maybe it is not all people and maybe it is just me but it has been a hard lesson for me to learn. I love my children but so many times I hear my self grumbling no when they ask to do different thing with me. At Christmas time last year I thought it would be nice to make cookies with my oldest (4 1/2 and the time) I thought that we could do it every year and when she was older she could look back on this time and remember the time we spent together. I don't know if my mom ever made cookies with us (there are 3 of us kids), I don't really have any memories of it so I thought that we would make a new tradition. Well for me it was not so fun to make cookies with Delaney. There was a mess and she wanted to eat the cookie dough and the icing and her attention span of course was short. I thought that it would be a natural thing to do and things would run smoothly. That is what we always see on tv! LOL well we do not live on TV! This project perhaps could have gone more smoothly if I didn't have the type A personality, where I need to be in control of everything and have everything perfect. I am slowing realizing that I can not have control of everything, and there is nothing that is perfect, except GOD! Well that is all for tonight I guess, sorry it is a bunch of ramblings maybe as I continue it will be better organized LOL I guess we will see!