Time to Write!

I am finally writing! I know! It's a miracle. Lot's has been going on and I haven't really had the time to write. I have been riding quite a lot at our neighbors house. She was doing a free lease from her cousin for a horse named George. When she decided that she didn't want to lease him anymore we took over the lease. She used to go to our church, and is letting us keep him at her place for free. George is a Tennesse Walker/Rocky Mountain cross. He is really lazy because he wasn't exercised much. Danny and I have been having the time of our lives riding him. We set up buckets in the barrel pattern. So now we run buckets instead of barrels. If George was my horse to keep I would rename him. George is such an unimaginative name. But he is a cool horse. His lope is so smooth. For you non-horse people a lope is faster then a trot and slower then an all out run. Below is a picture of me and George in the barn. I was telling him to look at the camera but obviously he didn't listen to me.

Really Busy!!

Mom and Abby just got home from Colorado. They had a ton of fun. It's my turn next year. I can hardly wait! I had a birthday too. I am 15 now! One more year and then I can drive. Scary huh? I got some really cool stuff. Probably my two favorite presents were the phonecalls from Olivia in Kindamba and Claire in Imfondo Congo. I cried after I talked to Olivia and I was so hyper after Claire's call. Only one more year before they come home. I met this really cool girl on Friday at Michelle and Fred's. Her name is Laura. She is a roper and looks like Stacey my Tae Kwon Do teacher. She is really nice. I have been crazy busy. I am getting a nice tan though.:) It has been 90 degrees the last couple of days. It's awesome. Emily opened her pool so we are going over there tonight after church. I don't know if I'll swim though.Next Saturday is a rodeo in Clarkson, NY I might be going but I am not sure. It would be my third rodeo that I have been to in my whole life!

Me and Pal

This is me and my friend Louis's horse Pal.

Louis uses Pal to rope with and he also announes on him. I've been learning to trot without bouncing. It really is a whole lot easier when you're not bouncing all over. Michelle Backlas is teaching me.
This is me and Louis on Silver Dollar. Dollar is the horse that I am learing how to ride on. Danny LOVES this horse. He's fun to ride. If they get a buyer then they will have to sell him, but that's their business, so I'm to sad about it.

Cowboy Logic

This is a great cowboy song by Michael Martin Murphey. He's one of my favorite cowboy singers.

Branded

These are the guy's that I played with at Momentum 2007. I played the guy on the right's guitar. They are both really cool.

Momentum 2007

Momentum 2007 was awesome! I met some awesome cowboys. It was at Jason and Leslie's ranch. I volunteered there. I got picked up at 10:30 Thursday and 6:30 Friday and Saturday. It was awesome. I got some conformation on several things like me wanting to be a worship leader. I played and sang with Branded, a christian country group. That was awesome. I also met three of the glory riders. They really encouraged me. In two years I am ,Lord willing, going out to California to visit them. Hopefully I will mature in my riding before then. The pastor of the church where the glory riders go used to be a hostage negotiator. He's a really big guy. I thought it was so cool that he was a hostage negotiator because I used to want be one. Anyway, hopefully I will get some pictures of Momentum. Later. :)

Sermon On The Mount

This is a wonderful video about Sermon on the Mount. I love how Lew Sterrett presents the gospel with horses!



Hope you enjoy!

Cutting horse

This video is about cutting cattle. John M does this and he has won lots of first prizes. This video is really cool, and I hope you enjoy it!

The Foals!

The foals were finally born. There are two phillies and one colt. They are adorable. I don't have any pictures right now, but maybe later.

My Horse!

This is the horse I'm going to lease. Which means she is going to be like mine I just don't own her. To me she's the prettiest horse on the planet. Her names Abby and she is four years old.

Foal Watch

On Friday me and the Harvey girls did foal watch at Briar Creek. We didn't catch any, but we had fun anyways.


On Friday during our lessons I got bucked off of Texas. Only me and one other girl have ever ridden him, other than Missy. We were playing bull hockey and I snapped Texas with the reins (Missy said that if he wouldn't go to snap him with the reins) and he got really excited and bucked me. This the helmet after I got bucked. I cleaned it off a bit, but it was still dirty. I was so sore Sunday.

This is me with Flash. We were going to groom him.

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

This is a great movie that I would recommend to anyone. It's based on a true story. In places it's funny, sad, inspiring, and romantic. I love it because there are horses in it, and it's inspiring. Enjoy!

New job

I started my job. It was awesome! The first thing we (me and Liv) did was clean out the stalls, then we got to groom the horses. When the kids that were having lessons came in we helped them untack and brush the horses. I'm going again on Friday. The name of the ranch I work at is Briar Creek Ranch. This picture is of me and a horse in Canada, hopefully I'll get pictures of me at the ranch. When I turn 14 I'll be able to help Missy teach. I'll post more later.

A JOB!

I got a job! I went with the Harvey's to their riding lessons and after Olivia and I asked their teacher, Missy, if we could work for her. She said yes! I start on Wednesday. I'm going to be mucking out stalls, tacking the horses up and down, feeding and watering the horses, helping Missy teach, leading some of the kids on the horses, and helping with trail rides. I can hardly wait until I start.

Riding

I went riding for the first time today at Kelly's. Danny and I went to his house at 1:00 and didn't leave until 5:00. We went riding halfway to the house and then Kelly dropped us off and we walked the rest of the way home. It was so much fun.

Clicker Training Horse Video

This video is good.