Camping in Rancho-Oso!

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This weekend we packed our bags and took a long drive with the horses to Santa Barbara for a camping trip! It was such a along drive, but it was worth it to ride in such an amazing place. It was so much fun jumping over the logs that we spotted on the trails and we got amazing pictures of it too. After a long day of riding we went out to dinner at AJ Spurs and had a great time with amazing food! We brought about 10 horses up to the camp sight which were Sonnet, Lola, Angel, Tiko, Barbary, Poet, Gracie, Persjaa, Dessa, and even Spiderman! The girls that came were me, Brooke, Hannah, Jessica, Grace, Helena, and Catie! We all had such a great time up there and we had so many laughs. Kristin even came up one day and rode Poet along with Debbie, her sister, and Christine. After galloping and jumping a few logs we all went for a swim with the horses in this little pond we found. It was the best camping trip ever and were even planning to come back next year for a whole week!

The Class "A" Show in Santa Barbra!

The day aftre Poe's retirement was not a relaxing sleep in day. No, it was a wake up AGAIN at 6:00 to get back to Santa Barbra for a big horse show! It was Brooke, Nedra, her dad, and I who were rushing to get Gracie and Snapper ready for the class and it was not easy. First we had to wash Gracie's socks. Then, we had to move all the tack and whips and show clothes to our side of the stalls. There was no goofing around at this show and it was a lot of hard work. At the end Brooke and I came in first in our seperate classes. We were marked down on each different things like the so called "fungus" on Gracie's shoulder and Snapper not being bradded. Although we were marked down on a few things we also had a great time and won beautiful pens and two first place ribbons. It was all a lot of fun and I would do it all over again if I had a choice.

Finally Poe's Retirement!

On May 24, 2008 our own Poetca VF at age 25 was retired in front of a crowd in Santa Barbra. All of the girls which included Me, Brooke, Julia, Hannah, Jordan, Isabella, Alexandra, Helena, Alexa, Christain, Geffin, and Mandy all came up to Santa Barbra nice and early at 6:00 to ride in the presentation. Brooke and I had slept over at Nedra's getting all the stuff in the trailer and going to bed very early. The day before the show we had brought up some of the calmest horses to make sure we had room the next day. the horses that went up with us were Sonnet, Poe, Dessa, Snapper, Perjja, Crimson, Cameo, Angel, Gracie, Festivity, and at the last minute our new horse Juet Allionce came to the show. We all had an amazing time at the show and it was a miracle that Christain Geffin and Debbie all made it at the last second to join us in our presentation. We all had a blast handing out flyers to the epople at the show and giving free bags of m'n'ms. Luckily, we have pictures on a website and a video one of the moms bought to remember this amazing moment in Poetca's life. I'd like to thank all the people who helped make this dream a reality in Poe's life.

Jumping with no hands

On pony club we had our fewest amount of girls which were Me, Honor, Grace, Alexandra, Geffin, and Abigail so we thought we would do some harder, but fun stuff at the arena. First while we were on the trail riding over to the arena we forgot to get a helmet for Geffin so I galloped back to the plumtree jumped off grabbed a helmet and galloped back to the group. Then we got to the arena and Sonnet, as usual, was hott so I did double the size of the highest cavalety with no hands bareback. It was a lot of fun and even Grace got on with me and we cantered around double on Sonnet. After that Sonnet was being so good that we decided to let little Geffin come on with me and canter and do little jumps. It was so much fun and Alexandra, Honor, and I all jumped at the same time and got a picture of it, thanks to Nedra. Also little Abigail got on Poe and trotted around the arena for the first time with Grace leading her. We all had a blast, but we also missed the girls that couldn't make it this week. The most exciting part of the day was either jumping with no hands or feeding the baby carrots for the first time, which was a lot of hard work but also very rewarding when we found out she loved them!! We all can't wait for next week and to have an even bigger group!

The Hidden Hills Gymkhana!

On Sunday May 5, 2008 us riders went down to Spring Valley Arena and rode in the Adult Gymkhana! It was so much fun and on our way over to the arena we congrajulated Shannon Griefer for running 24 hourse straight in Ahmanson. While she was running she also would stop and breast feed her infant son. After we saw Shannon it was off to the show! When we got there it was just us and a few other adults. We were the only kids except for Palina and her horse Misty. It was so exciting and it was not hectic at all! We all had a blast and it was me on Sonnet, Brooke on Lola, Jordan on Gracie, Hannah on Jade, Alexa on Poe, Grace on Gracie, and even Julia made it over with her dad and brought Cameo. The high point winners of the day were Brooke and Lola, Jordan and Gracie, Alexa and Poe, and Palina and Misty. At the show I got two firsts and two seconds. It was so much fun and at the show there was a little romance going on between Julia and Jacob (Jacob gave Julia a belt buckle and a rose). We all had a great time we loved having Julia and Nedra cheer us on!

Practicing for the Presentation!

On saturdays we usually have pony club, but this time it was all hard work to get ready for the presentation. We were all so excited for the presentation and wearing our garlands bareback! Sadly, Poe (our star for the presentation) was injured very badly and had to sit out for the day. While Poe was in the shade in her amazing rainbow garland, the rest of us decided that we wanted to practice pairs jumping. It took us a lot of practice, but we finally got the perfect picture! It was Me, Sonnet, Brooke, Lola, Jordan, and Crimson who got the amazing jumping picture. Also, we got to have all nine of us ride in a perfect line trotting, circling, and doing all kinds of crazy stuff. We all had a blast and thankfully Poe has recovered and is now carring three girls on her back at the presentation. We are all so excited and can not wait to see Poe finally retired.

Bella' Baby Arrives

After waiting for months Bella gave birth to a beautiful palomino pinto filly. She is so beautiful and she is very big. Right when she was born she was up and running. she is so strong and is ana amazing mover. The first one to see the baby was our own Saffarino who calls her Dishes' little sister! The baby is so much like her mom and ironically has a perfect dot on her shoulder just like Bella's last baby only it is on two different sides. We have not found a name for her, but we have come up with a few cute names like Penelope, Buttercup, and Lulabell. Please comment and if you want write down a name that you think would suit the baby.