New Year Lots of changes

It has been forever since I have blogged. All is good in our world for the most part. My job has been keeping me really busy as I was promoted in October to Branch Manager. It is a huge step and will really help our family financially. The downside is that it is taking alot more of my time and energy. It is leveling out though and coming along nicely.

The other major change would be that we have to move again :(. Our landlord is moving back to town and wants his house back. We have found a place and are waiting for approval. It is smaller in house size but double in land size. It also has a flat field that I can set up barrels for Kylie. That is one of my major goals this year to get Kylie really riding and my horses ok with an arena. We took them to the arena at Farragut last year and they just didn't know what to do. They are so used to being right next to each other on the trail that when they were at opposite ends of the arena it kind of freaked them out a little. So some dessensitizing about being next to each other at all times and getting Kylie more comfortable in the saddle. Hoping Teresa and Grace will come out too as we had alot of fun with them at the end of the year. I really need to thank her for getting Kylie riding again.

Other then that life is good. My brother is giving me his pick up which will be perfect farm truck - 88 Ford F250 long box with 105,000 miles that he put on it as he has had it since it was brand new. Now we just have to make it to Salt Lake again to pick it up. Dwane is layed off for the winter which is ok with my new job we are just fine.

Christmas was nice. We got Haley a car - the right deal at the right time - so she will be all set when she gets her license.

Needless to say she was very excited when she saw it. How my kid has a nicer car then me to drive :).

Here is to a New Year and I am in the mind frame to make it a good one, regardless of how it starts :)

We went on another ride at Farragut on Saturday with a group of people. It was alot of fun and Kylie did really well! We will be going again tomorrow just Kylie and I, we did this a week or so ago and it went really well. Now to teach Kylie more on the ground as she is getting big enough to do that also. I know it was all backwards teaching her to ride rather then ground manners first, but we need to work with Autumn anyway so they can learn together.

Riding, Riding, Riding

KYLIE IS RIDING AGAIN!!!!!!!

I have been on a few rides. Went to Farragut. I have ridden Willow around the loop a couple times by herself and she did really well. My confidence level has grown alot. This last weekend I went with Teresa to Lakeview past the Happy Hermit and rode up Gold Creek with Kylie. When we got there Kylie said she didn't want to go but I had just driven almost 2 hours on dirt roads to get there and she didn't get a choice, she now wants to go riding this coming weekend. She had a moment about going over water and then went across. Then she had a moment about going down hill, she didn't concure that on the first day but on the second she figured it out. Dwane went with me on Sunday and we met them at the Happy Hermit and went from there to explore some trails. He got to ride Hemi and liked her. I was a little worried at first but it turned out really good. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Pictures from our ride at Newman Lake - Willow and I

One of the views

Me on Willow Joeanne and Levi - he was tired.

I have not blogged in forever, still addicted to farmville! The summer is 2/3 over and the girls are surviving barely. Haley has been gone most of the summer at friends and poor Kylie has been stuck at home by herself. I have only been on a few rides. I went on a ride above Newman Lake that was really good. Willow decided to try bucking a few times on it but I knew she was in a pissy mood before we even started. Guess she was having a bad day. I then took Autumn and Willow with a friend from Seattle on a ride at Farragut. I am supposed to go tomorrow with a couple friends as long as it does not rain or thunder. Here are a couple pictures from our ride

Busy with the kids only two and a half weeks of school left. Kylie got glasses today they look pretty cute. I will have to get a picture up. I built a temporary fence for the horse or a hillbilly fence by the shop so they could eat up some of the grass - kills me to see all that grass and not one horse eating it :). Nothing worse then a field full of grass fenced and no animals to eat it all up! Of course the only horse to get out would be Willow - I only let them out there if I am out there for that reason - but she was easy to catch and put away. I still haven't called any shoers I really need to but the thought of trying another one has me frustrated - every time I get one I like something happens - the ones that are available all the time I don't like - guess I will figure it out in good time! In the mean time no riding until they get their feet done (I know I am a bad mom). I did ride Ben and Autumn a couple weekends ago - well me on Autumn and a friend on Ben - we had fun till Autumn cut her foot then we had to head home she is fine, but it was a bummer. That is all for now not much to report, oh except I am addicted to farmville is there any help!

another day

The wind is just howling out there. The horses are hanging in the trees out of the wind as much as possible. I am glad we have feeders for them to eat out of or their hay would be long gone before they even got a bite.

Here is a picture of Coco thinking she is driving! She loves to go bye. Kylie was home sick with Dwane today. Some kind of throat thing hopefully it just blows over.

Work is still crazy, we will find out who they hire on Wednesday. I am still hoping Tim picks Sam but we will see!

Internet at HOme

Finally I have my internet back at home! I am so excited. I took Kylie to Sam's farm the other day and she rode Robin for about 3 hours in the arena. It was great to see her on a horse and she actually wants to go next time I go to Farragut. So if the weather will ever cooperate we will go. I took Willow on the Hauser Lions club ride with Sam and Ken last weekend. It was alot of fun and more of a real mountain ride then I have had in a while. Willow was pretty tired by the end but she did wonderful. She was the only horse I took from my group so I wasn't sure how she would do but she did great. We also galloped for the first time where that was actually my plan. We loped three or four times and she only kicked out once when one of the other horses came up beside her. So hopefully I will be able to blog more and do more on line now!