WE WON ! ! !

C and her team won their last soccer game tonight.

They were all very excited.

We had a pizza party after the game and the kids all got their awards and trophies.

Working Hard on 4H Projects

We have been working hard all day on some of the girls projects for fair. (Only 4 weeks away) This is one of the sewing projects C made today.


Front of Shorts

Back of Shorts

C Modeling Shorts

Mother Nature at her finest...

We were on our way home from the barn last night when we saw the most beautiful thing. Normally our lives are so busy that we end up missing these things or don't bother to stop and enjoy it. So I pulled over on the side of the road and C got out and took pictures. Here is one that she took. After she got the pictures and we were driving again we got to a point where you could see the entire rainbow from one end to the other. It was too big to fit in the camera view so we couldn't get a picture of that, but it would have been nice. I don't think I have ever seen a complete full rainbow like that before. It was really nice to be able to experience it with my daughters.

Summertime fun...

Washing the truck.........

The girls found a worm....

Garden Update

Our garden is doing great so far, only one small problem is the bush beans......rabbits seem to get them the minute they grow a leaf or two. Hopefully they will survive.

Horse Treat Recipe (requested)

I had someone ask for the recipe for the horse treats we make for Danny, so here goes:

They are actually called "After Riding Cookies"

4 cups wheat flour
3 cups oatmeal
1 egg
4 tablespoons brown sugar
3/4 cup applesauce
4 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup molasses
1 cup hot water

Mix flour, oatmeal, and brown sugar in very large bowl. Add egg, oil, applesauce, and molasses. Finally, add hot water and mix well. It's easiest to just reach in and mix with your hands like you would making meatloaf.

Bake at 300 degrees on a greased cookie sheet for 45 to 60 minutes. Let cool in oven over night.

I rolled them into 1 inch balls and they work perfectly. You can also roll out the dough to one inch thick on floured surface and cut out shapes or press into the cookie sheet and cut with a pizza cutter when done.

Working on Showmanship

We have been working with Danny every other day during the week and every Saturday and Sunday. Lounging, walking, trotting and working on lots of groundwork. We are all bonding very well. C has been working on Showmanship with him and they are coming along good. He is really listening to her. Both the girls have been riding him too. He loves all the grooming attention he gets. The girls and I brush him and clean his feet both before and after we do anything with him. He gets treats after we are all finished (regular horse treats we baked, apples and carrots). He's getting some muscle tone to him and his coat is getting nice and shiny from all that grooming. We also sprayed him down the other night after I lunged him. I was very happy to see that he will have no problem with taking a bath. He gave one of those looks like....ahhhhhhh that feels sooooooo good...of course it was 92 degrees out too so I'm sure it did feel good.

First Round Pen Attempt...went pretty good

Dressage & Hunter/Jumper Clinic

The clinic was fun, at least it was entertaining anyway. The horses were a bit clumsy in the beginning but improved as they went along. We learned a few things too. Mostly ways of having some fun while working with your horse. We don't ride English so there isn't too much we can or would do with the information we got tonight. Like I said though it was fun to watch and no one got hurt.

Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork........

Chelsea and Lindsay are all signed up for Fair now. They seem to be doing soooooo much this year. It's all fun though. We had our monthly 4H meeting last night and tied up a lot of loose ends. We decided on our Fair decorations for the barn (they are going to be soooo cool) of course I can't tell what it's going to be (you never know who reads this.....lol) it's TOP SECRET!!!!!!!

Everyone turned in all the paperwork needed to show at fair so the girls are now all set to go. It seemed like quite a bit of confusion but after almost two hours everyone had all their paperwork in and are set to go. We will be starting next week on making the decorations for the barn. We decided on a logo for our clubs fair t-shirts and signed up to get them. They are going to be very cool too. Chelsea (being the treasurer) reminded everyone that hadn't paid for their club dues or project fees to pay them as soon as they could. Well that pretty much sums up the meeting last night. We will be going to a Hunter/Jumper and Dressage education clinic this Wed. evening, should be very fun to watch. I will update on the clinic later in the week.

I forgot to add that I rode Danny the other night after our trainer rode him for a little while. It was awesome. He did great only one small issue, he is a bit barn sour and was wanting to go back to the barn every time we would get close to the gate out. He was very easy to control though even when he was wanting to go back by his buddies. Both the girls and I will be starting our regular lessons with Danny this week.