Sunflower Festival Parade

Next year I think Peyton can ride in the parade

by herself

This is what I found this morning when I woke up.

Silly Ruby.

Last night at the clinic they brought steers in.

Chasing the steer

Sarah on Mouse

Accidents Happen...

This afternoon Peyton got bucked off and then

kicked in the face...

Obviously it wasn't that bad...thank god...it

could have been a lot worse :s

Well, this post is about horses - what else? Friday

night, Aimee and Maggie had their 4th out of 6 ranch

horse clinics in Darlingford. Makes for a very early

morning...at 6:30 am on Sat, we were bathing the horses

for the Gretna parade (Note for next year: this is

unneccesary and over-the-top...1hr bathing for a 10 min

parade = NOT WORTH IT!!)

Maggie putting glitter and sparkles on Scarlett.

Sunday we headed off to Dacotah for riding lessons.

Peyton fell asleep near Wpg. I love how she has to

wear her helmet on the way to lessons!

The twins :)

Aimee on Quinn (aka: New Horse). Quinn has been

at Sarah's for 2 weeks now and this is her 4th time

under saddle!! Sarah has her walking, trotting,

loping, stopping, backing up and even ground tied - AMAZING!!!

Next week she promises flying lead changes!

It will be worth every penny, I'm sure :)

Aimee and Maggie practicing their ranch horse

exercises. Aimee and Babe are chasing Maggie

and Scarlett.

Peyton has been doing great, although she does

get frustrated quite easily when Skippy won't

go as fast as she'd like.

The girls have been great. They help get Skippy

saddled up for her and keep an eye on her in

the ring.

Trying to make Skippy run.

That's better, but still only a trot.

Finally a lope! We're beginning to see that Peyton's

future with horses will probably include speed

and jumping, based on what she's already trying to

accomplish with little Skippy.

And of course, Ruby and Cleo, play fighting.