Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The Barn is Almost Complete!!!


Papa Jim has worked so very, very hard (and I've helped the best I can) to finish the barn before his surgery.  Looks like it'll be complete soon.  Pretty much all the siding is up - just like some of the trim and a little paint (my job) on the doors to finish them out.  We will wait until it warms up in the spring to put up the turnouts for the mini's.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

And then there was Lady

Who stole our hearts!




She is definitely Papa Jim's ... she has bonded to him and I think the feeling is mutual :)





Course I can't say much - I think she is a sweetheart but we really gotta work on the clipping.




Just look at how tiny her hooves are beside Papa Jim's foot - hey, look at it this way - less injuries ... (sorry Jim, just had to say that).

Adiah's 2nd Birthday

It was fun watching her open presents and get excited.  And the one that scared her was loved by Hannah! 










Glad we were able to share in her birthday celebration and look forward to many more years of joy to come.

But the Elmo dancing was too cute!  Wonder where did she learn to twist like that? LOL  It was precious to watch.











Then there was the cake that she was too dainty to destroy or mash all over herself much to her siblings disappointment!











Monday, July 14, 2008

What do you think they are doing, Belle?

Just grooming, Rascal!  But they are so little ... 

Seriously, several have asked if we could get pictures of the "bigs" and "littles" together - well, this is the best we can do for now.

This past weekend we worked on getting the fence "hot" again since our "bigs" are starting to lean over the
 fence.  We also put up the round pen - wow what a difference that made to the appearance of the barn once again!

Sunday afternoon, Jim worked with Dede and Lady in the round pen while I worked with Bambi in her pasture.  We feel we accomplished quite abit with them - especially Jim made lots of headway with Lady --- to bad I didn't have the camera to get some really great shots - they were face to face and Lady didn't freak out!




Dede is just mellow and easy going - whatever.  But she loves to eat - which she does slowly!  Not that she can't have that spoiled kid attitude though! LOL



Poor Lady - when we clipped her a couple of weeks ago we could not complete the task as she was so scared - bless her heart she looks like she has the mange or something. Hopefully that will change soon! World competition is in a couple of months.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

New Beginnings ...

First, let me say a big THANKS to Gina for setting up this beautiful blog for us.  We are excited to share some of the happenings around our place and hope you enjoy it as well.  Your all welcome and encouraged to come visit anytime.

Our first blog is to update you all on the training we are doing with the mini's.  
Here are a few pictures of us doing just that - being trained on how to train - how's that for a play on words!  While Linda/Grammy works with Bambi - Papa Jim is working with Dede and Lady.  We'll see how it goes but right now - I'll be showing Bambi in driving carts and Papa
 Jim will show the halter class - although I'm sure we will both want to do both.

Check us out - we look like we really know what we are doing don't you agree?!!!