HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KRISTEN!!

I thought I would hack into your blog and wish you the happiest of happy birthdays!

HAPPY HAPPY 30th!!!!

To the best of the best friends, and to many more adventures...

I love you my friend!!

Shawnna

SUsan and Shannon are SO cute!

Today...

Ian and Majic, and a strange, beautiful sky...

What a fun day - lessons with Lia and Megan and the Tanners.....

Lia wins the purple heart award! I want my cookies!

Thank you Shawnna and Brian!

I got an early birthday surprise tonight from the Vision Family (Shawnna, Brian, and X-Ray).

It's an artist's proof - I don't know what that means exactly, but it sure seems fancy! And it's gorgeous! And Shawnna gave me an awesome keychain shaped like a bit! Thanks you guys!

Luke and I had our first gallop yesterday! He is lazy! But what a gorgeous day. Getting ready for the hunt on Sunday. My friend Susan is taking me for my birthday. I am so nervous!

Great Week!

It has already been such a busy week!

I took my first lesson with Andrea and I feel so much better about my horse and our progress. I also had lessons last night with Xander Tanner, Alexis, and Lia, all who rode beautifully. Shawnna, Andrea, Shannon and I went to Equus Now and it is WAY expensive! If you don't want to spend tons of money, just don't bother going. They do sell top-of-the-line stuff and it was cool to see so much english riding gear in one place.

The barn is packed and Steve has been busy building HUGE stalls for Jasper and Reuben, who start training this week. I don't know where we are going to find tack to fit them!

Tonight is Megan's first official lesson and tomorrow I will be working with all of the training horses, so I should be at the barn most of the day.

What a good day!

I love days when everyone is happy and the sun is shining and I have a good ride. My horse is SUCH a drama queen, but he loves the trails. Marc got to ride Little King and we had a lovely trail ride. The best part of the day was Dublin Tack Shop. I can't wait to see Shannon in her new outfit!

more pictures of Blues Creek

More great pictures of Blues Creek - the indoor arena is HUGE! I am so excited to see Craig's new horse, Sassy, who arrives tomorrow. I wonder if Luke will remember her?

Overall, things are busy and exciting. The people who own and run the barn are so nice and accomodating - I think we overwhelmed them a bit last weekend! Looking forward to a winter full and warming up in the saloon after every ride!

Pictures of Blues Creek

And they have 40 Acres of trails! The horse is Cursive, who joined our barn yesterday!

More pics coming soon!