4-H's fun show was this afternoon (about 1 o'clock). I wasn't sure if we would get to ride or not because it poured the rain all day yesterday and last night and a bit this morning. So,we were undecided as to wether or not it might have been canceled or if we should just go for the heck of it. Well, we went anyways at about 11 this morning and the arena was a little on the muddier side of life*lol* So Nicole (our co-leader) moved us all over to the indoor arena which was rather small so we didn't any barrel racing or poles so that sucked. but it would have been risky to do it in such a small area or in the mud for that matter.
It (the show) was rather uneventful,(i thought it was sorta boring...) everybody was just moping around and being such wet blankets and it was all rather dull. The only action that happened was during western pleasure when my horse Gunner started bucking like really doing the big sha-bang where all 4 went off the ground at once! it was hilarios!!! =) i spun his head around at kicked him up again and he chilled out a bit after he got that outta him. I think we needed that bit of excitment to liven the group!!
The pics from today that i took turned out pretty crappy so i'll skip the bother of uploading them.
Happy Trails!!
HorseLover<><
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Good morning! hope your friday finds ya well and in good spirits=)
my weekend is looking really full so far. Tonight we have a 4-h softball game,it rained all night so we'll have to see if they are still playing or not because if the ball diamond is muddy then they won't have a game. Tomorrow i have a horse show. Not a big one, its just a fun show or playday or whatever you want to call it. Again it might be canceled because of the rain, but i'm really hoping it wont be.
Sunday is my dads birthday so after church we're going to go to Giant city or Little Grand Canyon or somewhere like that to go hiking and walk some trails.
My aunt is here visiting us for the weekend too!! She got here last night for my sisters birthday and is staying through sunday. we've had fun visiting and some playing ball out in the back field. My sister becca and my aunt camped outside in a tent lastnight but i'm afraid they got a little bit wet with all the rain we had*lol* But they said that they had fun anyways=) i better go since i only have time for a quick post so adios!!
Happy Trails!!
HorseLover<><
Monday, June 23, 2008
Emilee's party went great Saturday, the only thing that went wrong was the weather....rain. It was beautiful all day then suddenly it just started POURING the rain down at about 3:40ish. So we had to grab up everything that was set out on tables in the yard so it wouldn't get soaked. Cameras,plates,napkins,food...yeah...all that had to get hauled back in to the kitchen, but it all worked out just fine. We set up the tables up against a wall in the kitchen and set out the food and sodas on that. When everybody came we just played some card games like moffia and spoons. We did play a some volleyball after the rain quit even though the grass was awful wet. After it got dark Colt and Justin got out their guitars and went outside to the back steps and played some songs.
Some pics from the party.....
#1. Table with the food and drinks that we set up in the kitchen.
#2. Everyone out playing volleyball.
#3. Colt and justin playing guitars.
Happy Trails,
HorseLover<><
Friday, June 20, 2008
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FRIDAY!!!!
YAY!!!
Fridays are AWSOME!!!
Been busy today getting ready for my sister's party tomorrow!! The house now stands spotless and shining for all to see=) Cleaning,cleaning,cleaning.....ach! It's been fun though, yeah laugh all you want and call me crazy for saying "fun' in the same sentence as 'cleaning', but me and Em have had a blast! =)
We got a much needing break when Jen called today and asked if we could meet her and Phelisha uptown for a few hour to hang out together. So we got some ice-cream cones from McDonalds and sat out in the picnic tables and ate our ice cream and chatted....Good memories=)
We'll tomorrow evening is Em's 20th b-day party.....
My sis's buddies are gonna come hang out over here with us at the house, play volley ball and some outside games, have some food, listen to music and have a blast. Then after it gets dark we'll have a bonfire=)Maybe even watch a movie or somethin' later. It should be purdy fun!!
Hope y'all have one awsome weekend!!!!!! Take care!!!!
Happy Trails!!
HorseLover<><
Monday, June 16, 2008
Is God real...?
One day a buisinessman was sitting in the local barber shop getting his hair cut. He and the barber chatted away about weather, life, love and the economy. Soon however the conversation turned to God and religion.
"There is no way that God can exist!" The barber argued. "If God was real, than tell me, how could any God could allow things to happen to good people." He paused before continuing.
"Why would a God allow little innocent children to be in hospitals dieing of cancer, or families to be starving all across the world, or being blown up in their homes during war! Their is no way a caring and loving God can exist!"
"But He does!" The man said.
"You can't prove that he is there" The barber persisted.
The man wasn't sure how he could explain to this man that God was there, and that He did care for his children. He felt trapped, yet wishing he could help this man to see the truth.
After attempting to expain things yet again to the barber, and seeing that it was futile to argue further, he paid the man and left, feling more discouraged than ever as he stepped out into the warm morning air.
"All things point to a creator" The man thought to himself as he looked up into the clear blue sky and trees blowing freely in the morning air. "If only their was a way to help him to see the truth"
The man thought, then offered a silent prayer.
"Lord," He prayed. "Help him to understand you are real and that you truly are a loving God who cares for the needs of His chilren"
After walking a ways down the sidewalks just outside the barber shop crowded with buisiness men and women too busy to notice him or anyone else, he spotted a hobo standing off to the side just watching the hustling and bustling rush of morning.
He was older gentleman dressed in ragged clothes, his brown hair hung long and dirty against his clothing.
The man stopped and watched the hobo for a moment while time seemed to stand still. Suddenly it became clear to him.
Here was this hobo, dirty and ragged, and hair uncut. Yet right over their not more than 10 yards away was the barber shop where the man had just has the discussion with the barber about whether or not God existed. And then right next door to the barber shop was a men clothing store.
It all became clear, here was a man standing there dirty and unkept, if only he would step into the barber shop, he could get his hair and beard shaved and cleaned, then he could go over to the mens clothing store and get a new set of clean fresh set of a shirt and some pants.
He then could step back outside to the street and be a new man, no longer a dirty scruffy man looking like a hobo or an unkept bum.
"That," the man said outloud. "Is just like God,"
"When a sinner comes to Jesus, dirty and rotten in his own filthy sins, Jesus can take him into himself and make his soul clean again and wash him white as snow, and he will become one of Gods own children."
"All you have to do is come unto him."
It was at that moment the man knew what he had to do.
Suddenly the man turned back and hurried the short distance back to the barber. Upon entering, the man found the barber busily standing over a customer, his scissors making a neat clean cut, hair falling to the floor, leaving a fresh new hair cut.
The barber turned opon his entering and noticed it was the same man whom he had talked to only a short while ago.
"Barbers do not exist." The man said with a smile.
Before the barber could say anything in return, the man began. "You say there is no God, you say there can't be a loving caring God while men,women and children suffer and die every day in the world."
The barber stopped and nodded. "That is what i said yes, and thats what i believe, because you can't prove to me God cares."
"Barbers can't exist," the man continued.
The man gently took the barbers arm and led him over to the store front windows looking out across the street.
"You see that old man standing there? The one with dirty long hair, unkept and uncut," The man pointed out.
"What of him," The barber asked. "He's just another old bum"
"Exactly!" The man explained "He is just another old bum isn't he? Dirty and ragged, his hair long and uncut."
The barber only nodded.
"That man,that old hobo, is just like everyone else, dirty and living in their sins. If that old hobo would only come in here to you, you could give him a good haircut. You could wash that old messy, matted dirty mess of hair, You could shave his beard and he would look like a new man.
His hair would then look and be clean and kept.
"Now, i still say that barbers don't exist, if they did than that man wouldn't be standin out there with his hair hanging long and dirty and his beard uncut and a tangled mess"
The barber thought about this for a minute.
"If that man would come in here to your barber shop, not 10 yards from where he stands, than you could clean him up and help him become new."
"Now if that man can come to you and get all clean and new, doesn't that seem that sinners too could come to a loving, caring God and He could make them new again and wash their sins away. All they have to do is make that choice to come unto Him."
The barber then saw that all men have a choice to make. All men have to do is to make the choice to come unto him and become one of his children. If they don't come to Him how could they become clean?
If they come, Jesus will wash them clean and new.
"I think I understand now" the barber said. "He really is there isn't He? Waiting for us to come to Him. God is real......
Happy Trails,
HorseLover<><
"There is no way that God can exist!" The barber argued. "If God was real, than tell me, how could any God could allow things to happen to good people." He paused before continuing.
"Why would a God allow little innocent children to be in hospitals dieing of cancer, or families to be starving all across the world, or being blown up in their homes during war! Their is no way a caring and loving God can exist!"
"But He does!" The man said.
"You can't prove that he is there" The barber persisted.
The man wasn't sure how he could explain to this man that God was there, and that He did care for his children. He felt trapped, yet wishing he could help this man to see the truth.
After attempting to expain things yet again to the barber, and seeing that it was futile to argue further, he paid the man and left, feling more discouraged than ever as he stepped out into the warm morning air.
"All things point to a creator" The man thought to himself as he looked up into the clear blue sky and trees blowing freely in the morning air. "If only their was a way to help him to see the truth"
The man thought, then offered a silent prayer.
"Lord," He prayed. "Help him to understand you are real and that you truly are a loving God who cares for the needs of His chilren"
After walking a ways down the sidewalks just outside the barber shop crowded with buisiness men and women too busy to notice him or anyone else, he spotted a hobo standing off to the side just watching the hustling and bustling rush of morning.
He was older gentleman dressed in ragged clothes, his brown hair hung long and dirty against his clothing.
The man stopped and watched the hobo for a moment while time seemed to stand still. Suddenly it became clear to him.
Here was this hobo, dirty and ragged, and hair uncut. Yet right over their not more than 10 yards away was the barber shop where the man had just has the discussion with the barber about whether or not God existed. And then right next door to the barber shop was a men clothing store.
It all became clear, here was a man standing there dirty and unkept, if only he would step into the barber shop, he could get his hair and beard shaved and cleaned, then he could go over to the mens clothing store and get a new set of clean fresh set of a shirt and some pants.
He then could step back outside to the street and be a new man, no longer a dirty scruffy man looking like a hobo or an unkept bum.
"That," the man said outloud. "Is just like God,"
"When a sinner comes to Jesus, dirty and rotten in his own filthy sins, Jesus can take him into himself and make his soul clean again and wash him white as snow, and he will become one of Gods own children."
"All you have to do is come unto him."
It was at that moment the man knew what he had to do.
Suddenly the man turned back and hurried the short distance back to the barber. Upon entering, the man found the barber busily standing over a customer, his scissors making a neat clean cut, hair falling to the floor, leaving a fresh new hair cut.
The barber turned opon his entering and noticed it was the same man whom he had talked to only a short while ago.
"Barbers do not exist." The man said with a smile.
Before the barber could say anything in return, the man began. "You say there is no God, you say there can't be a loving caring God while men,women and children suffer and die every day in the world."
The barber stopped and nodded. "That is what i said yes, and thats what i believe, because you can't prove to me God cares."
"Barbers can't exist," the man continued.
The man gently took the barbers arm and led him over to the store front windows looking out across the street.
"You see that old man standing there? The one with dirty long hair, unkept and uncut," The man pointed out.
"What of him," The barber asked. "He's just another old bum"
"Exactly!" The man explained "He is just another old bum isn't he? Dirty and ragged, his hair long and uncut."
The barber only nodded.
"That man,that old hobo, is just like everyone else, dirty and living in their sins. If that old hobo would only come in here to you, you could give him a good haircut. You could wash that old messy, matted dirty mess of hair, You could shave his beard and he would look like a new man.
His hair would then look and be clean and kept.
"Now, i still say that barbers don't exist, if they did than that man wouldn't be standin out there with his hair hanging long and dirty and his beard uncut and a tangled mess"
The barber thought about this for a minute.
"If that man would come in here to your barber shop, not 10 yards from where he stands, than you could clean him up and help him become new."
"Now if that man can come to you and get all clean and new, doesn't that seem that sinners too could come to a loving, caring God and He could make them new again and wash their sins away. All they have to do is make that choice to come unto Him."
The barber then saw that all men have a choice to make. All men have to do is to make the choice to come unto him and become one of his children. If they don't come to Him how could they become clean?
If they come, Jesus will wash them clean and new.
"I think I understand now" the barber said. "He really is there isn't He? Waiting for us to come to Him. God is real......
Happy Trails,
HorseLover<><
Sunday, June 15, 2008
I just got this in an email a minute ago and thought it was hilarious!!!!
A Department of Water representative stopped at a ranch and talked with an old rancher. He told the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for your water allocation."The old rancher said, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there." The Water representative said, "Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me. See this card? The card means I am allowed to go WHEREVER I WISH on any agricultural land. No questions asked or answered. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand?" The old rancher nodded politely and went about his chores. Later, the old rancher heard loud screams and saw the Water Rep running for the fence..... and close behind was the rancher's bull. The bull was gaining on the Water Rep with every step. The Rep was clearly terrified...... so the old rancher immediately threw down his tools, ran to the fence and shouted out..... "Your card! Your card! Show him your card!"
Y'all have an awsome rest of your weekend!!
Happy Trails,
HorseLover<><
A Department of Water representative stopped at a ranch and talked with an old rancher. He told the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for your water allocation."The old rancher said, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there." The Water representative said, "Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me. See this card? The card means I am allowed to go WHEREVER I WISH on any agricultural land. No questions asked or answered. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand?" The old rancher nodded politely and went about his chores. Later, the old rancher heard loud screams and saw the Water Rep running for the fence..... and close behind was the rancher's bull. The bull was gaining on the Water Rep with every step. The Rep was clearly terrified...... so the old rancher immediately threw down his tools, ran to the fence and shouted out..... "Your card! Your card! Show him your card!"
Y'all have an awsome rest of your weekend!!
Happy Trails,
HorseLover<><
Friday, June 13, 2008
This cracked me up!!
Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash with Wylie Post in 1935, was probably the greatest political sage this country has ever known. Enjoy the following:
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman...neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to just shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket.s
8. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
9. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
10. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
Happy Trails,
HorseLover<><
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman...neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to just shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket.s
8. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
9. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
10. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
Happy Trails,
HorseLover<><
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Happy wednesday! I think a more appropriate picture for today would have been a picture of all of the kittens we have right now in our barn! I think we have 12 of 'em right now....kitten anyone?? :)
They're cute enough..now..while they're still small...but then picture all those kittens as cats who will have more kittens...AhhH! Not a good thought. So if anyone wants a kitten or even if you think that you MIGHT want a kitten...well...you'll know where to find some!
Last night we went to a 4-H meeting, yes, another one...This one is the main group that we're all in, then i'm in a different one also for the horses, since it's a Horse Club its separate from the main one...it's sorta confusing. Anyways, we had the meeting last night. I was really tired but i went anyways. We were having the meeting in the Eden pavillian area since June is Natinal Dairy Month and we always do somthing at the June meeting every year for that. So this yeat my friend Hannah's family brought 4 gallons of home-made ice cream to the meeting. Yeah...pretty sweet.:) So what i was dog tired...I won't complain!! It was some pretty good ice cream too. My brother and his friend Jonathon both cranked the ice cream makers right after the meeting was over since they had to make it there so it wouldn't melt. Its been really hot here the past week. What i really want right now is to go swimming!! Ah....i wish:)
Happy Trails!!
HorseLover<><
Friday, June 6, 2008
Okay. It was definatly time for my blog page to get a bright and cheery summer facelift! Blue looks about right...and since its my favorate color i suppose it'll do:)
Had another fun game last night! Our team won ...(of course) big time...It was a good game, well what i saw of it. Me and Hannah went to the horse club meeting and were there for a little while. It was rather boring though, as always,so we headed over to the game at about 7:30. Actually the little clock hanging on the wall in the fair office where the meeting was said it was 7:30 when we left, then we looked at the clock in the car when we got to the game and it said it was still 7:30! We decided that the wall clock at the fair office was slow.
Nothing exciting happened at the meeting at all. I'm sorta burned out on the club right now, it is really at a stand still and nothing is getting planned or trail rides scheduled or anything. Lots of stuff gets talked about but it doesn't ever go much farther beyond that. We have a new co-leader who started this summer. I met her for the first time last night and i like her. She has alot of good ideas for the club so maybe things will start looking up over the summer. I sure do hope so....
Today was a very productful (sp?) day. Well in my opinion it was. I got up at 6ish this morning and spent some time reading...are you ready for this...are you sure....??? Okay it was Black Stallion's Courage. SerIous, i haven't read the Black Stallion series since i was about 14 or so. I really love those books with a passion...go ahead laugh at me....everyone else does...but i like old horse stories like Walter Farley books. They are thrilling. Everytime i read them i feel like i'm living in a different world with the jocks and trainer who live and breathe horses and racing and training. I'm not to big on racing, Oh i like it fine alright, and i LoooVE watching it every year at the county fairs and at state fair in August, but what i really truely love is the bond and relationship between the horses and riders like Alec and the Black. My favorate book from the series is the Black Stallion and Satan. That one is awsome. Oh and the Son of the Black Stallion is my second favorate. Satan is an amazing horse (i know he's not real but..well...ya know...;) I'm in the middle of the Black Stallions Courage right now. Read a little in it a couple of hours ago,before i had to go to town. Haha! Yeah....
Me and my sis went to town to get the dogs shots done and run some errands (and get some two liters of soda for tonight!!!:) post office,return a movie and some odd stuff like that, and haha the vet wasn't in his office today. ha! So we go again tomorrow,but we have to take them to Carbondale instead cause mom found this one-day vet clinic they are having.
Poor little Brandi, the pup we have, has to get dropped off at the animal clinic/pound thing too. Well its not really a pound, its like a no killl animila shelter where we always take animial we have to get rid of. (they have seen more of cats of ours than i can probably count) But we can't keep him and we can't seem to be able to find a good home for him so he has to go....poor ol' Brandi-Boy....
Oh well...such is life out here in the country, where ya just can't keep every single critter that gets borned here. The price of feed is so high right now, as a matter of fact EVERYTHING is just so DANG EXPENSIVE right now it's just INSANE!!!! Don't get me started...believe me...you don't want to get me going.
Okay on to other things....as i was saying today felt very productive which just puts a person in a good mood. I baked 2 cherry pies this morning. They turned out looking good enough to eat if i do say so myself.:) I also got 2 banana breads baked and a batch of cookies. After all that baking in a hot kitchen though, i was feeling like shutting myself up in the freezer!! The thermometer said that it was about 102 degrees, but it was smack dab in the sun so it probably wasn't really that hot.
Okay i believe it is time for me to bid you farewell...Hope you have a very blessed weekend!
Happy Trails,
HorseLover<><
Had another fun game last night! Our team won ...(of course) big time...It was a good game, well what i saw of it. Me and Hannah went to the horse club meeting and were there for a little while. It was rather boring though, as always,so we headed over to the game at about 7:30. Actually the little clock hanging on the wall in the fair office where the meeting was said it was 7:30 when we left, then we looked at the clock in the car when we got to the game and it said it was still 7:30! We decided that the wall clock at the fair office was slow.
Nothing exciting happened at the meeting at all. I'm sorta burned out on the club right now, it is really at a stand still and nothing is getting planned or trail rides scheduled or anything. Lots of stuff gets talked about but it doesn't ever go much farther beyond that. We have a new co-leader who started this summer. I met her for the first time last night and i like her. She has alot of good ideas for the club so maybe things will start looking up over the summer. I sure do hope so....
Today was a very productful (sp?) day. Well in my opinion it was. I got up at 6ish this morning and spent some time reading...are you ready for this...are you sure....??? Okay it was Black Stallion's Courage. SerIous, i haven't read the Black Stallion series since i was about 14 or so. I really love those books with a passion...go ahead laugh at me....everyone else does...but i like old horse stories like Walter Farley books. They are thrilling. Everytime i read them i feel like i'm living in a different world with the jocks and trainer who live and breathe horses and racing and training. I'm not to big on racing, Oh i like it fine alright, and i LoooVE watching it every year at the county fairs and at state fair in August, but what i really truely love is the bond and relationship between the horses and riders like Alec and the Black. My favorate book from the series is the Black Stallion and Satan. That one is awsome. Oh and the Son of the Black Stallion is my second favorate. Satan is an amazing horse (i know he's not real but..well...ya know...;) I'm in the middle of the Black Stallions Courage right now. Read a little in it a couple of hours ago,before i had to go to town. Haha! Yeah....
Me and my sis went to town to get the dogs shots done and run some errands (and get some two liters of soda for tonight!!!:) post office,return a movie and some odd stuff like that, and haha the vet wasn't in his office today. ha! So we go again tomorrow,but we have to take them to Carbondale instead cause mom found this one-day vet clinic they are having.
Poor little Brandi, the pup we have, has to get dropped off at the animal clinic/pound thing too. Well its not really a pound, its like a no killl animila shelter where we always take animial we have to get rid of. (they have seen more of cats of ours than i can probably count) But we can't keep him and we can't seem to be able to find a good home for him so he has to go....poor ol' Brandi-Boy....
Oh well...such is life out here in the country, where ya just can't keep every single critter that gets borned here. The price of feed is so high right now, as a matter of fact EVERYTHING is just so DANG EXPENSIVE right now it's just INSANE!!!! Don't get me started...believe me...you don't want to get me going.
Okay on to other things....as i was saying today felt very productive which just puts a person in a good mood. I baked 2 cherry pies this morning. They turned out looking good enough to eat if i do say so myself.:) I also got 2 banana breads baked and a batch of cookies. After all that baking in a hot kitchen though, i was feeling like shutting myself up in the freezer!! The thermometer said that it was about 102 degrees, but it was smack dab in the sun so it probably wasn't really that hot.
Okay i believe it is time for me to bid you farewell...Hope you have a very blessed weekend!
Happy Trails,
HorseLover<><
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Softball!
4-H softball has officially began! I always have fun going to the games over the summer, they are always (we'll most of 'em anyways) are a blast!
i took a couple of pics with my cell phone but i need to text them to my email still. the picture here is from the year end photo from last year.
(Colt is the second from the left on the back row, and Becca is in the middleof the front row, between the two boys.)
I don't play anymore, but my brothers Colt, and Bret do and my sis becca all play.
First game was last night at 6:30. Well the jrs. game starts at 6:30, then the seniors play after the jrs. finnish up their game, usually about 8. We had a good time last night and the team played great. unfortunatly the jrs. lost their game i still think they did great and played their best and thats what counts anyways. but my brother Colt plays on the senior team and they won their game. . now that softball has began it is really starting to feel like summer!!! 4-H shows will be here before i know it and things'll start to get busy,busy,busy again. We didn't get home until around 11:30 because we got to take one of my friends home first. her family left after the jrs. game but she really wanted to stay to watch the seniors play their game, so we said we could take her back on our way home. we had a lot of fun:) Tomorrow when they play their next game,but i have to go to a thing for my horse club 'Outback riders' so i problably will have to miss the jrs. game.
Have a good one!
Happy Trails!!
HorseLover<><
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