As you can see from the picture below, we got another new horse. This is NOT the Quarter Horse Mare that we got a few weeks ago. This one is a Mini-mare that I just found on Saturday evening. She is only about 32 inches tall. I called up Dave all excited and asked if I could just go look, well by Saturday night we were driving back out to pay for her. Dave and Autumn picked her up Sunday morning in my mini-van. Mini-mare in a mini-van. How appropriate...or not?! She is awesome with the kids. Logan is stoked to have his own little horsey, just his size that he can ride. She is also "knocked up" so come summer sometime, we will hopefully have a new little one. (Darin - you get to be the midwife!)
We went in half with my Sister-in-law and her husband on the mini-mare so both our families will share her for the younger kids. Since Ruthie and Darin are moving here this week from Ketchikan, it is totally convenient!
Her name WAS Teeny Turner (Tina Turner - if you see her mane you will know why!), but we have decided she needs a new name, so when Hannah and Callie get here, we will put it up for a vote. Or us parents will just decide and let the kids know!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Time for a post or two again....but what do I have to say?
Nothing, really. Or a lot, I just can't think of it. Can't pluck it out of my over-tired, over-worked brain right now.
We bought a horse. Did I tell ya all that yet? Well we did. Her name is Brandy and she is a Quarter horse. We are in the process of putting up our fence....still! We have most of the wood posts in and a few of the t-posts in. We are hoping that the excavator will be available this weekend to finish clearing the area for the back fence line and to clean out all the dang trees that remain. Now we have 2 horses. The other horse we own is Cisco, an 8 yr old Morgan/Quarter horse....untrained. Someday we plan on getting him trained. For now Brandy is totally rideable, even for the kids. Dave's aunt Chris gave us Cisco last summer. She was hoping someone would do something with him cause she believes he has a lot of potential. We shall see I guess. I am nervous about spending money to train a horse, not knowing if it will take $1000, $2000 or $6000 to train him enough to ride him. I could go out and spend one of those dollar amounts on a trained already horse. Oh well....we will find out next fall I guess.
I think its my brothers birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB! (Bnkstckguy) How old are you now....43? Just kidding. I probably should have called you today and sent you a moose for your big day, but I didn't. Fresh outta moose right now and Dave is just too darn busy working to spend any time hunting. We had Sarah over for dinner the other night though and I put in a good word for you and she is going to casually mention your name in her next appearance. I told her about your midget obsession. So pretty much she is going to use you to gain votes from that demographic.
K, I have said enough. Dave has the boys in the bathtub, so I probably should go supervise, or I am sure to have one heck of a mess to clean up afterwards.
We bought a horse. Did I tell ya all that yet? Well we did. Her name is Brandy and she is a Quarter horse. We are in the process of putting up our fence....still! We have most of the wood posts in and a few of the t-posts in. We are hoping that the excavator will be available this weekend to finish clearing the area for the back fence line and to clean out all the dang trees that remain. Now we have 2 horses. The other horse we own is Cisco, an 8 yr old Morgan/Quarter horse....untrained. Someday we plan on getting him trained. For now Brandy is totally rideable, even for the kids. Dave's aunt Chris gave us Cisco last summer. She was hoping someone would do something with him cause she believes he has a lot of potential. We shall see I guess. I am nervous about spending money to train a horse, not knowing if it will take $1000, $2000 or $6000 to train him enough to ride him. I could go out and spend one of those dollar amounts on a trained already horse. Oh well....we will find out next fall I guess.
I think its my brothers birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB! (Bnkstckguy) How old are you now....43? Just kidding. I probably should have called you today and sent you a moose for your big day, but I didn't. Fresh outta moose right now and Dave is just too darn busy working to spend any time hunting. We had Sarah over for dinner the other night though and I put in a good word for you and she is going to casually mention your name in her next appearance. I told her about your midget obsession. So pretty much she is going to use you to gain votes from that demographic.
K, I have said enough. Dave has the boys in the bathtub, so I probably should go supervise, or I am sure to have one heck of a mess to clean up afterwards.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Alaska State Fair
The kids smell like corndogs and cow manure. Our trip to the fair was successful. We went one last time today to just gain some more weight and look for any last day deals. No deals were found, but we did find some fabulous fried foods. Oh and the giant pig in the barn was supposed to have her piglets last week, but hadn't yet and was certainly in labor while we were there. She started to pee and Dave announced, "Oops, her water broke!" They closed the barn at 6, but we raced to get in cause we could here a pig squealing....which because I am an expert, I am sure it was the pregnant pig giving birth. SOMEONE GIVE HER AN EPIDURAL FOR PETE'S SAKE! We couldn't get in for a closer look. Maybe the local paper will give the juicy details on time of birth and number of pork chops, I mean piglets born.
Chameleon anyone?
So I think we decided to sell our chameleon, Mildred. She is a beaut! The kids just aren't as interested in her as I thought they would be, so I end up doing all the feeding and I really really loathe those dang crickets she eats. They are disgusting, vile little creatures that eat each other and apparently can also kill each other just by pooping on their friend. Ick. So I end up buying 30 or so crickets each time I go to the pet store and by the time I get home, half are dead as a result of cannabalism or poop attack.
Chameleon anyone?
Chameleon anyone?
Time for a new post.....or posts...?
So we have been busy little beavers trying to get our pasture ready for our horses. There was massive amounts of wood, still are massive amounts of wood. We have a fire going that is now a ginormous mound of ashes and we have to start another fire today in the other corner to try and get rid of the other pile of wood. Seems like it is never-ending! The bad part is our rented skid steer broke down yesterday when we were helping to load some birch onto the trailer of the person we bought our latest horse from. They were being so kind as to come get it so we didn't have to burn it, and we were so kind as to give it to them for free AND help them load it. Win-Win.
All of this while still trying to make it to the fair for a few hours on the last of it. Dave had a 3 day weekend and ended up working the whole thing! He is such a hard worker. The kids have been helping out too. Kristen and Autumn have been taking turns watching the 2 littlest ones and Brandon and Autumn have put in time down in the pasture helping gather up the smaller pieces of wood and getting them into the fire.
Anyway, just wanted to post and let ya'll know were not dead, just busy. (Cause I know a TON of people read this blog and most are very important people.)
All of this while still trying to make it to the fair for a few hours on the last of it. Dave had a 3 day weekend and ended up working the whole thing! He is such a hard worker. The kids have been helping out too. Kristen and Autumn have been taking turns watching the 2 littlest ones and Brandon and Autumn have put in time down in the pasture helping gather up the smaller pieces of wood and getting them into the fire.
Anyway, just wanted to post and let ya'll know were not dead, just busy. (Cause I know a TON of people read this blog and most are very important people.)
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