OUCH!!!

Well in the storm last week, we had some slight problems. Poor Tessa decided she didn't want to stay in her pen with the lightening and tried to break out. She ended up putting a big hole right in the center fo her chest. Luckily for us it was one daya BEFORE Dr. Cooper went on vacation!! :) He happily (ok maybe not happily) came out and patched her up. He said if it had been one inch over to the side, then she would have gone through her heart. She's doing well, hanging out with her boyfriend Mack and it seems to be healing. She is such a good girl. She stood super still the whole time we were working on her.. oh yea it might have been all the dope we gave her too. We have to clean it every day and she gets lots of drugs for awhile. Keep your fingers crossed for her!

SO MUCH GOING ON

that I keep forgetting to post!! Let's start with the exciting stuff- Turkeys are getting bigger- Memo thinks we will be eating them, little does he know I have named them and they won't be going anywhere except out for a walk! Alonso is still here for the summer and having a blast. He is doing really well with the horses and I am proud of how good he is at Basketball. His team is getting better, they've won a couple games so far!

We had a BIG 4th of July party and it was FUN! the pool was a perfect temperature, the food was yummy and the fireworks were a blast! We almost had to cancel due to the storms, but they ended up blowing over.

We've had the first of our monsoons and man have they been strong. Flooding everywhere and LOTS of rain.

Lessons have been quiet lately due to the rain and the storms at night, not to mention the heat!

Meet Mary

Mary has been taking lessons with us for about 3 months. She started off on Zowie but has progressed so quickly she is now on Mark. Mary may seem tiny but she is a force to be dealt with. She has just began trotting and this Saturday really started getting the hang of posting. She is a master of posting at the walk and it has definitely helped her on her balance. She trotted like a pro and really got into the groove of the post by the end of the lesson. Afterwards, her and McKenzzie spent a couple hours playing with the horses and giving them baths.

Dog Days of Summer

As you can see Isack is no longer a foster... he has taken our hearts and made us fall in love with his crazy, needy, chewy neuroticness! Here he is dug in a hole he made right in front of the water line. He really is a nice dog.

Well this week is a little weird, Alonso has left for camp up in Prescott. It sure seems quiet without him here. He was very nervous but excited. I think his dad was more nervous. Once we got him checked into his cabin and walked around the camp, he gave us a hug and zoomed off with no look back. We know he'll have fun!!

This Saturday we got to go to Julian's (our grandson) birthday party. He is growing so fast it's unbelievable. Maria is back in school and studying nursing... too much dirty work! I don't know how she does it. Work and a 1 year old! YIKES! We are super proud of her though. Judging from Julian's happiness, she will take great care of her patients!

TOO CUTE NOT TO POST

My father was in town this week and we all had a blast taking a little R&R. We had a very busy week... we went to Pinetop, rode horses, had a big Father's day / Memo's Birthday party/ had a slumber party.... anyway we were busy!!! We had Clara and Evelyn (my nieces) stay the night so they could spend some more time with their Papa Bass. It was a blast. We all played with the horses and rode. Evelyn has no fear. She may be tiny but she'll ride like the wind given the chance. Here is a picture of the nights end and her leading Captain, one of our biggest horses to his stall. Well now life goes back to normal.. Lessons, training, work and HEAT! BUT we do have the pool up and running. I think we are going to try and swim Milo this week. I think he'll like it!

WE HAVE TURKEYS!!!!!!!!!!

So you all know we bought baby peeps with our friends this winter. Well... there are 2 of them that are growing kind of funny. We just figured since we ordered a binch of weird ones that they werre, well weird! Anyway, one of the fathers of my lesson kids was looking in there the other day and said "What are you going to do with the Turkeys?" YIKES... when I looked, there seems to be no doubt we have turkeys!! We looked them up on line and they most definately look like turkeys, not chickens!

What do you think??

MACKENZZIE AND MARK

Meet Mackenzzie- She has been taking lessons with us for a couple of months. This week we were working on tight turns She will be leasing Mark this summer to learna little more about just how much is involved in having a horse. She is doing extremely well and has helped me to work with Zowie. She was at our big show and was a great hand in cleaning the horses up.

She loves playing with Mark in the water and as you can see, he loves it too!