A riding video of me

Here is a really short video of me going on a small jump. Not too special, but I thought it might be fun to watch instead of always reading things!!! hehe

Thanks for the award, Elizabeth!!!

The Rules: If you choose to accept the award you must:

1) Thank the person who nominated you and link to their blog

2) Copy the award and paste it to your blog

3) Tell us seven interesting facts about you

4) Pass the award to fifteen awesome bloggers you've discovered

5) Contact your nominations and let them know they've won

Well, thank you so so so much for the award, Elizabeth of My Imaginary Horse!!!!! I am very thankful for my first blog award! :) :) :)

Seven interesting facts about me are:

1. I love Jesus more than anything!

2. I love to clean my horse's stall!

3. I eat mostly all organic foods! haha

4. My favorite clothing store is probably Old Navy.

5. My favorite kind of ice cream is chocolate.

6. I love gardens.

7. I love to go on walks with my dogs!

The fifteen nominees for the Beautiful Blogger award go to:

Callie from the blog The Everything Blog!

Sarah from the blog Fashion Forward 4 Fun!

Josey from the blog Diary of a Drummer girl!

Rachel from the blog Bundles of Blessings!

Ashley from the blog A Cowgirl's Dream!

Laura from the blog Icekating!

Vanessa from the blog Maiden of Purity!

Lydia Grace and Hannah Joy from the blog The Trails of Tennesee!

Jenna from the blog On Bent Knees!

Bethany from the blog Asher Acres!

Katie from the blog God Will Bless Those Who Wait!

Sorry that I only have 11 nominees so far! When I find more people to nominate, I will!! :) Thank you!

Jumping!

Have you ever tried going over a jump on a horse? Well, I have with my horse and some of my friend's horses. The tallest jump I've ever gone over is probably about 4 feet high. This year I decided to go over some jumps again but i thought I should start with a small one (about one and a half feet tall). Well, there was a pole that wasn't completely underneath the jump, but a little in front of the jump. Summer (my horse) wasn't ready for it and thought she had to jump higher than she had to and I wasn't leaning forward. I flew onto Summer's neck and held on as tight as I could while she cantered after she landed the jump! I fell off of her and pulled her bridle right off with me! She just stopped and started eating the grass while I quickly got up and made sure I was alright!!!! So, some advice for you if you decide to go over a jump, LEAN FORWARD!!!!!!! And make sure there is nothing around the jump that makes the horse that you are riding misjudge it!

Flicka

I don't know if any of you have seen the movie Flicka, but if you haven't you really should! I have it downloaded onto my ipod!!!! It is a movie about a girl who finds a wild horse but her dad doesn't want her to keep it and she struggles to keep the horse. It is rated PG and is a really fun family movie that makes you want to jump on a horse and ride for life!!!!!

Puppies, oh soo cute but soo much work!!

All puppies are incredibly cute!!! :) They are just so hard to stand when you see them at the pet store, see a "PUPPIES FOR SALE" sign by a house and get to stop by and see them, or just getting to play with one of your friends puppies. But let me tell you, puppies are A LOT of work!!!! If you want to get a puppy, make sure that you are ready for all of the work you will have to do. Everything pays off in the end when you see your cute, little, fluffy puppy snuggled up next to you!!! One of the biggest things is potty training. Lots of puppies, especially from a pet store, think that they can go to the bathroom wherever they want! This is a very big problem, and they best thing to do is to let them out every 15 minutes and even keep them on a retractable leash which will give them lots of room to move, but not enough to sneak into some corner and do their duty. A great thing to do is to also get a kennel. This will let you let your dog go somewhere that is safe when you really can't do anything with him/her. The kennel is your friend!!!!! hehe

God loves you so much!

My youth group and I just went to a conference called Dare 2 Share. It was a really great Christian conference that was all about sharing Jesus with others. I would just like to put out what the Gospel really is.

God created us to be with Him.
Our sins seperate us from God.
Sins cannot be removed by good deeds.
Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again.
Everyone who trusts in Jesus alone has eternal life.
Life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever.

God who is in Heaven sent His only son down to the earth to take away our sins. He lived a life that was perfect and He helped everyone He could. He died on the cross for our sins. Since He died, all of our sins were taken upon himself. All of our sins are gone and we are forgiven for all of the wrong things that we have done in our life because of what we did for us. All that we have to do to have eternal life in Heaven with Him is to trust in Jesus and give our lives over to Him. Death was defeated on the cross and if we trust in Jesus we will not go to Hell but will live forever in Heaven. If you have any questions about this or would like to talk, please leave a comment!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Love you all!

Spring fever!

Hello! As you all know, spring is on its way! All of the animals are getting spring fever! When we let out our dogs they are trying to run away and when I let my bunnies out to play he has so much energy! I think it would be a great idea to let your dogs run around or take them on a walk. My sister and I ran our dogs around outside a few weeks ago and they got so tired! It would really be good to take them outside, they seem much more mellow once they get to run! Speaking of getting ready for spring, I got this book called Cherry Hills Horsekeeping Almanac. It is a great book, it has different sections in it for all of the seasons! It has a bunch of tips on how to get your horse ready for spring. Here is a link to look at it online!

http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse_books/Almanac.htm

It is a great book with lots of tips! Take a look and have a nice, spring-smelling day! :)

New song player

Hey! I just added this new thing to my blog that makes it so that when you get on my blog music will play. If you scroll to the bottom of this page, you will see it. There is a song that I have on here called Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood; you should click on it! It is a really good song!!



*Abagayle*

Click here to help animals!

On the Animal Rescue Site, there are a bunch of petitions that you can sign to help animals. It is just a really nice way to help animals even when you don't have the time and money to really invest in doing things for helping animals. All you have to do is go to the www.animalrescuesite.com and look on the side of the page and one of the things you click on will say: "Sign a Petition." Just click on that, and it will take you to a page of a bunch of different petitions!!!!! Please sign!!!! :) Have a great day and God bless you!

What to do when your horse throws you off

Hello! The other day my horse Summer threw me off of her! She reared up on her back legs and I just flew off the back of her! This made me nervous and I did get a bit sore. The best thing to do when your horse decides to throw you off of their back is to get right back on and keep riding.

I didn't do this when I was thrown off my horse because (1) I was nervous (2) She didn't really throw me off because she didn't want me on (3) Because I was nervous! hehe Here, Summer didn't really throw me off because she didn't want me on, she more just was afraid because it was a windy day and I hadn't ridden her in a while.

In winter, horses do get very antsy and have a lot of excess energy. They don't get worked much in the winter, and they just want to be able to run around. The best thing to do with your horse in the winter (before you ride) is to just let them go in a bigger arena and run, buck, rear, and get out all of their energy. You would much rather have them do it by themselves than when you are on them!

I just learned this about a week ago, so don't think that I am an expert on this! But, horses just get pretty naughty in winter, so I'm glad that I learned it now than later when I just try to do whatever with my horse. I hope that this benefits you and your horse!!!!!!! :)