Josh Turner Concert

Hey guys! I don't know if you've ever heard of Josh Turner, but he is a really good country singer! I have the song "Why Don't We Just Dance" on my little song player thing which is by him, and I have a lot of other songs of his on my iPod. My family and I got to go to a concert of his in Milwaukee, here are some pictures! And sorry for the sideways ones...I can't get to face the right way!!!! haha

A really pretty picture that Sarah made! Thank you Sarah!!!! :)

Thank you soo much Sarah!!!! You can go to: http://anotherdayinsarahsblog.blogspot.com/ (Sarah's blog) to see how you can make a scrapbook page like this!!!

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

I just read this book, Justin Morgan Had a Horse! It is a really good, easy-read book that is about the first Morgan horse. I was really interested in it because my horse is a Morgan! You all should really check it out!

Lunging

Today I went to the barn my horse (Summer) is boarded at and I hadn't ridden her in a while so I thought I should lunge her first. I don't know if you know what lunging is or not, but all it is is that you take a lunge line and clip it to one of the sides of the horse's halter and then put the rest of the lunge line in one of your hands. Then you take a long whip and hold it in your other hand (the free hand which will be closer to the horse's back end). I just figured out today that my horse really doesn't know how to lunge at all! I thought she was just being naughty, but I figured out that she just doesn't know how to do it! The main point is to be by the horse's hip or close to his/her back end and then get the horse to move in circles around you while you hold the lunge line. Now, since she doesn't know how, I have to keep the lunge line really short so she'll learn. This must sound very confusing...so here's a video showing how it looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWDKLX1uXlg It explains it a little better also! Have a great day and, hopefully, learn how to lunge your horse! :)

The movie the Secretariat

There is this new movie coming out this fall called the Secretariat! It is about horse racing! I am really excited to see it! Here's the link to see the movie trailer: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/secretariat/?cmp=dmov_dpic_sec_psg_title_secretariat_Extl. I am really happy that it is also rated PG! :)

Our Dog Bailey-UPDATE!

Thank you all soooo much for praying for Bailey! We haven't gotten the tests back for the cyst that was on her stomach yet, but we'll probably get them somewhere around Tuesday. The only thing now is that she is coughing a lot and can't eat anything otherwise she throws up...:(. She just keeps doing this weird coughing/gagging thing. We took her to the vet and they said that they thought it might just be from the tube they had to put down her throught when they did the surgery and hopefully will soon get better! So please just keep on prayin'!! :) Thank you very very much!

ONE MORE UPDATE*** Bailey is all better now and is doing wonderfully!!!! Thank you all for praying, it sure helped!! :)

Our Dog Bailey-please pray!

Our dog Bailey just had a small surgery. She had a small cyst on her stomach (which we thought was just a mole) but started getting bigger and then looked infected. We took her to the vet and they just had it removed and they stitched up the cut and now she is home. They are now doing tests on the cyst to make sure that it doesn't have any cancer in it. Please pray that she won't have any cancer and that she won't try to lick her wound (because otherwise we have to put a cone on her which she hates!). Thank you so much!!!! :)

Abagayle

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!