Greater Things happen when you trust in God part 2

I have been working a lot lately trying to get in enough hours so I can take off the week of the Isanti County Fair. It is just 3 short weeks away and I am starting to feel nervous. It will be my first County Fair showing Sean, meaning I won't be using D.C. at all during County Fair. A big change for me. D.C. is still doing fine and has been a great pony horse for Sean. Mom and I ride D.C. and Sean on the roads getting Sean used to traffic and having them both get some excerise side by side.

Tomorrow and Sunday is our Isanti County 4-H Horse Camp at the Isanti County fairgrounds with the learning part on Saturday and the fun show on Sunday. I hope to get some good pictures from that that I can post later on here. Our Drill Team is performing on Sunday at the fun show and it will be Sean's first performance with the Drill Team. I am SO excited.

Greater things happen when you trust in God

Let's see what has happened since I last wrote. I'm having lots of fun at Drill Team riding Sean. He is doing better but he did shy at a barrel by the fence and bucked me off. Now my back feels like it has a metal pole beating on it. So it is back to wearing the back brace. I can't affored right now to go to the chiropractor.

Then a week ago Saturday I had my Graduation Open House where we had over 120 people attend. We did have a lot of leftovers but it was fun to see relatives, pastors, friends and loved ones. I had a great time but it did feel a little long. 
Looks like I will be writing 2 parts to this post

I GRADUATED!

Well it is now offcial; I have graduated from High School and Homeschooling. I graduated on May 8th which was a little while ago but I have been very busy to try and write everything in this blog post. The ceremony went well and I cryed while my mom gave me my charge for my future. Then I cryed during the congration song "Before The Throne" and the turning of our tassels. My class colors are white and teal; white for the salvation of Jesus Christ and teal for my horse's show blanket color.

Then on May 10th, it was the first night of Drill Team. I wrote last that D.C. had a relapse of the tick-borne disease and then Sean had swelling on his knee. So I rode another 4-H family's horse named Cleo. She is a Quarter Horse/Morgan Mare. She has a nice trot that feels gaited but she isn't. So at the next drill team practices - May 15 and May 22, I rode Cleo while my Drill Team  coach rode Sean (He was acting kind of crazy). So I am planning on riding Sean this Tuesday, May 29th without him acting crazy.

My Horse problems and happenings

After I last posted, D.C. came ill with Equine Granulocytic Anaplasmosis. it is tick-borne, obligate intracellular parasites, meaning they cannot survive outside of a cell. So they bite the horse's flesh and died but it gives the horse a fever, diarrhea, colic, loss of appetite, depression, and possibly laminitis. That happen on the Thursday of MACHE weekend. So he got 3 days of oxytetracycline injections and then 5 days of oral doxycycline tablets. He got better it seemed but now this morning he had a relapse. So to make sure he gets all of his doses, he is going to be boarded at Sunrise Equine Vet's clinic from Friday night to Monday night. So that is my sad note; that D.C. won't be home for 3 days.

My happy note is on Tuesday, I graduate from homeschooling at our co-op's Arts and Academic Fair. So no more school for me unless I decide to do something later in life.

Then on Thursday, I start my second to last year of 4-H,  Drill Team and Dog Project. It will hopefully be a great year since I will be using Sean this year. The only reason I didn't use Sean last year is we weren't 'clicking' and I always got scared riding him. Hopefully this year it will be different and I can ride him well and maybe carry a flag this year!

A week ago, I had my Senior pictures taken by Smylee with both of my horses, my dog and cat. It went well and Sean was very well behaved. I like them a lot.

So Sorry!!

I guess I haven't gotten the hang of blogging.
I had wanted to write every week but that didn't get in my head.

Well some exciting things have happened since I last wrote.
I have worked at 2 horse show both of them at Hi Circle Vee in Isanti.

Then end of March there was a 4-H Judges Seminar that the 4-H Drill Team worked at.
We had a food booth and sold lunch, treats, coffee and pop. I also rode a horse named Gilligan through a Western Horsemanship pattern with 3 other riders and the 4-H judges had to place us 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place. I got 4th because I didn't know all of the horse's cues to make him move the right way so I kind of failed the pattern.

Then today I tried loading Sean into the trailer because on Saturday, it is Sunrise Equine's Coggins Clinic and I need him to get into the trailer for that. So today was just a refresher course and he got in on the 3rd try. I hope he does it the same way on Saturday.
That's all for now
SmartLittleLena



D.C. and I at MN State 4-H Horse Show with the Isanti County 4-H Drill Team



Sean's Christmas Photo

The Warm Weather

At this time of year, I usually get so excited for all the warm weather and knowing that I can soon go out in a tank top and shorts. But with everything melting and then it gets close to freezing at night, the snow has turned to ice and it gets very slippery out in the horse pasture. Sean is spending a lot of his days in his stall because the ground is slick for him walk out there. D.C. and the other horses walk on the ice just fine without slipping and sliding but Sean almost falls down on that ice.
I am going over my options on what to do so Sean can be outside without falling down.
1.    Putting Cat Litter all over the pasture. That would take a long time to spread and I would probably have to buy 3 or 4 bags.

2. Putting on his hoof boots that he uses on the rocky roads. I checked them-they don't have any grip.

3. Putting on these new shoes that are plastic and good for no slipping.



Ground Control Horseshoes



So many decisions to do in one day; it is hard to keep up.

Smart Little Lena

Horse Showing Fever

During the winter when there is no Pleasure shows going on, I get the Horse Showing Fever. Kind of like Cabin Fever where you can't wait to get to the cabin. Where I can't wait to show my horse in Pleasure and Drill Team. I have been looking for a new show outfit for Pleasure and I think that is getting me the fever. 



I love this shirt but it is sold.



It is a Heartland model rail shirt.

It is so hard to find a shirt with the right color blue I want. That shirt would have been perfect with my right size and everything.

Also another thing that is getting me into wanting Drill Team is that the videos from the MN State 4-H Horse Show just came onto YouTube. Yea! We got 1st in both of our classes, Freestyle and Compulsory. I am riding D.C. in both of these videos.
For Freestyle, I am carrying a black flag and my horse has only 1 white sock (The other horse has 4 white socks) :-)
For Compulsory, it is the same except we aren't carrying flags. At the first part of the video, I am the one 2nd from the far left with my back to the camera.
Freestyle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkTUdCLcH3w&feature=g-all-u&context=G2f00b5dFAAAAAAAADAA

Compulsory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45r7XV9TJNg&feature=g-all-u&context=G26c373bFAAAAAAAACAQ

Show these to your family. They are really cool to watch!
That's it for now,
Smart Little Lena