Another long Saturday, but we DID Saddle Up

"Cute little bird" sighting to start our day... Gracie named her Princess Opal.

After a quick stop to pick up kolaches for the riding lesson gang, Gracie got right to work on Pal-

Navigating him around the pasture all by herself -

They picked a bouquet of flowers for me on their run at the ditches -

Jump!

Who's going the wrong way?

After a trip to Sams, dropping Daddy off at the stables and a short rest at home, it was time for Gracie's gym exhibition - this is building a bridge -

rock n' roll

Ms. Kennedy helping with a hand-stand.

ta-da!

zoom zoom

seal crawl

beautiful girl

Gracie's dance and gym teacher, Ms. Crystal.

making me dizzy -

getting her medal

Her medal pose
OK, now don't let me lose you - I told you - it was a busy day! We didn't breed any of our mares last year since we already have 19 and we need to scale down - but we did breed our friend's mare and this little guy was born yesterday. His Daddy is our Chief. The Mommy pictured here is owned by Cindy and Darryl and her name is Sable.

Yum-dinner! I marked him - can you see that "S" on his right cheek?

Can you see the peacock on his left side?

Check out the legs on this guy - he's gorgeous!

He's gonna be so flashy and is gonna look great under saddle!

The peacock again -

This is Pappy - he was born June 19, 2007.

This is Dallas - our bull and Pappy's Daddy. When Pappy's horns come in, he will be the mirror image of him (except for the little "milk drop" on his forehead) -

Anyway, this is Leo and Pappy - Darryl and Cindy have adopted two of our mini Brahmans - Leo shares Gracie's birthday, April 29, so he'll be turning two soon -

Y'all...this has been a long post - I'm tired, but I'm off to do some laundry - enjoy the rest of your weekend! :)