Little Bitty Jessops

Well, can you tell how often my legs see the sun? If you ever want the definition of "Farmer's Tan" look no further than me in a swimsuit! I even put sunscreen on my arms before I go out to ride or work with the horses! I'm a sunscreen fanatic, and I used to be a tanning bed girl, crisco & all, but, as they say, "leather" is not healthy unless you're stripped off a dead cow and let out to dry. I bet those polygamists never have problems with skin cancer? :) lol Well, don't be blinded by my WHITENESS, but DO make sure to take your kids down to the rec center, and call me when you go, cuz my kiddos would love to go anytime we can!

I know you're probably all thinking, "What in the world is she so concerned about naming a stinkin' horse!" As I read about other's lives in this blog world I have noticed that my little naming spree is so lame of a concern, it's fun to find a name, but frivolous! So I was thinking I have a horse named Licorice and he's black like black licorice and she is red, like TWIZZLERS! So, as soon as it hit me I LOVED it! So her name is going to be "Twizzler". I'm sure I'll shorten that up to "Twizzle" kinda like the way Snoop-Dog would pronounce it! FA-SHIZZLE TWIZZLE! :) Thanks to the Gatlins & Diana for trying to help me out, guess I am a red vines lover! My first horse's name was "Kookie"...must be a food thing!

Oh, and the vet confirmed 1 of my mares PREGNANT! So here's a sneek peek at what the first little baby that's expected around the 1st week of march 2009 to be looking like right now. :)Isn't this a cool pic! I'm sure hoping that my 2nd mare is pregnant, we'll find out in a few weeks. Hopefully both of these babies will have the curly hypo-allergenic coats!!!!

Corbin is officially 5 years old today! YIKES! I know what it means when they say babies grow up too fast! I was a slacker mom and didn't plan out a party for him, which he didn't understand or care anyway (luckily) so I made a last minute texting to his aunts and uncles to bring their kids over for cake and ice cream. THE WONDERS OF TEXTING! He got a few tranformers, lots of spiderman stuff, and we bought him a "buddy saddle" that goes behind an adult's saddle. I'll post some pictures tomorrow, when I have more time to play around on the computer. :) Today I made it HIS day. I feel guilty sometimes always leaving him inside to go out with the horses for lessons etc. He doesn't like to go out when I am out, he doesn't like the heat :(. So today was nice with me giving him his undivided attention and a big "party" day. We decorated the room with twisted crepe paper, and baked 2 cakes, when to WalMart to exchange his transformer from my dad. At lunchtime, he said, "Mom, I like to be with you." That's a phrase that pulls on your heartstrings! I hope he's still thinking that 10 years from now :)This is the present he got from us...a "buddy" saddle, equipped with stirrups, cushiony seat and a handle. He saw this in a catalog a couple months ago and has been wanting it for a while, so he was pretty excited when he saw this all hooked up on Licorice's back tonight!

Dave actually got the real thing by himself when she walked from the piano to him at the table a few feet away. I didn't know that until after Dave called me into the front room and told me to kneel down on the floor. I didn't know why he was having me kneel, but then he turned SHalyce loose and YAY! She immediately walked 5 or 6 steps to me, then back to Daddy! So of course I hopped up to grab my camera to get some footage for keepsake. SO here it is! (This was Saturday June 7th, 2008)

Also, just for updating sake...We went to Rosemary's place on Thursday for Shaylee & Carlie to go to a little horse show. It was a way laid back event, and each rider competed in 4 events. A rail class, the Hurry Scurry, Barrel Serpentine, and a jumping class. I didn't know they'd be jumping and it was hilarious to watch Jack & Shaylee do their first jump course EVER together! It was a riot! Rosemary told me they would do a "pattern" class, but I didn't realize it was a JUMPING PATTERN class!!!! The poles were only a few inches off of the ground, but still, Jack hasn't always been one like his older brother, Cowboy, to want to voluntarily go over poles. Must have been that good training out in Kanab!! So Shaylee got a 5th, 4th, 3rd place ribbon in the prior events. She said to me before she did her jumping pattern,"I should just get a 2nd now...or maybe just a 1st!" In my head I"m thinking" yeah, right, Rosemary's students that you're competing against have been practicing this for forever" But I said outloud," Yep, keep it up, girl!" So, SHaylee, my NO FEAR girl, took her turn over the fences, and Jack did it like he'd done it a million times! Such a sweetie! Then the next thing I hear as I'm getting Carlie ready is "Shaylee got 1st place in jumping"!! GO GIRL! Here's some video of the last half of her pattern...

Now onto Carlie and Licorice...they are a new partnership as of Tuesday:). He took care of her so well, even though he can't move quite as quick on the forehand as the other ponies, he did make a quick move on Carlie's heart! They are a great match...Well Licorice goes from rounding up the cows one weekend, then the next weekend he'll babysit a little girl at a horse show. What an awesome ex-stud :)!!! I thought I had retired him from the show ring, but if it will make a little girl happy, then back to the show ring for you, LickiPOO!

Oh, and how about Corbin (AKA milk boy). We buy 5 gallons of milk each week and Corbin keeps us up to that standard. He now doesn't bother asking me for milk. He knows how to pour it himself, as seen in this picture. HOWEVER, this picture doesn't tell the whole truth. He PREVIOUSLY drank a FULL glass of milk just before topping this little cup off! Can a BOY GET SOME MORE MILK around here????!!!!