Merry Christmas!!!

I haven't posted in awhile, I guess I just figured what I have to say is boring and people don't want to hear it, LOL.......but I did want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Nothing new here on the farm, same old stuff happening.....

I did find out a couple weeks ago that I am gonna be a grandma (wow, still can't get used to the idea), sometime around the end of June. My son Cody and his girlfriend are expecting. They will be finding out the gender of the baby in about a month, so we are anxious to find out!

I will try to highlight some things that have happened around here in the last two months...

Terry accidentally ran over and killed my favorite cat, Rico Suave......he was up under the truck and jumped down when Terry was going down the driveway. He was killed instantly, so that was good.....he didn't suffer, but I did......I loved that cat.......RIP Rico Suave....

We got a new mule colt, a 5 month old Sorrell, named Joseph, he's very sweet......

We are actually going to have a white Christmas......it will start snowing tonight around midnight, and snow most of the day tomorrow, with accumilation of about 3-4 inches is what they are saying. We had about 6 inches 3 weeks ago.....more than we usually get all winter!

The dogs are all still doing good, mostly just laying around and snoozing when it's too cold to go outside.....and as you can tell by these pictures, Greta is getting pretty good at it, LOL........

They did go out and play for a few minutes when we had the last snow, but they were ready to come back in pretty quick.........

Woody up to his belly, he wasn't having too much fun.......

Greta running in the snow..........

Got new blankets for the horses......Gunner managed to rip the side out of his, and Sonny ripped a strip out of his!  Don't ask me how they did it, I try to make sure there is nothing they can get caught on in the stalls or pastures, but they will always find a way, LOL! 

Here is Mr. T trying his best to take a bite of Sonny's new blanket.........

Dior with his.............

Well, that's all for now, I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!!

Greta in her Santa Hat!!!!

National Mule Day....

While surfing the net today, somehow I discovered today is national mule day...who knew?

Anyway, as a tribute to these amazing, wonderful, although sometimes quirky equines, I will post some pictures of our favorite mule moments....

HAPPY MULE DAY  :-D

County Fair Pictures.......

Good Monday morning all!  It has been a hectic week here on the farm, our county fair was last week, and we were super busy getting some of our mules and horses ready to show. Our week was full of practices, working, bathing, feeding, watering, etc...and we had record high temps which didn't help, but we manged to get through it. We just kept hydrated, and made sure the horses had plenty of water, shade and rest at the fairgrounds! 

I didn't ride in the fair this year, but I did show one of our horses in halter, and Terry showed a couple of his mules. Terry's nephew Cannon did ride our oldest quarter horse Dior in the fair, and they did excellent. They got the blue ribbon and a trophy in every pleasure class they entered.....I was so proud of them both.........

Here they are coming out of the gate ....

Showing off the ribbon and trophy.....

Here they are going into the halter class, where they placed second, which was pretty good considering Dior turned 19 this year! He is still looking great for his age........

Snapshots before the show started......

Eternal Lee Dior, age 19.......

I am running a little short on time, so the rest of this post will just be pictures from the week's events, enjoy! Have a great Monday everyone!

Here, Terry wins the blue in the Best Horse Mule over 5 yrs old with Jack.......

Traditional Terms  a.k.a. Mr T before his halter class (we placed 3rd in the class).......

Mr T Close-up..........

Well, thats all for today, I need to go out and feed, then run some errands, till next time........

"Walter".....Breaking Bad......and living up to his name, LOL!!

The bottle baby has officially been named Walter (I named him after Brian Cranston's character from the show Breaking Bad.) Turns out, I couldn't have named him more appropriately.... he is living up to his name, that's for sure!  He is very fiesty....he has already gotten out of his paddock once, and had the horses after him, then got back out into the yard and headed for the road,  but we got him back in.

 I wish I had my camera when we were catching him.....Terry had to tackle him to keep him from running down the driveway into the road....it was a sight to see! It was raining and storming (of course), and Terry ended up covered in mud, but we got him back up.  Earlier that morning, we had let him out to graze and explore the yard a little, so I snapped some pictures....

Checking out the bushes and plants in the yard.......with Gunner and Dior watching through the fence......

Here, he stopped to grab a bite of my monkey grass and watch the cats playing......

Terry brushing and trimming one of the mules' mane..........

Whatcha got there?

While I had the camera, I snapped a couple pictures of my Clematis that is climbing up my front porch rail. It is so pretty this year, it finally took off and started growing..........

A wider view..........

 

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

~DEANNA~