Red Robin, Red Robin, what do you say? What the?.....

I am sure that these robins are wondering why they are here in Alberta. It is like a January winter storm! Okay, enough already.... we want spring back, like right now!!!!!
Reggie is enjoying this weather, Dumb dog...not really, he just loves jumping and rubbing his belly in the snow. I must have let him out a dozen times throughout the day.

He loves being outside, but he loves being inside laying on our leather couches.

Okay, here is Jack following his big sister, Chelsea. This is what Chelsea does, Monkey see, monkey do!

I had to get a picture of this, he just got up on the counter and took a drink from the sink

He thinks this is pretty cool!

Ah hah, caught ya. He just laughs and then does it again.

Chore time with Jack

Jack loves to drive the Gator whenever possible, I jumped out to throw some hay to the horses and Jack jumped into the drivers seat!
Here he is waiting patiently for me to get back on and drive him around the yard. It is hard to get him off.

Jack was helping friends of Rachel and Taylors with their sheep at a 4H function. He thought that was pretty cool. I didn't mind him running around here with just the sheep.

Jack fluffing up the wool.

Spring is here!!!

Chelsea's heifer Sophie just relaxing in the HORSE TRAILER!!! Ughhh,

The 3 princess in my Horse trailer - this trailer is for HORSES ONLY!!!! This will never happen again. We brought the horse trailer to this junior cattle show only because of the live-in quarters up front. We thought it would be easier because we had Jack and that there would be a place for him to take his nap and have a few snacks. But the heifers got the good end of the deal. They rode in first class to their first show

Rachel showing Britney, she did very well with her. Rachel was in the Championship class for her division for Showmanship. Taylor wasn't present.... she was sleeping in the trailer, so she missed her class. Good thing we brought the horse trailer....

Chelsea and Rachel getting ready to take their heifers into their conformation class. They showed together and did very well. Unfortunatly, they didn't move on to the championship class, but they (the Heifers) looked great out there and the girls did a great job of showing them

Taylor waiting patiently for her class to start with Fergie. Fergie was very bad in the show ring...she was jumping all over the place and would not stand for Taylor. But Taylor handled her very well. Her little arms were sore the next day from hanging on to her

Jack just being Jack. He loved the show too! He would not stand still for anyone. I had to take him up to the stands to run around because he would go up to any animal there and try to pet it. Look at the grin....

I could just eat him up!

This was the next day after easter morning. Jack thought that chocolate was the best thing for breakfast! He really got into the chocolate thing!

Taylor and Rachel after the presentations at Area Public Speaking for 4H. They both did a fantastic job! Rachel moved on to Districts with Chelsea which was held the next week. They both did a great job there but didn't move on to Regionals. We were very proud of all of them!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Finally we are back to posting some pictures. I got a new camera today, so I am able to get my pictures alot easier onto my computer. We had a wonderful day, Troy had the day off so that was extra special. The kids were all spoiled by Santa and us. We were not going to go overboard this year but.... We didn't have much snow, just bits and pieces. It was a great day at home.

Here are Rachel and her horse Teddy and Taylor is on Doc. They had to ride on Christmas day, it is a tradition for them.

This is Dodger, Chelseas new horse for 4H this year. We had to get a new horse for Chelsea because Bubba was injured in September and is going to need at year to recover. Bubba is doing better each day, his legs are healing slowly, but he loves to get out and run around carefully to get some sort of exercise. Chelsea is very excited to ride Dodger this year, they all start riding here in a couple of weeks with their club.

Here is Jack enjoying his 2nd Christmas ! He was so much fun on Christmas morning, of course he loved his presents but most of all he loved to play in the boxes and all of the paper


Here are all 3 enjoying their Christmas afternoon ride.

We are just about back.....

Hello everyone, yes I know that it has been awhile... I do have some photos to post, they will be on soon, once I get my computer sorted out and all.
The kids are all doing well. They are all enjoying school and have started a new 4H year. We will be having all 3 in horse 4H. Chelsea along with horse will be in the beef club with another steer and also a heifer. She is very excited, and also going to be very busy. Taylor and Rachel will be showing their horses and cannot wait for that!
Jack will be there for support and to run around at all of the functions just being Jack! He is very busy and has all of his sisters wrapped around his little finger! He is one spoiled and very cute little boy.
As for myself and Troy, we are just trying to keep up with the day to day activities.
I will be putting some photos up soon.....

OOOhhhhh SUMMER TIME

We are back! Finally!!! For all of those that are still blogging HELLO!

Here are some photos of Jack playing with a dandylion while he was sitting out by the arena watching the girls ride.

The 3 Amigos on their pride and joy, (left) Taylor is on Doc, Chelsea is on Bubba and Rachel is on Teddy. They are ususally out every single day riding their horses. How lucky are they? I get to sit on the side with Jack and watch, maybe I can get a few minutes of riding time with my horse... just maybe.

Rachel's 1st day with Teddy, her new horse that she will take to 4H! She is very excited to start showing him. He is 5 years old, and behaves like a 10 year old. He is awesome!

Rachel again with "Teddy"! We were very lucky to get this great horse, thank you very much Kathy Gillis! We all love him very much. He is now a part of our extended horse family.

(That would be 10 horses now).

Our new horse trailer that we took up to the Regional Horse show with Chelsea and Bubba, we had a wonderful time with our new trailer. The kids thought that it was awesome being there right with the horses and all of the other 4H kids.

Taylor cannot wait until next year so she can show Doc at Regionals , she met alot of new friends that weekend while we were there.

Chelsea getting last minute instructions on her English pattern... She rode very well and Bubba was a perfect gentleman.

Little Jack is now 1 !!!!

Here he is opening up some presents, he got very excited about all of the attention... Which he gets alot of every day!

Look at who is 1 year old!!! I can't believe that 1 year has passed. He is such a sweetheart!
We are having so much fun with him! He is a happy little boy!

Here are the girls again with Jack! Taylor is on Doc, Chelsea is on Toby, and Rachel is on Miss Ginger, who is also a new addition to our horse family. She is a sweetie!

Chelsea and Bubba sharing a moment before she takes him into her showmanship class at Achievement day with her 4H club.

Her she is again with Bubba, but this was at Regionals. Just getting ready to show him in the showmanship class. We bought her a new show halter for her Birthday which was a few days later. She is now 11, we can't believe it!

Jack and Blue, he was trying to eat Jacks cookies. This horse belongs to Alex who is in our 4H club. He is quite the character, he is always right there wanting to be with you. As you can see Jack just loves the horses!

Here are the kids on Jacks Birthday down in Kalispell, Montana! They couldn't wait to get into the pool!

Jack just relaxing in his spider man chair back at the hotel.
That is all for now, we will be keeping this up a little more often now that the kids will be going back to school here next week!

Spring Fever

Like all of us, we have been pretty busy. Sorry that I have no new pictures to blog. I will get some soon. These are just a few more of our trip to Disney... I know that was in February, but we haven't done anything fun for some time now. Just the daily routine of school, homework, piano and riding lessons. I am so ready for spring and the weather to clear up. No more snow please. We are all anxious to get out and work in the yard and of course the obvious, to get out and ride. We will post some more recent photos soon. I would love to put a video clip on like Caitlin's... I just have to figure out how to do it!

Strike a pose!

The girls right after their photos

I think that we need to cut back on watching Americas next top model

Rachel was the western rider, she loved her outfit, especially the belt, it has crystals all over it! This is one of the outfits that I would like to buy for them. They all need some new boots and a new pair of jeans. They have a belt here at home that is very similar but is black.

This show shirt was from the states and apparently cost over a thousand dollars. It has lots of crystals all over it. She would love to have this shirt to wear to Regionals. I will have to learn to sew...

Taylor loved her english attire! All Taylor wants to do is jump with her horse. We are trying to find her and the others some jumping lessons before they start 4H next season. She cannot wait!

This was the girls first photo shoot! We pulled them out of school for the day, they got their hair and makeup done at a salon in Calgary. They were very excited to have all of this done of course. Then we were off to have the photos taken. The photos were for a magazine here in Calgary, called "The Western Horse Review". It is available all across Western Canada. These photos will be in May's issue. They were all very thrilled to do it. A friend of mine that is the editor for the magazine had asked if they would be interested. Well of course it didn't take them too long to answer if they wanted to do it. It probably helped that the pictures were taken in a stable full of horses. The girls really enjoyed their day. Now they want the outfits that they modelled. Maybe...