Thanksgiving Day

Wehad a wonderful Thanksgiving Day, we met at the Ramsey Creek Grange, 36 family members.After the meal we had picture taking. My best beloved is inclined to look serious at the camera. Looks like he's getting ready to trap rats. So I tickled his chin and Diana caught him smiling, much nicer.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Now, here's the picture as we all want to be remembered. Smiling, happy, full of turkey and ham. Well, down below is what we really looked like.

November 6th Our 5th Anniversary

These pics were taken in October, BUT, that was just because our anniversary present to ourselves came early. Look at those grins, never had an anniversary present I liked so much.
Larry and Ladonna Chafin deal in Pioneer equipment and sold us our forecart. They were so kind, they delivered it to the door.

October!

In my run to catch up my blog, I've made it to October. And there's just a pic of Blue our elderly (10) Blue Heeler watching something out the gate.
And Of Course, Fay and I trail riding. We had just come in and my daughter came out with her camera and caught us.

Pendleton Round Up, Westward Ho!

Every year we go up to the Pendleton Roundup and participate in the Westward Ho Parade. Here's the teamsters and friends eating donated watermelons.
The morning of the parade, Immie says, let's go! I'm tired of standing here.
Of course, once we get there, we sit and wait.
And wait some more, two hours this year! My legs were so sore from just sitting on Immie.
The Native Americans really dress up for the parade.
Can you imagine? She plays the clarinet and rides! Part of the mounted band.
Isn't she beautiful?
This lady rode one mule and led another with a dummy laid cross ways.
This is the cutest pony and the buggy is always decorated all over!
After the parade, discussing whose horses were good and whose weren't. See that can of Coke? That was one of three Fay drank after the parade. He was moving fast afterward!!!

Early Release

Our local school district has a policy of early release, every other Wednesday. This makes it so difficult for parents to arrange for child care. But for Kai and Immie and I, it's been more fun. Kai is as horse crazy as her great granddad and loves to go riding with me.

Every August we go driving.

Every August, the Freitag family puts on a Camp Out for the Western Drafter's Club. We drive down to their place in Halsey, OR and have more fun!

Fay drives other people's ponies and shows them how to set lines.









This year he helped Sheila fit her brand new work harness for her Haflinger mare.










Fay rides with Larry behind his Belgians and I ride my Appy behind the wagon.












Fay also helped set up a three abreast, six pony hitch. They were so cute.












We have wonderful meals, one included corn on the cob.

Parade Crazy, August 2009, Pt 2

We had so much fun at the Threshing Bee. My oldest daughter joined us. That was the line behind us for breakfast!











































We rode in the parade, all three of us, Fay and I on the team of Fjords and Amanda on Immie.

I think she's telling Best that he has to be a good boy for mommie. He hadn't had a saddle on in a year before I rode him in that parade--and it was only his fifth time to wear a saddle anyway. He sure hasn't figured out how to stand for mounting. ;))

I never have pics of parades, I'm always riding or driving and have my hands too full of horse to take pictures.