Snip ... is he training himself:)

Well, we recently received a coating of ice and about 8 inches of snow... this can slow you down in the area of riding, None the less, the horses got their exercise. I watched from the window as the yeanlings and 2 year olds went wild. The reared, bucked and ran. It’s funny… here I was with my family hunkered down in the warm house and the horses seem to be excited by the “severe” winter weather. It probably helped because they were all decked in their mobile weather resisters …aka.. horse blankets.

 Without having to try to stay warm, it seemed they had to vent their energy some other way. It is neat to watch.

We put Lilly in the Shelter with the yearlings, because she refused to wear a blanket.  Oh well, it got the youngsters going.

I did however eek out about half an hour of time last night to spent with Snipper. It was getting dark and getting colder, so I decided to just hope on bareback. A first for Snip I attempted to just jump on… he stood great until I elbowed him in the flank! That sent him into a crow hop. I was only half on anyway and slipped of onto my feet, thankfully. I led him over to an empty water trough and decided getting on in an easy fashion would be better for both of us. It worked out well as I got to play with the concept of only moving a little at a time. I would ask him to only move one foot and then the other until he was in perfect position. Then I just slipped on. It was nearly dark then, so we just made a small circle around the mobile and back to the hay barn. Ever little bit helps. I brushed him out and put the small, thin blanket on (his new yellow one is just not fitting).



All in all, God has really blessed us…despite the rain, sleet, snow, and whatever else God sends us via weather.