Hey everybody. Its been a busy summer so far. I wanna hear about all the fun things you guys are doing with your horses or with you families! But until we get some replies I'm going to tell you all about out summer at Heavenly Horses. We have Finished one week of camp and tomorrow is the last day or our Vacation Bible School.
The first week of camp was a YMCA camp that had about 16 kids. It was a lot of fun the two days I was there. sadly I was sick with a REALLY bad sore throat. I thought I had strep and almost went to the doctor. But anyway it was an awesome couple days and it was a pretty amazing group of kids to work with.
The VBS camp though is pretty special. This was our biggest year ever. We had 125 kids on Day 1!! Th numbers have gone up and down from there but they have been around the 100's. Even with intense thunderstorms and an almost tornado the Lord provided and kept the skies clear during the camp hours. today we gave the salvation message and some of the members of Christian Life Fellowship, the church helping us, gave their testimonies. At the end of the day we had a number of 56 kids and 8 of our staff fully give themselves over to Christ!!!!!!!!!!! Honestly BEST DAY EVER!!
So this is a comment day! Tell us about your VBS or Backyard Bible adventure stories or even your own testimonies or any advise you want us to tell the kids we would love to hear it! thanks for reading today will attempt to post photos soon. (new camera + new software = clueless horse woman) Ha ha! have a marvelous day!!
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
camps
Hey so now that it's summer we are going to have ALOT going on. So little schedule update for ya.
Starting Monday is staff week !!! WAHOO sooooo excited. this is the week where we get our brains into camp gear. We plan our crafts and we re-learn how to pitch a tent. ha ha that's always a fun thing to do.This is the chores week we are setting up some canopies, painting the rest of our jumps, expanding our fire pit, and that's just the beginning.!!
The next week starting on the 13 and going to the 17th is a YMCA camp. Just a nice easy half day camp to warm us up a little.
Then the 20th-24 is the test. It is VBS (Vacation Bible School) week. So much fun but sooo many kids last year we had a record breaking 84 kids!! that's awesome.
Starting Monday is staff week !!! WAHOO sooooo excited. this is the week where we get our brains into camp gear. We plan our crafts and we re-learn how to pitch a tent. ha ha that's always a fun thing to do.This is the chores week we are setting up some canopies, painting the rest of our jumps, expanding our fire pit, and that's just the beginning.!!
The next week starting on the 13 and going to the 17th is a YMCA camp. Just a nice easy half day camp to warm us up a little.
Then the 20th-24 is the test. It is VBS (Vacation Bible School) week. So much fun but sooo many kids last year we had a record breaking 84 kids!! that's awesome.
And in the middle of all this we started a new boyscout troop today! I love working with the scouts. This group is so funny and energetic. They are an awesome group of kids and some even volunteered to work for us this summer! after 1 day!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Catching up
HEy Hey Hey! So so sorry bout the delay with the show news and such but now I am back and I have alot of news and later lots of pictures. So I want you all to thin WAY back to my post about showing at the spring grove hunter jumper. So that went really well ! We came home with a Reserve Grand Champion for one of the jumping divisions. congrats again Abagail!! That was the highlight of the day We all did good but we didn't match or top that. Poor Kendall. Ty had a hissyfit and we decided it was smarter and safer that she only did the smaller training rounds and she didn't actually compete. But besides that It went smoooooth. Stetson was definatly the champ of the day. He was up against some of the best jumping horses and riders I've seen in a while and together me and him came out with a 5th two 6th and a 2nd!
Four Winds went equally as well. I decided not to show so Mrs C did and she was fantastic. came out with some firsts seconds and thirds. Clarissa on reign Czeck came out with Grand Champion for the day and made us proud.
And the most recent show was this past Saturday back at Spring Grove for the Open show. Open shows are where the judge calls out what you are supposed to do and they grade depending on the class, the horse or the rider or both. We had many first time showers and they handled it like pros. We came out with ribbons of all colors. Some of our riders got roobed but hey that's showing and only one persons opinion. One of our first time showers and staffers named Katlyn didamazing. She and Titan competed in 2 western pleasure classes and came out with two seconds!!!
This was our showing experience for the month of may we are done with showing for a while as the camps start up. We have YMCA camp and a VBS camp but then on june 27 We start the first full day Heavenly Horses Summer Camp of 2011. There is still time to sign up send your kid to the best week of their life =)
they have been some of the best in mine and it's awsome cuz I get to live it all summer.
Four Winds went equally as well. I decided not to show so Mrs C did and she was fantastic. came out with some firsts seconds and thirds. Clarissa on reign Czeck came out with Grand Champion for the day and made us proud.
And the most recent show was this past Saturday back at Spring Grove for the Open show. Open shows are where the judge calls out what you are supposed to do and they grade depending on the class, the horse or the rider or both. We had many first time showers and they handled it like pros. We came out with ribbons of all colors. Some of our riders got roobed but hey that's showing and only one persons opinion. One of our first time showers and staffers named Katlyn didamazing. She and Titan competed in 2 western pleasure classes and came out with two seconds!!!
This was our showing experience for the month of may we are done with showing for a while as the camps start up. We have YMCA camp and a VBS camp but then on june 27 We start the first full day Heavenly Horses Summer Camp of 2011. There is still time to sign up send your kid to the best week of their life =)
they have been some of the best in mine and it's awsome cuz I get to live it all summer.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Hunter Jumper
So tonight I am so excited for tomorrow!! Why? you may ask. Well tomorrow is the very first horse show of the year!!!! It is a hunter jumper show which is where the horse and rider ride a course of fences and the judge judges them on the style and the form of the rider and horse. I love jumping. If I were rich I would make a career out of it. And yes people make a career of riding horses It's a dream come true right?
So tomorrow we are taking 4 horse to Spring Grove. We are taking our most experienced jumpers, except for Jay J. He still has a little fear of the trailer, he's getting better but it is still there. So besides Jay we have Stetson. An old pro and jumping and showing. And we also have Titan. A well seasoned hunter horse that used to show in highly rated shows. Reign Czech. When he jumps like a dream and is such a show off. Last we have Apollo. The dependable reliable but still a little inexperienced over fences.
As for the riders, mostly staff is going but we also have some of our jumping students tagging along. For the staff we have Kendall, Chiann, Paige, Maggie, and Clarissa. For students we have Abigail, Megan, Anna, and Grace.
So tomorrow we are taking 4 horse to Spring Grove. We are taking our most experienced jumpers, except for Jay J. He still has a little fear of the trailer, he's getting better but it is still there. So besides Jay we have Stetson. An old pro and jumping and showing. And we also have Titan. A well seasoned hunter horse that used to show in highly rated shows. Reign Czech. When he jumps like a dream and is such a show off. Last we have Apollo. The dependable reliable but still a little inexperienced over fences.
As for the riders, mostly staff is going but we also have some of our jumping students tagging along. For the staff we have Kendall, Chiann, Paige, Maggie, and Clarissa. For students we have Abigail, Megan, Anna, and Grace.
Wish us luck and please pray for no Rain!!!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Shows
Hello!! Today was absolutely gorgeous!!! It made me want to go to the barn but sadly I have seriously 10 history projects due soon. But I will make up for it this weekend because we got 2 horse shows this weekend!! Pictures and ribbon results will follow. We have a hunter jumper show at spring grove horse show on Saturday and on Sunday we have a flat show. Which is where the judge will call out what you are supposed to do ex: "Walk your horses please walk your horses. . . . . . . canter your horses please canter." and so on and so forth.
Here are a few pictures of our previous shows. Good times!!
COME SEE US AND CHEER US ON!! If you can't which is very possible give us your prayers! They are much appreciated
Here are a few pictures of our previous shows. Good times!!
HA ha it was an early morning and a long night before. We were tired and Apollo is so fluffy and comfy . . .
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sick Mo Mo
So last night was a bad night. I got a call from Mrs. C around 7:45. When I picked up I could instantly here the stress and worry in her voice. So I asked what's the matter? The answer is not what I wanted to here. "Mo is down with colic. We don't know how bad he is but it looks like he is in excruciating pain."
For those of you that don't know what colic is I will explain. Horses can't throw up. You know how horrible we feel before we throw up like we just could die. Well horses have such a long neck and digestive track that it is physically impossible for them throw up. There are sooooo many causes for colic it can be very hard to distinguish. One of the biggest problems with colic is one of the symptoms: rolling. When a horse rolls it is trying to easy the pain, but excessive rolling can twist the horses intestines which in most cases is fatal. colic is the #1 killer in horses.
So it is never a good thing to hear that a horse is colicking. Mo is out of the woods and looks and acts like nothing ever happened. But he still needs your prayers. We know that he was not vetted periodically by his previous owners which leads us to think he was not wormed regularly so there might be some parasite that messed him up and worms have been known to cause colic before.
He still needs prayers so please everybody please pray for our little mo mo!!
For those of you that don't know what colic is I will explain. Horses can't throw up. You know how horrible we feel before we throw up like we just could die. Well horses have such a long neck and digestive track that it is physically impossible for them throw up. There are sooooo many causes for colic it can be very hard to distinguish. One of the biggest problems with colic is one of the symptoms: rolling. When a horse rolls it is trying to easy the pain, but excessive rolling can twist the horses intestines which in most cases is fatal. colic is the #1 killer in horses.
So it is never a good thing to hear that a horse is colicking. Mo is out of the woods and looks and acts like nothing ever happened. But he still needs your prayers. We know that he was not vetted periodically by his previous owners which leads us to think he was not wormed regularly so there might be some parasite that messed him up and worms have been known to cause colic before.
He still needs prayers so please everybody please pray for our little mo mo!!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Camps
In this blog I have talked a little about the camps we run every summer. They are my favorite part of the year. the kids are always hyper and so much fun to be with. It's so amazing to see a little four year old girl scared to death of horses on her 1st day and on her last she's trotting our second biggest horse bareback by herself. It's the best feeling to share the relationship with these horses that I get to feel everyday.
Besides the horsey part of the day we also do games and crafts and hikes. Those always get the kids fired up and usually the staff is ganged up on especially in the water games !! Here are some pictures of the fun camp times.
this is camp favorite like duck duck gooses only we call it drip drip DROP
Painting the horses is always fun
he he Jack likes hats
Pam doesn't like cameras but it found her anyway
So many fun times but never enough time to catch them on film. Come experience them for yourself!!
Besides the horsey part of the day we also do games and crafts and hikes. Those always get the kids fired up and usually the staff is ganged up on especially in the water games !! Here are some pictures of the fun camp times.
this is camp favorite like duck duck gooses only we call it drip drip DROP
Painting the horses is always fun
Pam doesn't like cameras but it found her anyway
So many fun times but never enough time to catch them on film. Come experience them for yourself!!
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