The Festivities

Another Christmas has come and gone.... I can't believe how fast the time goes. But before you know it, it will be that time of year again. Wait a minute! I need to slow down here, I'd like to get through spring and summer, before we get back to fall and winter.

We started off the week with my OH catching a nasty cold, on top of that he had to work 3 12-hour days. So we canceled our Christmas eve plans. We did go to my OH's mom's for Christmas, even though my OH was still quite sick.



Our niece, little K, just turned 1 yrs old, so she was trying to figure out what to do with the presents. She is such a cute little one, and she is so good. No crying or fussing. She just entertains us all.



Once we ate a fantastic dinner of prime rib, potato's and veggies, we headed home before dark so we could go out to feed the horses. My parents were coming up the day after Christmas, so it was bath time for the Aussie's. I bathed Sadie, who is sooooo good for her bath. We bathe them in our big walk in shower in our master bathroom. Sadie walks in on her own, and stands perfectly still for her whole bath. My OH gave Bailey his bath. Sometimes we have to drag him into the shower, and he always puts his body up against the tile or shower door. He doesn't like it too much.



After bath time, we let them open their presents.



Bailey loves this time of year!! He is really good at opening his presents.



He is also very careful about what is inside the wrapping paper.



Sadie? Well..... not so good. She isn't too sure what she is supposed to do with a box wrapped in funny looking paper. I think by the time we got to the last present, she finally was figuring it out.



Sadie's new bandana! I actually bought this bandana for Bailey, but my OH said it didn't fit Bailey's personality, so I decided to wrap it for Sadie.



Sadie still wasn't sure what to do with the present, so we moved Sadie out of the way, and let Bailey take over, since he is the expert at unwrapping!



Taking a break......



I think he got tired of unwrapping presents, I ended up having to unwrap this one myself.



I had to work the day after Christmas. My parents, sister and my OH came to the farm to see me and the horses. I gave them a small tour of the place, then turned out a couple of my favorite horses for them to see. Once I got home, we ate dinner, opened our presents to eachother, and got to spend some quality time together.

My sister made some gifts for me and my mom. She is so creative, and I will have to take pictures of what she made me, and get them posted. This is one she made for my mom.



I also got to bring Chance out to show my parents how well she is doing. I have to be completely honest, my 8 month old wild Mustang, is better behaved then any of the 8 month old Arabians at the farm. I am not kidding!! One of the colts at the farm, who is in halter training, reared up and struck out at me, his front hoof came down on my forehead, and down my entire face. My face was numb for at least half an hour. Luckily I was not seriously injured, and the only mark is a small knot on my forehead. This is not to say that my Mustang would never do anything like that, she has reared up and struck out. But this colt didn't rear or strike at me out of frustration, he struck out because that is how he is, he is a mean little sucker, and he intentionally tried to hurt me. I will be extra cautious when handling him from now on.

I now have that nasty cold my OH had. So I am under the weather. I am hoping I feel better so I can get outside to continue training my adorable Mustang! She is doing really well at picking up all four feet. And she did much better for her booster shots with the vet last week. My next goal is to get her comfortable leading in other places, not just her pasture and arena. She is going to become an even bigger girl, and start some exploring!