Horse Halloween Party

I just thought you would all be interested in what Robbie, Sally and Holly dressed up for Halloween as. Yes, our horses dressed up for the 4-H Halloween party. Bowdee and Sally went as Grease Lightning and Danny. Sally had her red flashes on the sides and license plate in the back. When it was time to take them off however, the license plate hit her back end and was dangling which scared the crap out of her. She took off running all around the arena like a wild mustang... Oh wait she is a wild mustang silly me. They were cute!

Matia and Robbie took first place in cutest costume as Matia as Mary and Robbie as her little lamb. Yes, they were darling I do have to say myself. Matia was very particular about how everything had to look just right and her perfectionism sure paid off with receiving a trophy.

Treg and Holly took 3rd scariest costume. as they were one big Cowboy Ghost. This was a scary costume to me because I was so afraid of Holly getting startled and running and treg trying to see and hold on under the sheet. But Holly was perfect and oh so sweet. Way to go to all my kids with all their costume ideas! What a fun party thanks to all of those who spent so much time making it fun for everyone.

Prince Charming

So with Matia being in the Goat Milk business we realized we need to breed her goat sometime soon so she will have kids in the spring and we will be able to start milking her. So once again she searched and searched on KSL for a billy she could pay a stud fee to service her Princess Cinderella. There was nothing available but she did find this billy in Lehi for a fair price of $50.00 he is a mini Nubian and 1&1/2 years old. We got there and I simply fell in love with this little guy. He loves people! And he is so stinking cute. Yes he is stinky because he is a billy but wow never thought I would like a billy like this. Welcome to Crazy Creek little guy.

I do have to say while we were there they offered us this DARLING baby donkey for free. He was a rescue with no mom to take care of and the owners were feeling a little over whelmed. He was so cute I would have brought him right home but my husband stopped me with a text that said "HECK NO" I didn't think I could fight him with that one so I told myself maybe next year when the ranch is a little more financially stable we can find something like that. But oh he was cute.

Mischievous Maximus

So Terry went out today to do some work before anyone else woke up and Maximus and Holly were in the back yard roaming around. He put them away and then as he was walking away they got out again. So he came in and asked us to go find out how they are getting out and fix it. Well we put them away and watched and nothing but then we hid behind some panels and we saw him opening the gate. That little crazy boy, what are we going to do with a horse like this?

Princess Cinderella

So Matia found this beautiful goat in Brigham City. I wasn't to sure about driving that far but she just seemed right and Matia couldn't stop thinking about her. So Holly (my friend, not the horse) and I took the day to drive up and meet her. Sure enough she was Matia's goat and we brought her home to surprise Matia after school. She was so excited and just couldn't believe her eyes when she looked out the window. Love you Tia girl!

Sally's adoption Sept 15th

Ever since I saw Sally on KSL in March and my dad bought her. I knew she was going to be mine, it was just going to take some time for me to get more financially stable to buy her. Anyway, our preschool house sold today and I was so excited to have the money to pay my dad for Sally. Because now she would be our horse. I love everything about Sally I love how she continually tests her riders to make sure they are paying attention. I love her energy yet her sweet nature. I love how she is so gentle with the small children. I love her wild nature and ability to protect herself from bullies. Yes, I do love Sally and I think all her riders love her as well! Thank you Sally for being such a great addition to our Ranch!

Daisy turns 3

Today Daisy turns 3 years old. Treg was such a great owner, first him and Tia slept on the floor with both her and Dash to help celebrate. Then Matia made him some doggie bones and Treg went all out with the decorations. We do love our Daisy she is such a sweet loving compassionate dog. Treg has this idea that he wants to breed her to make money to save up for college. So we decided we would give it a try. She is now in heat and we found the perfect stud for her. His name is Gus and he is a miniature standard poodle who is so well behaved. So dogs are pregnant for 63 days we will be counting the days to see if she gives us a litter. Good luck Daisy!

Cocoa Transfer

So I remember growing up on a ranch there were some hard things about ranching. It was hard to do the chores everyday twice a day no matter how sick you were or busy or how cold it was outside. I was hard to see our animals get sick or hurt and I remember always worrying about them. But the hardest thing of ranching was when an animal that we really really loved got sick and we were not able to help them before they passed on. That always broke my heart, and they always have stayed with me. In many ways that is the biggest reason I have not got into ranching before this time in my life.

So on Sept. 7th, I was doing chores and tied up the baby goats to eat down some weeds. But Cocoa has always been my buddy and she was doing chores with me. Well she would run off for a little then come check back with me and continue this process for a few hours while I was working. I wasn't sure where she was going I just assumed she was over with the babies making sure they were ok. When it was time to put them away they had all ate way to much but they always seem to walk it off and their bellies go down by morning. When I went to walk Cocoa into her pen she laid down, I thought she just was having to much fun being out and insisted on her going back to the pen.  Tia went to feed her and milk her that night and came back in to say something was not right with Cocoa she had no milk and wasn't eating. I just thought well that's cuz she ate so much earlier today she will be fine. Well we woke up went to soccer games and came back to tend to Cocoa when I realized I had waited to long to help her and she was not in a good position. I rushed to google Bloating to find out what I could do, called the vet (they were all out), then called mom, dad and Kami to help me. They all came over and we did what we could but nothing worked and we lost our dear Cocoa. Yes, it broke my heart and I cried and cried and cried. When Tia got home she did the same. After a couple of good hours of crying Matia came in to talk to me about it and said "Mom I knew she was going to die this morning so I told her good bye and I know she left us so she could go be with Aunt Tonia." she told me it wasn't my fault and that it was just her time to go live on Tonia's farm.

I was never that grown up as a child in fact I still have so much to learn from my sweet Matia. So today we said goodbye to our sweetest dearest goat friend Cocoa with much sadness in our hearts. But we know our sweet Tonia will take good care of you until we are together again. Lesson learned bloating in goats is VERY serious and needs immediate attention. I didn't know this but goats cant belch to get their gasses out, now I do and I will never lose a goat to bloating again! Cocoa made her last transfer to Tonia's ranch in the Sky.