We went to D
oug (Dan's brother) and Stephanie's wedding reception last Saturday night. It was at their house in Middleton. Stephanie has a 10-yr-old son, Tommy...pictured with Sydney and Billy on the couch. We all had a great time.
horse on a lead and stands next to him. She has to trot in front of the judges and then "set the horse up". So...kinda like in a dog show...where the front 
and back feet are supposed to be square, head is up, and they have to stand like that while the judge walks around them and looks at them. These classes are more for the bigger stockier horses...which Snickers is not...so he doesn't usually do very well.In the picture where Syd is wearing the black hat...thos
e are the "Western Pleasure" classes. In those classes she rides the horse and has to be able to walk, trot, reverse, stop, and back her horse on command. She also does a "Horsemanship" class (not pictured...but same outfit with the lime green top) where she rides the horse and has to do a pattern around cones.Sydney did better over-all on Saturday....but the highlight of the weekend was that Billy did his first lead-line class on Sunday. He did well, too! He got 2nd and 3rd place out of 4 kids. (One class...but 2 judges...so each judge counts.)
Funny side note...In a few of the earlier shows...in the Halter class...I was a little confused as to why Sydney didn't place as well as I thought she should have. Now, I didn't post any of the pictures...'cause that would just be wrong! But apparently....if the horse's "fifth leg" is hanging out...points are taken off. Well...that explains it!!
We have another show this coming weekend....In Minnesota! I guess it's about 2 hours away...YUK! We've never been to this one...so it will be an adventure!
We had baby ducklings delivered in early May. We just thought it would be fun to watch them grow....and we though it would be easy since we have the pond in the back yard. They grew fast and made themselves at home with no problems. The strange thing is that they're all females! Not a single green head in the bunch! Go figure! The dogs like to aggravate them a little...but not too bad. We got mallards so that they would fly away in the winter. Now we're hearing stories that the only reason they fly south is because of food shortage. I guess that wouldn't be an issue since we feed them. We may have permanent residents. Oh well...They're still a lot of fun. They're not tame by any means...but they'll get close to you when they know it's chow-time. Dani makes a point to check on them every morning....and sure enough...they're always there.
For those of you that didn't know...We have a new weimaraner puppy. (We lost our 9-yr-old to cancer in the spring.) Her name is Millie, and she is about 4 months old now. Titus (our 175 lb. mastiff) LOVES her and they are best buddies.
Good morning...
Today is Wednesday...Day one of this "blogging thing". Thanks, Heather...I need one more hobby :) Just kidding...I'm hoping it will be a better way for me to keep everyone up-to-date on what's going on around here.
