The Scottish groom Gorden showed us around the property. They have some great jumps set up and then another area that has barrel racing and western riding. It was hard at times to understand Gordon because of his accent, but oh I loved to listen to him.
To board our horses, they pay for the hay that the horses eat and stable with, but we have to come one afternoon a week to come work at the stables. Mama takes care of the boarding payment, and I get to work at the stable. We will muck stalls and oil saddles, learning how to care for Spider even more. It can be hard work, but that is what you have to do when you have a horse. |
Their stables are really nice and Gorden knows about Western and English riding so we can do both if we want. I love to ride English and do my dressage and jumps, but when I am just riding for a day out I like my western saddle. I know Tayla loves western, but rides English too. Jayd loves bareback, but will sometimes ride western. Mara rides English and Kelsyee rides English too. So we have a good mixture of riders and levels. |
The top photo is me and my horse Spider, he is and AG Appy and I love all his crazy spots. The next photo is of Tayla and her horse Whiskey .. he is named after the horse off the movie ''The Vilian''. It is a play off of roadrunner and Wiley coyote, it is so funny. This photo is Kelsyee with her horse Gyspy. None of us girls wear our riding outfits for just normal days out. |
Here is Jayd and her horse Pagan, Jayd and Tayla's horses are brothers and they look so much alike I have trouble knowing which horse I am seeing. Jayd loves to ride bareback most of the time, and seldom uses a bridle either, Pagan is leg trained so she does all his commands by her legs. We loved the new stables so we are moving horses next weekend. We gave the old stables a weeks notice for them to find new boarders. We will be so close to our horses now, so we can ride more often. |
Marsali and her horse Beauty. She is not into riding like Tayla, Jayd, Kelsyee, and I but she likes to ride some. She does not do any activities, just relaxed riding. Highland Manor is not just a horse boarding business. The manor itself is a boarding house for kids with parents that travel and they need somewhere to be. |
This is our church and school we attend. We all love our pastor David Jeremiah. | It is not actually a boarding school because the kids go to Shadow Mountain Christian school, where a lot of my friends go and my home school program is through them too. In the manor they each have their own rooms, take turns cooking and cleaning their house, and the stables. Sarafina is supposed to be an awesome cook. Willow is making friends with her, she loves to cook too. They have both lived in New Mexico too so they have a lot in common that way even though Sarafina is Spanish and Willow is Irish/Scots. |
We are excited to get our horses moved and start spending time with the kids from Highland Manor, there are 15 kids living in Highland Manor, there are four boys and 11 girls staying there so we are excited to add some great friends now.
Do you have new friends that you like to spend time with now?? It is fun to have more people to do things you are interested in. I was talking to one of the girls about sewing some things and she loves to sew too. We are going to get together and share fabric and patterns. She actually makes things for her friends at Highland Manor too. I am so excited to share my love for sewing with someone else too. Tayla and I like to do everything together but she likes to bead not sew so much. This works out great.
Do you have new friends that you like to spend time with now?? It is fun to have more people to do things you are interested in. I was talking to one of the girls about sewing some things and she loves to sew too. We are going to get together and share fabric and patterns. She actually makes things for her friends at Highland Manor too. I am so excited to share my love for sewing with someone else too. Tayla and I like to do everything together but she likes to bead not sew so much. This works out great.