Halloween x-country

So fun! I am used to the open flat area like in Texas. This cross country was up in the mountains and hills. There were a lot of turns and it was a very long course. This show was very open, "you may take any flaged jump, or none at all". Out of 18 jumps Flag and I took about 5. Most of them were much larger and scareier than what we have seen. I dressed him up in American Flag colors and I dressed as an army person. It was fun... Flag was jumpy and as soon as Rosie was out of sight he went crazy. So we did lots and lots of circles...

Next week is a Dressage show and Rosie is staying home! Grr to her! As soon as we had finished the course of a mile and a half (maybe a bit longer) he started walking and then screaming again! It was like he had not just run up and down hills for a long while. Silly horse.

Take care all!

-Aidan

Dunkie

Hello People!

The other day Duncan and my dad wanted to go for a trail ride. That’s fine, I thought Duncan could ride my horse and dad can ride his. I had ridden Flag already, he was sweaty…and yes for this time of year here sweat is hardly seen….anywho…I thought Duncan would have no problem. HA! Duncan must have lost all his nerve when it comes to horses. Supposedly, and remember I was not there, Flag was scared of a mailbox or a trashcan, something stupid. Duncan says he was nerves already and Flag started to be jumpy and going sideways. So, Duncan says he bailed. My dad says he was dumped, my mom says he landed on his feet and had jumped off. Who knows? I do know he would not get back on, so my father got off Rosie and on Flag and came home no problems. Duncan lead Rosie back, who by the way did very well…!

My mother is on the phone to the pipe people in TX and OK. Yay for me, yet another thing to waste my time on!

Oh hey! My mother says she is thinking about allowing me to go to NY for some time in the summer! I hope so…

I miss y’all. I can’t wait to see you again. Take care!

-Aidan

just starting

Hiya! From those of you that knew me in TX, ya know the huge amout of work we put into our fence in Crawford. Well, surprise surprise...it is starting all over again. We spent all this morning and most of the afternoon setting our first postes...yay...!

I hope this is the last fence for a while I have to build. People may wonder why I am not a normal teen, hey, look at my pasttime! There should be an olimpic sport, they should callit "Fencing."...yes, sounds like something I am good at.

I have not much more to say, so take care all!

-Aidan

Howdy!

Hi all! I know, I know long time no blog. Truth be told it is because I have nothing new going on. The horses, dogs, parents, and brother are all well. Yes, I am too. This year has gone by at a fast pace for me, but now it seems to not be moving. I want this year to end and the New Year to bring joy and peace.

Poor Yoshi has a bald tail. He is scratching like a mad dog here, and he will not leave his tail alone. So my mother, bless her heart, is using vet wrap and all my horsey first aid stuff on him. I hope it works…haha…oy, to see this big mean looking dog with a pink wrap around his tail…lol.

I can get most places here if someone tells me what road it is on. Yay for me! I miss Waco so much though. No traffic, most people are nice (not the people here are mean or anything,) and all of you people!

The hay here has alfalfa in it. This is OK, but it gives Flag and Rosie way too much energy. Though, I am glad to say they are using the energy nicely. In a forward way, not in a back humped “get off of me” way.

Well, take care all! Buenos Noches!
-Aidan

My first snow

I woke this morning to three or so inches of cold wet snow. Brr... It did melt soon thank goodness. Snow in October? Strange...........

Brrr...

Brrr…Is it just me or is it getting colder? Colorado has a real fall, and winter. None of this bloody hot one day, and freezing the next day. I am enjoying the larger city, though the traffic and loads of people can be a pain. Plus, I have no clue where anything is.

Duncan and I found a new Kung-Fu school. It is much more traditional than the school in Waco even. The classes are on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at an hour and a half each. I could not believe how soar legs can get until this weekend. I will miss Michelle and her class, and…no jujitsu???

The horses are doing well. Flag is being eaten alive by the bugs, poor guy. They leave Rosie alone and ignore the fly spray. Poor Flag, I have to treat his bites twice a day right now. Rosie is doing much better than I had though she would. I rode her the other day when my father could not and she bucked, I got mad and she stopped (did not try that again either). When my father rides her she does really well, never offering to buck or bolt or anything bad. She trots when he tells her and even is starting to canter (very very small amounts with my dad, more with me). I am trying to get Flag and my lungs up to speed, with the small amount of oxygen, for our first cross-country schooling Halloween show. Then there is a schooling Dressage on the 6th, and a schooling Jumper show on the 20-something. I am so happy there is a place near me here in CO that has shows. I do not have to go 100 miles and stable the horse overnight there anymore. Yay!

As for the rest of life…we are starting the dreaded fence once again. This time around we will have a wooden top-rail with no-climb wire underneath. But it be the barn I am excited about! A nice, 9 stall wooden barn! It really is my dream barn, thanks Dad!

I shall start looking for a church I like. I hope that search goes well. Oh, my parents are heading back to Waco this weekend. They are leaving Duncan and I to tend the horses. Grr, I would like to go home again, but then again it would only make it even that much harder to leave again. Also…rumor has it that Newel, AKA my brother in law, and his buds are heading to Iraq in Jan. or Feb.

I miss y’all! Take care!

-Aidan

Making a new life.

Most of the people whom will see this know me from Texas. Having just moved from there a week ago, I miss it greatly. I am not so sure what has helped me make it through this tough time in my life, my faith, my friends, my family, my boyfriend or a mixture of them all. Thank you all...you know who you are.

The move...Well it went smoothy, it took us 2 days to arive in the Springs. The horses were remarkable troopers as were the cats, dogs and yes, Duncan too. I have had a week to try and get used to the new life here. Still I find myself thinking of the things I will do when I "get home", but then oh! this is home. I think this place would be a much better place if you all came to join us. I mean the weather is better half of the year, good right? Well ok....trying to get used to all these new ideas and starting over in martial arts and my riding is proving to be more difficult than I had thought. Though it has only been a week. And hey, life goes on, believe it or not.

It is very beautiful here. The cold weather is on its way, the mountain is white already. The grass is turing brown and the trees are an amazing mixture of fall colors. Every afternoon, has not failed yet, the clouds roll in over the mountains. They tease us with rain, but have yet to fallow through. During the morning and early afternoon bluer skies are to be found no where. So, beauty is plentiful just a lack of some people.

I miss all of you, and I miss Texas. I cannot wait to see you all again. You are all welcome into our home here in CO at any time, we got the mountains and the snow. That's right, come ski!
Take care all.

-Aidan