WHERE IN THE WORLD IS "HOOPER", WA ???

As you will see by all my pictures...we did find "HOOPER", WA !!Creative & Cute !!
I'm not sure why Steve took this picture ??
Maybe he just wanted to prove to me... that we really would have plenty of toilet paper for the weekend. LOL!!

This was Wyatt's & Nedra's first day of the Trail Clinic.

We started with some ground work...

it helps the horses to be more accepting/ready to listen to their rider's.

After lunch we got busy and started working on the real thing.
This was a water obstacle that Wyatt was working on crossing.

By the end of the weekend he just loved crossing thru the water !!

The next funny obstacle was these crazy Styrofoam noodles.

Wyatt loved them at first... but quickly learned to hate putting his head/face thru them.

Needless to say by the end... he had changed his mind and just loved going thru them !!

This is "THREE HUGE TRACTOR TIRES" stacked up against a huge bank/hill.

Wyatt took a look and said no problem... and away we went up the hill !!

This was my favorite obstacle of the weekend !! :-)

I have to say this was another fun one !!

We had to make the horses walk/trot thru these deep ditches/trenches.

After I talked Wyatt into taking a look...he just loved trimming the banks of dry grass !! LOL!!

This was getting him to back thru a "L" ... then climbing up on a circle of rocks and doing a complete turn around on top. No problem he loved climbing up on "ANYTHING" !!

Jumping a "HUGE" log and trot/lope over a smaller log.

We just love jumping things together !! Steve's not so happy

taking pictures of me jumping over things. LOL!!

We had to go thru this cool ranch gate with Buzzards ( another creative & cute) on top !!

Then we had to take a stroll thru the tunnel. :-)

We had some steep rocky hills to climb !!

We also had some high step downs to accomplish

and we did it all with no problems or unwanted dismounts. LOL!!
We did have a lot more obstacles to work on...I think there were about 20 or so.

On Sunday afternoon we had a couple trail challenges with the rest

of the rider's and it was a blast !! Looking forward to our next one !!

As you can see by all the great photos that Steve took ...

Wyatt and I had a blast working together...even if the temperature was a 100 degrees !!

I think I finally realized what "COWGIRL UP" means !!

Looking forward to going back to "HOOPER CROSSING"...maybe next time with Tigger. :-)

REGIONALS NATIONAL FOUNDATION QUARTER HORSE SHOW... POWELL BUTTE, OREGON ... AUGUST 2011

THESE ARE MY HERO'S !!!

~~~STEVE & TWISTER~~~THIS IS WHERE ALL THE ACTION STARTED !! BRASADA RANCH... RIM ROCK RIDER'S CLUB

THEY HAVE MORE THAN 200 PLUS STALLS AND CAN ADD 50 MORE PORTABLE ONES IN A MOMENTS NOTICE...WE'LL MAYBE NOT QUITE THAT FAST !!

THIS IS ONE OF THE 4 STABLES THAT ARE ON THE RANCH.
LOOKS MORE LIKE A "HORSE" CONDO !!

BIRTHDAY GIRL !!

COOL STAGECOACH ...JUST HAD TO TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE

"BIRTHDAY GIRL" !! LOL !!

OUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME !!

TIGGER WAS HAPPY JUST WATCHING "BIG BROTHER" !!

HE HAD A BIT OF STAGE FRIGHT...NOT SO GOOD FOR ME (NEDRA)!!
THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR !!

STEVE COMPETING IN HIS VERSATILITY EVENTS.

IT WASN'T MY BEST PHOTOS...THAT'S FOR SURE !!

I SHOULD OF MADE A MOVIE OF ALL THE ACTION GOING ON IN THE ARENA.

SO MOST OF MY STILL SHOTS "DID NOT" TURN OUT !! BUMMER !! :-(

STEVE HAD TO COMPETE IN ( 5 ) VERSATILITY EVENTS AND HE DID THAT PLUS (1) MORE.

THE MAIN EVENTS...

RANCH TRAIL...RANCH RIDING...RANCH CUTTING...REINING...& AGILITY.

HE ADDED IN A EXTRA TRAIL CLASS JUST FOR FUN. :-)

SO STAY TUNED... YOU WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT TIGGER...WYATT & NEDRA ACCOMPLISH IN AUGUST "NEXT YEAR" !!

Little Cowboy...

~ LEWIS WILLIAM SMITH ~

~ OUR NEWEST LITTLE COWBOY !! ~

~ BORN AUGUST 5, 2011 ~

IT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HE'S ALREADY A MONTH OLD !!
NEXT TIME YOU SEE HIM HE WILL BE SITTING IN THE SADDLE WITH A
"COWBOY HAT" !! THIS IS GRANDPA STEVE'S FIRST SADDLE AND THE ONLY SADDLE THAT HE USED ON HIS "BEST HORSE"... AJ !!


I'M SURE GRANDPA STEVE WOULDN'T MIND IF LEWIS USED THIS SADDLE ON HIS FIRST AND BEST PONY !!

SORT - 4 - THE - CAUSE...

SORT - 4 - THE CAUSE

JULY 16 & 17 , 2011

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS PINK EVERYWHERE !!

OUR LITTLE BUDDY CHET EVEN GOT A RIDE ON TWISTER !!

KALIE...HIS MOM & OUR VET WAS EVEN ONE OF THE CELEBRITY RIDERS !!

IT WAS A GREAT DAY 4 A FUN RAISER !!

STEVE WAS VERY GENEROUS TO LET ME RIDE "HIS" HORSE "TWISTER" 4 THE DAY !!

Twister & I ended up making a pretty "AWESOME" team !!

We came in 5th with my partner Jill and that was out of "61" TEAMS !!

We were just one place out of taking home a "BIG" check !!

I had a blast and I will always remember my great "RANCH SORTING EVENT"

... with "TWISTER" !!

THANKS AGAIN STEVE !! ... FOR SHARING YOUR HORSE WITH YOUR WIFE !!

ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH TO WEAR PINK ??

Wyatt...Water and Cattle Continued..

What a Handsome and Patient Guy !!

Can "WE" go play in the water again ??

Can "WE" come back again next year ??

Wyatt...Water and Cattle...

I just wanted to share a few pictures of Wyatt and I at Ukiah, Oregon.

It was so much fun to be able to sneak in a weekend together !!

After having so much fun together... it was "real hard" to leave him back at the trainer's.

As you can see he is becoming such a hard working and trusting companion. :-)

I'm getting anxious for another fun weekend...hopefully the middle of August.

I'm learning how to use some new picture software and I'm having a hard time uploading both collages that I have made to the same post...so that is why you will have to view 2 about the same subject and weekend. Sorry !!

Turn Back Horse and Rider...

Here are some pictures of Steve and Twister in Action !!

They made a great team !! Twister has really been digging all the cattle action !!

Nina and company really appreciated "all" their help and long hours in the cutting pen.

One day they both worked 12 long hours !! I sure have some tough guy's !!

Nina is the one in the upper left hand corner working one of her colts.

I think I forgot to mention in my earlier post that she is Wyatt's horse trainer.

He is coming along great and I will share in one of my next posts in a couple of days.

Thanks for staying tuned in !!