FALL AFTERNOON PASTURE TIME...

WE HAVE BEEN WINTERIZING THE WHOLE RANCH !!

Water irrigation lines blown out...hoses rolled up & of course tank heaters

installed in "ALL" the water troughs.

While we were getting everything ready for our "FIRST FREEZE"...

We decided to let the horses out for some pasture time... 2x2 . :-)

Twister and Tigger are enjoying some fresh greens !!

Twister is sure a handsome guy !!

Tigger still has the signs of being ridden today !! :-)

Wyatt even got to go out and play !!

He was pouting the whole time Tigger & Twister were out playing.

This is Starine...Steve's new beauty !!

She gets some extra shots...since she is the "NEW" one in the barn.

I'm not sure if she has ever been out on pasture before ??

She sure didn't wander far from the barn or her buddies.

Steve and Starine will be in a NCHA cutting show this weekend.

I hope to have some great pictures to post next week. :-)

WILD WOMEN OF THE WEST WEEKEND

As you can see... I DID WILD WOMEN OF THE WEST WEEKEND !!

MY DEAR SWEET HUBBY...made sure we were very comfortable for the weekend !!

He took us ( Wyatt and I ) to Bonina in Eltopia early Friday morning and made sure we were in the perfect spot.

Wyatt and I had all the comforts of home and then some !!

It was the beginning of a great weekend for my horse and I !!I didn't go for the cutting lessons.

Wyatt and I had a very important job in the cutting pen.

We both worked as a team to help hold the cattle in the upper middle part of the pen.

It takes a horse and rider on each top side to help the Cutter make a clean cut.

Then look out and watch the magic happen!!

It also take 2 horses and riders to help hold cattle in the bottom part of the pen...

they are called turn back riders. We all help to make sure each Cutter gets a chance to make a great score !!

Here is a picture of Wyatt and I to prove how hard we worked all weekend !!

I had some one taking some extra pictures for me...but my camera decided to double expose

all the extra shots. :-(

Maybe it is time for a really nice new one !!

We also had a cooking contest on Saturday night...that was after I was in the saddle "ALL" day !!

I had some one take my place and my horse so I could go create my entries.

I was able to make 2 different recipes...but the one that was the hit with the most votes...

was my fresh cranberry salsa. That is how I won this cute apron and a cute cap with bling on it. I should of taken a picture of the cap too...I always think of extra things during a new post.

One of the gals named Mary made this cute apron and the Wrangler pockets are

from her husbands jeans. LOL!!


Here is a closer look at the cute design !!

Needless to say I had a great time and made some new friends in the horse world !!
It really helped to build my self confidence even more...Wyatt and I had a ton of fun !!
I'm sure he is even looking forward to going back next year !! :-) :-)

~~~ HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY ~~~

SO WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ??

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ANOTHER DAY ON THE RANCH...

PLAYING WITH MY BUDDIES !!WHAT'S THIS FOR ??
NOW I GET IT !!
YOU BOUGHT ME A SPECIAL TREAT FROM FRED MEYER !!
(FROM PREVIOUS BLOGS... YOU CAN SEE I JUST LOVE THAT STORE !!)
BUT WHY TODAY ??
YOU SAID...IT'S "MY" BIRTHDAY !!
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT MEANS...BUT IF IT MEANS A
YUMMY TREAT LIKE THIS...BRING ON THE PARTY !!
CAN I HAVE ANOTHER "BIRTHDAY" PARTY TOMORROW ??

ARE YOU GOING TO LET ME CHEW THIS ON YOUR "BEST" RUG ??

IT SMELLS SO GOOD... JUST LET GO !! I REALLY NEED TO GET CHEWING !!


IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE ALREADY A YEAR OLD.

I'M SO GLAD THAT I (NEDRA) HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES... TO LOOK

BACK AT AND SEE JUST HOW CUTE AND CUDDLY YOU WERE...

NOT SO VERY LONG AGO. :-)
WE'LL YOU STILL ARE VERY CUDDLY...JUST A LOT MORE TO DEAL

WITH ON MY LAP !! lol!!


THANKS "HANDSOME COWBOY CHASE SMITH" FOR FILLING THE EMPTY SPOT IN MY HEART.


WE LOVE YOU !!

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 ??