Riding with Michelle!

Me, Cocoa, ponying Dixers along, and Victory and Michelle. Ace had an abcess and had to stay home. :(

The girls were suddenly fascinated with Vic...the look on their faces just made me crack up. :)

I love my girls!

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

Mechanical Bull Ride

Wow..what can I say...I've decided I love mechanical bulls. That was a heck of a ride! So fun yet so short! lol

I rode 'Cletus the Bull.' He was mechanically controlled by some dude. We even got clothes and everything to wear to hang onto the rope. The bull had lit up red eyes and was silly looking..it was in the middle of a huge blow up thing.

I rode it on Friday and got a 29 seconds. And then fell..

They let me do it again tonight...and I got 49 seconds!! :) Very pleased. I was so dizzy when I got off and my legs were shaking. I was gripping that thing pretty hard! lol

I decided I want one..lol haha

Pics. and video eventually!

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

Hot Hot HOT!

Super hot and sunny out today! A bunch of friends and I got together and chilled at the beach....and played sand volleyball!

Unforchantly I itch like crazy since I got jiggers from the lake yesterday..but I still went in again today anyways!

Haven't done much with the horses yet today...they are just chilling in the shade.

Spudfest the rest of the week...so Battle of the Bands tonight..and then parades and stuff all this weekend!! YAY!

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

River Adventure

Took Cocoa out for a spin about 3 pm. It was hot out..and the sun was beating down so I thought let's go to the river and play!! Well we get there..and this is just how much luck always works; it gets all overcast. Always..does this. Well we just chilled and Cocoa munched on all the river grass. Barely made a dent in the grass there...it is so lucious.

Ventured down through the mucky bank on my side and into the water. It was so warm! Lovely! Wasn't quite as murky today as it was yesterday with Dixie. I rode Cocoa all around in it. She even had to swim a little bit when we followed it farther down. She was having a lot of fun. So slippery all wet though since I just rode in my jeans and swim suit. Then the bugs got to us so we continued to the road and to the trails. We made it to the warm up trail and heard some construction going on. They had HUGE machines in there to cut the trees and drag them. Cocoa and I kept going and she didn't mind them at all..I was a little worried we'd get stuck in there. We did quite a bit of cantering and I got her to collect. It was a very nice and fun ride!! It didn't even seem that hot out and Cocoa didn't seem to be overheating. We eventually turned back and went by the loggers and headed home through the river. We just beat the rain. A couple minutes after I put her in it just let loose and started POURING!

Fun day with Cocoa! She was happy to get out and about!

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

Dixie to the River and Cocoa biking!

Biked with Dixie down to the river. Even got pics..since mom came later and met us down there.

Dixie was being pokey today when I was biking with her. I was wondering if it was just because it was so hot out, she wasn't feeling good, or tired from yesterday? hmm..

We crossed the bridge when a huge semi went by. What impeccable timing I had. Dixie didn't blink an eye. That's my baby! :) I was nervous! It was a SEMI..I mean come on..and the bridge is not very big or gives us very much room on the side.

The bugs were pretty bad down at the river..and the posion ivy. Uh oh....I hate posion ivy.

She got to eat a ton of grass. Even got a little startled when some people walked down to the river and surprised us!

Dixie went right in. And immediately started splashing up a storm again...She loves to splash and soak me! She didn't lay down today like she did yesterday though! She still stuck her head under the water..past her eyes. And she blew bubbles too...I literally saw her thinking.."hmm..if I stick my nose under the water and blow...ooohhh...pretty...BUBBLES!" She did that numerous times! I taught her how to paw on cue...cause she just loves to do it. And she started doing her Spanish Walk..paw paw in the water. :) hehe It was cute.

We went pretty deep up and down. She kept wanting to go farther. When mom was taking pics. I stood still for too long cause something brushed past my ankle and it wasn't Dixie. I screamed...it totally freaked me out. We were down for the day after that...I've gotten leeches from that river..and see fish up upstream all the time! Yikes!

It was a fun river day especially since it was so HOT out! Dixie totally cracked me up with her antics. She's so silly.

We biked home and she got to eat in the yard for a while before I took Cocoa out.

Cocoa was feeling left out..so I took her out for a bike ride on the backroad. We did a lot of trotting and cantering. She is so good about cantering right beside me and I can touch her and pet her while I bike. :) She got to eat a lot of grass. Then since we moved the trailer to the back by the backroad we did some trailer loading too!!

After that I tied her in the ditch while I got the wheel barrow and collected all the grass they cut in the ditches. The horses loved that...but I think I got poison ivy now. And I roasted doing that...it was so hot out!

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

Appy Pastel

Finally was able to load this pic up! :)

Appy pastel I entered in contest! I love this one!! It's HUGE too!

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

Update

Been busy with the ponies. Fran came to visit the other day! So that was a special treat! Wish she could have stayed longer. We went to Nita Jo's for a clinic.

I've been taking Dixie for bike rides. Cocoa and I have been going down to the river A LOT to eat the green lush grass and to play in the water. The bugs haven't even been that bad down there! We went on a super long trail ride the other day and have just been milling around and riding through all the developments and to friends.

The horses have been getting to eat in the yard just about everyday while I work on my art projects and they've been getting baths to keep them cool!

The other day some roofing people came and parked along the ditch. Dixie walked right up to his truck and stared at herself in the window and then went back to eating. She is such a goof!

Played with Dixie in the roundpen the other day! She's been ah-mazing! We've started doing more liberty. She's doing great with that! Stick to me and change of direction is going really good!

Cocoa's been spunkier! I love it! :)

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

Pony Express and River Rat

Took Cocoa out for a ride a ways! Delivered a b-day present Pony Express style of course. Got there in one piece..but I didn't Guarantee or Insure the package! lol

Cocoa isn't feeling the best still. Having a hard time walking on gravel and pavement and not feeling into going real fast. So we just took it easy. Was an interesting ride. Saw a lot of people we knew... :)

Got home and biked with Dixie to Birch Lake. Made it all the way there and there was too much commotion and dogs running...(what are the chances..nobody is ever there.) so Dixie was a little nervous. Didn't get in the water for too long...thought some lady was calling the cops on us for having a horse in the lake...lol

Stopped at my friends then we headed home. Dixie got a good workout! Lots of trotting and she is definitely traffic safe..we went along the highway the whole way...got some funny stares...Girl Biking Her...HORSE! haha I can see it in the papers now! It's gonna be a new sport..if I have anything to say about. Now I just have to master Unicycling while leading Cocoa...and Dixie. :) Summer project. ...we'll leave it at that!

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

Oregon Trip

Me and Ingrid

At the Coast.

Brr..the water was Chilly!

My wonderful cousins!

Me and mommy!

The rest of our Oregon trip consisted of hanging out with cousins and family.

Sat. - Saturday Market...that was cool! Then we went to the OCEAN! Now that was ah-mazing! Cold but sweet!

Sun - Church and Graduation and PAR-TAY!

Mon - Go back home...long flight. :( I didn't want to leave. If I had brought the girls with...I just mighta not came back to MN. Seriously they have NO bugs there...just slugs. Ick!

The horses were happy I was home. They got to get out and eat grass! Finally!

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

Go West....to Oregon!

On our way to Oregon...! Flew the 3 hours there, 2 + hours to my cousins. Plus did some sightseeing along the way that included WATERFALLS!! I loved it! :) Took lots of pics.! Will get them posted on here someday soon!

Hung out with cousins and went to church.

I love Oregon..everything is SO green! My fav. color!

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie

Yay! Last day of school!!

Schools Out! Spent the day with the girls of course! Bummed...I'm missing Madison Celebration this weekend. :(

Savvy Out,
Olivia, Cocoa, and Dixie