Fun in the Snow!

This morning we had a great play session together!
We went in the round pen and played at liberty! We did some squeeze game over the barrels which he did amazingly! At first he didn't want to do it, but then we did some 'reverse psycology' by just going, "Ok, then let's just lick it!" After that he was offering it "Let's jump mom!!!" So that was really cool. :)
Then we played with some circling game and he did amazing with that! His transitions are so smooth and light now. His change of directions are getting there, but I'm having him come all the way into me, then going back out, because he's had some trouble with that before.
We did some 'chase me' next. hehe! I made a quick video of us playing with it. It's really funny!


I got on and we rode after that. We decided to play with the spanish walk from his back. It was really cool! He did it twice with each foot, then the sun went away and he got really snarky.  :/  hehe, it was funny though! So I got off and we did it from the ground. I admit it, I got a little snarky back (are we mirrors of each other or what?!) so we went back to the driving game while I rode. He did it twice more and then we ended there. It was a fun thing for us to try!
I slid off of his rump to finish things off and we went back inside! It was a really, really good play session and I was out there for a good hour and a half.
Love you Eddie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Lea & Eddie~

2 Timothy 2:15
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

For My Sister!

My sister and Scout! You guys are doing awesome and I'm so proud of the relationship you've formed with Scout. Love you Allison!

Be sure to turn off my music on my blog, so you can hear my sister playing the piano in the video!

Pictures from Yesterday!

Here are some pictures from... Oh I guess it was on the 8th. Anyway, here they are!

I have a video coming in a few minutes too!

Lea & Eddie

Luke 18:14

...for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

3 Savvies!

Eddie and I had a ton of fun today in the snow! We played with long lines first and he did excellent with them!!! We trotted around, did circling game and change of directions at the walk and at the trot! Yippee! We went sideways a lot too and then we straddled a single barrel. Which at first he didn't want to do at all, but we played with it for a little while and he finally got it! Then we ran around a little bit without the long reins and we went to liberty after that!
His liberty was awesome! We played... well with everything that we played with yesterday!! lol! Which is circling, spanish walk, sideways, chase me game, cutting game, figure eight and everything with a Level 3+ quality! :) He's such a good boy, I love him!
Then I hopped on and we trotted around (I stayed on this time with snow pants - yay!) we did sideways, backing up and just using my savvy string. He was HYPER, but with some Patterns we was better. Still hyper though! But it was nice, he was warm and fuzzy and it was so nice to be riding. Allison came in with Scout so we rode together - gotta love Parelli buddies! Especially when they're your sister!

hehe, I played with Diesel afterwards too! He was little Mr. LBE! He was bucking, and jumping and being so silly! So we did the weave at the walk and the trot and jumped through some snow drifts and trotted over the cavaletties! He was so funny, but he did really good! I think that was the first time we had a real play session!
Here's a video of our winter fun!




Lea & Eddie

Amos 5:14-15
Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the LORD God of hosts will be with you,
As you have spoken.
15 Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
It may be that the LORD God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Snow Play!!!

Here's a short video of Eddie and I playing today. We had a TON of fun in the snow!!
We went out around 1:30 and we played in the round pen. First we were online and we did some things just to get his attention. His bullseye is getting really, really good. I asked him to pick it up and he did it automatically! Now we just have to bump it up to the next gait. :) But that will take time.
Then we went to liberty and did lots of fun things! We started with sideways towards and away then played with some circling. It was really good! I mean, SUPER good! His transitions were so smooth and effortless and a few times he did close circles at the walk and trot without me asking him. So I called Allison over to film our Level 3 Liberty Audition! I grabbed some barrels and we played a little bit then we started it! It was going ok, but he had 'used up' all of his draw ;) so it wasn't as good as I would want it to be. Besides, the batteries went out on the camera. So it wasn't meant to be today, but we'll know when it's time! Anyway, before we started videoing - he was doing some awesome stuff! We did some spins and they were excellent! Very fluid and pretty fast. We did some 'chase me' too and he was chasing me everywhere!! lol! We did some cutting in between there too. He was so funny!
Here are some pictures from today!

Oh Yeah! I almost forgot! We rode after this too! He did really well! I grabbed a saddle pad because he was so wet, and I hopped on with my 2 savvy string as reins. We trotted a whole lap in the round pen - which just goes to show that we have made a TON of progress! Last winter I would never have thought we would be able to do that. I know, it sounds silly "Trotted a whole lap!" But it's the journey that we've taken and we have gone through a lot. We trotted around, did a figure eight. Oh and guess what?! We did a sidepass, it was really light and he did it perfectly! Yippeeeeee!
We had such a good play time!

Lea & Eddie

1 Corithians 12:6

And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.

Yay! Another play time!!

Well I just got back in from playing with the horses for 2 hours! Yippee!! It was really fun, my dad made an arena out in the pasture on the higher part of it by snow blowing it and we lined it will all of our obstacles. There was still quite a bit of ice under foot, but we kept it at a walk/trot most of the time (besides when Eddie left for a victory lap over the ice and snow. He was fine thank goodness and he went right to Scout so my sister could grab him.) Anyway, we just used up some of his energy, we did some bullseye, circling (which is unbelievably amazing) change of directions, transitions, sideways towards/away and some refined yoyo. We also did some zone 5 driving, but he was too energetic to do that. We really didn't do much, but he has so much energy, there really is no way to stand still and do something. But we did do some more spanish walk and he's totally fine with it. It's a fun thing to play with. I laid on him for a little bit, but didn't do much with that either because he had too much energy and I had a feeling he would want to go for another victory lap if I had gotten on. But he did great, nonetheless and I'm watching the radar as another 8 inches of snow comes our way:

~Lea & Eddie~

Ephesians 2:10

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Isn't that a comforting verse?!

It's still cold!

Yup, it's cold again and it's supposed to snow today. We're taking down Christmas decorations today and my dad was blasting Earth, Wind & Fire in the kitchen... ;) It's a slow day today and I'm kind of bored. Anyway, here are some fun videos I found on Youtube. They are excellent examples of Parelli Horsemanship!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6N4zVoA3E8 This one was so fun to watch! They look like they are having a blast together!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VzUBcoPUg8 A Natural start. What a lucky foal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqR8S7g6Wsk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iaXEntWHWU

What a journey Parelli is!
Savvy on my friends!

~Lea & Eddie~

Finally a Play Time!!

Yippee!!! Eddie and I finally got to play today!!!
We went in the round pen and I sectioned off a place where it was icy, and we played in there. It was SO beyond nice to be able to play! He had a lot of energy, so we did a lot of circles. All of them were excellent! 98% perfect circles. Yippee! We did some really refined yoyo then and all I had to do was bring my energy up and he would back up and have this expression on his face like, "What are we going to do next?!!!!!" We did a few cutting passes and he was jumping back and forth, it was so fun! Then I sat on the fence and I had him sideways to the end of the 22 and sideways back, which more or less worked. ;) He more like trotted back to me. hehe, but that's fine with me! So we sidewaysed and then we went to the barrel and I crossed my legs and so did he. We went back to circles and played with transitions. He did amazing! I just brought my leg back into position from the 'cocked relaxed' stance and brought my belly button in front of his nose. He smoothly went down to a walk and then with the same change in my body, except it was on his zone 3, he went back up to the trot.
*content sigh*
I just love that horse! We can be off for a week and a half and come back suddenly and things are almost better than how they were before!
Wow! Thank you God for giving me Eddie! He's truly one of the greatest blessings to my life!


~Lea & Eddie~





Philipians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

It's a New Year!

Happy New Year! It's 2010!

Well, we haven't played at all this year ;) hehe, but we had a great play time on the 31st. He chased me around at liberty, we did spins, spanish walk and the cutting game. His spanish walk is getting good! I'm now asking him to lift his leg when I lift mine. He's really getting it and I think he really likes it!!!

Hopefully we'll be able to play soon, because it's been in the single digits/negatives all week.

We got our December DVD the other day, so I was watching that this afternoon. It was really good! I think the only thing Eddie and I could play with is our needle simulations. He is 90% fine with it when I do it with him, but whenever a vet comes, he hates it. Thankfully vets don't come very often, but it's stressful when they do. Anyway, maybe we can be playing with that while it's icy! :) It'd be a nice-low key thing to do that doesn't require any movement!

I think that's all I can think of typing about. I'm praying that this cold snap goes away and we can do some playing.


~Lea & Eddie~


2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,