The title of this post is open because I can’t seem to keep the days of July from blending together into a mixture of horses, driving, riding, mucking, teaching and long sun filled days.
We have had a great month so far and are looking forward to competing at Rebeca Farm next week!
July started in Bellevue, Idaho, where we hosted a clinic with Alison Springer and myself followed by a IDEA Derby. The clinic was fantastic and very busy. I (along with everyone I talked to) had great lessons with Alison. The weather was sunny and cool.
Josh has been home for the first two weeks of July, building some new cross country jumps at the barn and keeping our social life moving!
Michelle has been working long days, started marathon training (her senior project is to train and run a marathon!), preparing for her C3 the end of the month, getting her steers ready for the fair, and being a popular high school girl!
We have some new help at the barn. Kathryn was thrown in to the mix the first of July and hasn’t stopped moving since. I hope we don’t exhaust her beyond recovery!
The boys (Shilo and Tucker) are looking for shade and enjoying all the activity around. We have had 14 horses at the barn plus 4 turned out. CC, my yearling is enjoying all the green grass and growing big and strong!
We are loving having two weekends at home! Lessons for our McCall horse enthusiasts, music in town, catching up with friends and I hope a hike to one of the lakes in the area….
Tuesday we are off to Rebbecca Farm for the week, August 6th YR Benefit in Centrailia, WA then August 20-21 Karen O’Conner in McCall!!!

Hope to see you soon!  Stephanie