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We had a great time on our cruise but were really glad to get back on solid ground and come back home to the farm. Both of us got a little seasick on the last day out. Cruise Pics

Everything was quiet on the homefront - Jenny took care of all the critters for us. I swear Stylin looks fatter in just one week! Only 30 days to go! We were able to complete her paddock the day before we left for the cruise - she seems to think its okay. Now we just need to get that old monster of a satellite dish taken down.

Good Weekend

It was a good weekend....starting with feeling Style's baby move for the first time on Friday evening! YAY ! I've been talking to the baby for a couple of weeks now....I know - silly, but I'm doing it anyway. We got a lot done in the nursery....put up some fence and a gate, cleared out some brush and cleaned up an old burn barrel/firepit that had lots of glass and stuff in it. I will go back over it this week to make sure there's nothing left that could poke a hoof. Went to church in Gainesville today and visited with Bobby's mom, Ruth.

Nursery

We going to skip trail riding this weekend and get to work on the "nursery". We've set aside a separate paddock for Stylin and we need to put up some fence and convert the picnic house into a foaling stall. We're starting to get excited about the baby coming and are trying to come up with some good names. Our mare is Stylin With Class and the Stud is MG Cajan King - we're open to suggestions. I'm still hoping for a little filly.....I'd love a palomino overo, but we're probably going to get a bay tovero. Anything healthy will do ! Stylin has strong palomino background but Cajan has black.

Dang it !

Just found out yesterday that 35 acres have been rezoned in our neighborhood and 115 homes will probably be built in a new subdivision.....with the entrance on our road. Our quiet little rural neighborhood is going to change a lot. At least our immediate neighbors have some acreage and provide us with a little buffer.

Easter

We had a really nice Easter Sunday. Mindy came up from St Augustine and went to church with Bobby, Mom and me. Jenny and Ben joined us for lunch. Too bad that Shelly and Bo had to go back to Tennessee on Saturday and couldn't enjoy Easter with us, but Shelly had to be back for school on Monday. Robbin, Tim and Julian hung out with the Painters so that Julian could hunt Easter eggs. The rain held off all day !
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The Flood

Me, Bobby, Charlotte and Katie thought that we would go ahead and try to ride at San Felasco park today even though the weather forecast didn't look great. We thought the bad weather would hold off till afternoon. WRONG !! What started off as a fog turned to drizzle and then to full blown rain and lightning. We got to the park, turned around and came on home. The storm got worse as we were driving down 441 - hail starting banging the truck and a gust of wind and rain came sideways and scared me half to death. We made it home safely, (after a 3 hour round trip) and the horses were just a little wet....guess we should have been smart like our friends Mike & Traci and stayed home.

Camping Report

Boy did we ever have a great time ! We had 15 total riders for the Saturday morning ride. 4 of the riders had never gone over the land bridge before - so it was a fun time for them. We rode a little over 3 hours then had lunch back at the camp. 6 of us stayed for the night. After we set up our tent and relaxed for a while...we all went back out on a short ride to explore the trails closer to camp. It is such a beautiful place - I think it's my very favorite place to ride so far! The only downside was TICKS! We picked ticks from ourselves and the horses -nasty little critters - gotta remember to spray ourselves with a deet product before we head out next time.
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