Praise God. . .

. . .for His protection for Leah yesterday. She was riding her new horse, Teddy, in the arena when he spooked and bolted. He ran right towards the fence and somehow (I didn't see the whole thing) fell with Leah on him. She was able to get out from under him and after collecting herself, she wanted to get back on while I was leading him. As soon as she got in the saddle, he took off again, rearing and bucking. She stayed on for a bit, but was not able to stop him and fell a second time. She has a concussion and lost her short term memory. The Dr. said she will not be able to ride again until her concussion has healed completely. Not sure how many weeks (or months) that will be. It was very scary for me to hear her asking every few minutes, "do you know what happened?" or "What day is it?" and repeating other similar things. She is a bit better this morning and remembers more of yesterdays events. Keep her in your prayers for complete healing and wisdom to know what to do with her horse. She is questioning if he is too much for her and I would have to agree. I don't want to see her hurt any worse than this!

Leah's Graduation

Leah with Mom and Dad holding her medal and Science award. She is still hoping to be a vet someday

Leah with her best friends, Micheleah and Angie

Pretty in purple!

Horse Girls

Some pictures of Abby and Julia riding in our arena. Abby is riding Stella and Julia is on Dixie. We have had mostly rainy, cold weather since Linda and Phil have been here, but were able to enjoy a fun trail ride on a gorgeous, sunny day last Saturday.

June updates

Just some family updates for June so far:

Jim has been busy in his "bike shop" (otherwise known as the shed) fixing up one bike using spare part from all his other "part bikes." He has even traded Andrew some parts and they are hoping to have this one put together and running HOT when the Baurers come up in two weeks. He seems pretty happy being able to do this.

Andrew and Hannah are busy preparing for exam week, which starts this coming Thurs. They are really looking forward to school being over SOON!

Daniel has started his summer job of mowing for the neighbor. He (the neighbor) finally got his mower fixed, so Daniel can finish the whole lawn with out the belt coming off ONE time! Daniel is glad for the extra income and it keeps him out of his sisters' hair. He is a hard worker when he gets down to business.

Leah and I are in the middle of a John Lyons natural horsemanship clinic this weekend. Leah is using Blaze and I am riding Dixie. I am learning LOTS (probably more than the horse) and hope to be able to retain it all for the future. One of the things I like about his training methods is that they are simple, but very effective. Dixie has really made a lot of progress in only one day.

Julia is keeping busy with pony club, bike riding, and school. She is also involved in Girl's club, which holds meetings every 2 weeks. She is growing up sooooo fast and is always wanting to be involved in more activities. Sounds like little Laura!