hey people how are yah???!!!! i havent been on the com in forever so im going to try to catch up on things 1st im doing ok im just soooo tired we have had such a busy last few weeks that im jsut like ugh!!! well anyway all of our horses are doing great and were are active 4H members now YIPEEE!!!! im so excited about that!!!! yesterday we had company and that was fun we went to an old abandoned house and found pictures and stuff we took video of all of and it was jsut sooo much fun except.............. me being my accident prone self was running down a hill hit a mudd hole and my knee popped out of place !!! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW it was so gross so i popped it back  in .... today it hurts but not too bad and its wrapped so it will stay together and mend hehehehe well thats about all i can give you except please keep coming to my site i cant write alot but i truly truly enjoy your comments   thanks!!!!!!

may the horse be with you      mariah p.s. happy thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!! gobble !!!!

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hey everyone how are you????? i wrote friday and now i get to write today too yahhhh!!!!! for anyone who does 4H you know all about 4H congress well next year me and my horses are going to compete in the 4H congress!!!.. im so excited about it and im taking my little filly providing braking her goes well!! :) hehehe and i certainly hoep it does or i might not be capable of going either due to broken bones!!!  if you can please comment on this   WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON??? FALL   WINTER   SPRING   SUMMER??? MINE IS FALL AND SUMMER (ITS HARD ON THE HORSES TO RIDE IN VERY HOT WEATHER SO FALL IS GOOD FOR THAT BUT I LIKE SUMMER BCUZ I LIKE TO SWIM AND HIKE AND BIKE AND ALL THOSE OTHER IKES  well guys i guess its time for me to go to youth so i better run!!!!                              may the horse be with you

                                                                               mariah                 

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hey guys sorry it has been so long i know ive probably lost alot of my commentors due to not writing so much and you can blame my dearest mother for that one because she never get off the computer so i can get on hehehe ( i love yah to death mom but geez!!!!! let me on :) the weeks ive not written have been going well today we went to see a professional ballet performance ( no i am a cowgirl not a ballerina) but i am interested in meeting different people and do like to see people dance

blaze and all the other horses are doing great as im sure all you horse owners know we are having alittle trouble finding hay but other than that we are thriving!!! it got soooo cold these past few day from like 90 to 45 in 48 hours!!!!! well i guess id better go thanks so much for the comments guys 

may the horse be with you   mariah

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HEY GUYS HOW ARE YAH??? well yesterday was such a busy day i was wiped out by the time we got home so im sorry for not writing we got there early and just started working and then we practiced in the ring for the rodeo so that was fun i dont have time to talk much because today we all have hair appointments then we have to hit the fair again!!! well ttyl   mariah

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hey i only have a second to write all this but here is my plan for this week

well tomorrow is sunday and were going to church and then we have a kids meeting

monday my dad is off and were going up to mnt rogers

tuesday is my riding lessons

wednsday were helping out with a horse fair from 9 am to 5 pm!!

thursday the same friday the same and then im helping set up this huge arena we will be rodeoing in the following day

saturday 5 am we will be heading to the rodeo for a day of competing and fun fun fun and work work work (we have to help all the little kids saddle up and lead them to were they need to go b4 we can even get ready (were competing to)

ill be writing every day this week to tell you how it went so listen in (this should ne funny and with my luck ill probably even break and arm or two!!! LOL) and post as many comments as you can!!!!!!  well bye yall!!!!!

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hey everyone just wanted to tell you about my weekend and hope you had a fantastic weekend yourselves well we ended up going  to the trail to ride horses not today but saturday it was just me and my dad and we had a great time the horses did well and i was also proud of my dad he did good too!! the sunday we went to church and had the potluck dinner and then went home and rode again on the trail it was fun and today was a serious work day for us we 1: super cleaned the basement 2 re-organized the tack room 3 super cleaned the house and then me and my dad went swimming together down at the river ( incase you havent noticed it is usually just me and my my brother and sister arent very into that kinda stuff :( but i really like hangin out with my dad

we didnt do school today due to all the work and tomorrow i have to go to a foot doctor for the sore's on my feet from my cowgirl boots :) i should be getting a new pair and a new outfit for my birthday wich is what i wanted that or money!!! so i can where the outfit to the show in september

well i guess i better go to bed i have to leave here at 7 am my appointments is @ 7:30~~!!! am i cant believe it but you know how they are hehehehe well catch you later

may the horse be with you

mariah

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hey guys what is your weekend going to be like?? wanna hear about mine WELL!!! here it goes!!!
friday josh has a birthday party we have to take him to and we are supercleaning the house and getting ready for a garage sale were having ........... saturday : 8 am  were heading off the the yard sale (we live so far out in the booneys we have to go to a parking lot to have one lol) sunday : church and then a baptism service and potluck dinner ( i have to bake the desserts :( monday were heading off to the trail to do some horseback riding (thank god after that weekend were ALL gonna need a break!!! LOL

about my wrist todays MRI didnt go well i got very clostrophonic  in there and had to stop the test now they want to put me to sleep and do it but im not going to im just going to pray over it and my mom is going to get some herbs called a tetric or something like that and were going to put that on there

well yall have a great weekend and please be praying for my wrist and my moms health !!! bye!!!

may the horse be with you

MARIAH

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hey all has my new title caught your attention ??........... IT SHOULD!! i did a vacation bible school with my church i taught recreation well the very 1st day is was freezing and poured the rain!!! so now im suffering in july mind you!! and COLD FROM THE ANARTIC!!! heehehehe i really am

things are going okay for us at 5 hand hands equine ranch were back to doing lessons every week and sep 16th were competing in a fair and its going to be great theres me 15 destiny 13 and josh 9 (whos is doing fantastic i think he will place very well!!) well thats it for right now tonight were going to see jason michael carroll in concert then to a amusment park im so phsyced!!! well bye

mariah

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dear everyone sorry i havent written in sooo long i completely forgot about everything

things have been going good for me tomorrow im going to the DMV to test for my learners permit ( i failed once by one Question!!! so i hope i get it this time ) CROSS YOUR FINGERS EVERYONE!!!

blaze is still doing great we have all been riding alot and his wieght is improving!!!! misty is doing good she will be able to be broke in about 1 year im so excited and cant wait to train her

gandalf is alittle tired from all the riding so we are putting him a vitamin supplment that should help his muscles and energy

hudson is great i love him alot and he is our most athletic one of the bunch!!!

sadie is good we ride her quite a bit now and she is back to her normal self (except we think she is pregnant!!!! we dont have a stallion on our land but for a short time there was one bording in a adjoining pasture) well that is about it we are all fine and im so tired so im going to hit the hay !!!   bye   mariah

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Hey everyone i just thought i would say hi and that everything is just peachy here

ive started volenteering at little bit stables helping with lessons with amanda (my instructor)

im in the 4th and last level and then ill go with private lessons .... tuesday im taking blaze with me for the 1st time to lessons (i hope he doesnt act up infront of everyone!!) 

 well that is about all that has been going on except for the chicken house

we put a net over it so that hawks cant fly IN and chickens cant OUT

Well ive got to gallop talk to yah later

may the horse be with you   *mariah*

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it ended up that i have broken my arm in 2 places and im in a hot pink cast (please see picture below!! LOL) im still able to write because im lefthanded and im able to ride horses (mother does not like it mind you hahahahahaha) well i just thought i would thank you of you for your prayers and comments

may the horse be with you *mariah*

and just for show... Gandolf the Grey!!

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well everyone this week has sure been a hard one for me

i came home from work the other day with the FLU then right after that hurt my wrist soooo bad its just horrible my mom took me to the doctor and the X-ray showed nothing but that doesnt help becuase of the swelling and severe pain so tomorrow im going in for a bone scan ....... i also have a riding lesson tomorrow and were going to have so much fun   ( ill just ignore my stupid arm!!!!)we have moved to a different place ( different place same wonderful teacher) and i think it will be alot better this way ...... so anyway right now i have a monstrous headache and im just so tired and i have to be at the docs office at 9am and so on

blaze is doing great since he has been on the wieght gain supplement he is doing so good and all the other horses are too!!! the dogs cat chickens and hamster are all good too ...... i gave my mom the flu after i got better she got but hers was worse than mine . I still cant believe how fast time has gone by its already may!!!!!!

church is going great im so happy to be reunited with all my friends .. we have been going to that church since i was 7 1/2 then we left when i was 14 and stayed away until a month ago and im soooooo happy to be back (we were only gone for like 8 months but still that is like lets 8x4=32 that 32 services i missed whaaaaaaa if only we hadnt of left!!!!!! ) hehehe so anyway ill let you go i have to get to bed its late   thanks for reading my blog and please come back    catcha later and may the horse be with you *mariah* 

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hey everyone how are you all doing??

im okay we have been so busy this week i havent been able to write!!!!

the ride for st jude went well and im happy to say our horses did fantastic too!!!!

our ducks and chickens are doing great  we have lost a few due to them getting out thru the chicken wire but other than that all is well!!!! there have been a great deal of crows wandering around the chicken pen and im beginning to wonder if it might be that there just playing with them for do they eat them i have never heard of crows eating chickens but i do suppose its possible!!!!

well i hope you all have a very good weekend!!!!!!!

may the horse be with you

mariah

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hello all how are you doing??

here at the ranch we have been doing some things to get ready for summer (basically cleaning and schooling and building and planning ect ect ECT!!!! ) were getting ready to build a corral ( i said we were going to do this earlier and didnt due to the weather) but its hot and sunny here now so were all content

all of our horses are thriving and doing fantastic!!!!! its so neat to be able to do school chores and then ride them everyday!!!! its just wonderful

i got a job over at kanawa valley arena where i take lessons tomorrow is the last lesson for my 3 level and then i will go on to my 4th and last lessons session in which from i will do private lessons to continue barrell racing and western pleasure

saturday we got blazes teeth floated and his coggins done so were UTD on all his *stuff* so i dont have to worry about that anymore.......

my mom is doing so much better her sugar was 95 today when just 2 weeks ago in was in the 500!!!!! i am so blessed by god to have such a wonderful loving caring mom..... i cant wait until mothers day!!!! she has a blog here to ... brownstead blog or something like that cindy brown yah know we homeshcool she is a author im sure you have read it so i wont go on about that anymore

my little brother and sister are so happy now that the weather is warm i slip on there crocks and so playing at the stream almost everyday now (i tend to follow them on blaze somtimes ehehheeh)

well i hope you all have a blessed week i have to go and make lunch for my dad when he gets home from work   

may the horse be with you........... mariah

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Hello yall how are you ... im doing okay i have had a busy but fun day

first we went to church then to a luncheon with our church

then my sister has this friend who was in a ballet called camelia

it was wonderful my parents dropped me and my sister off and we stayed there for four hours!!! it was fun we had refreshments and met all the little ballerians and the big ones were fantastic and it was just all around a wonderful sister day!!!!

tomorrow we have a busy day too grocery shopping , riding lessons, chores and that is only the beggining ( i just had this thought why and i here in the middle of the night when i have had such a busy day and another one tomorrow???? I NEED TO GO TO B.E.D!!!!! )

well i hope you all have a wonderful sunday and monday (and tuesday and wednsday and thursday and......................... ) LOL                 may the horse be with you .... mariah

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well hello there today i had a blast with my family

we went back to the lhama farm to work on geometric stuff

like a icasahedren and a octahedren and got to build them with a compus

and a ruler (not a camping compus mind you a mathmatical one hehehe)

then we went out to eat and then went to a horse and tack sale

there were mares selling for under 200 bucks!!!

(if your not in the horse buisness that is a really really good pricw :)

so i had a fun day

well gotta go   may the horse be with you

mariah

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Hi all i just wanted to say that i am praying for all VT familys and friends and those who were lost

my friend was spared in the shooting but 2 of her friends werent and i can even describe how much she has changed and i want you all to know that even though were going thru this right now we should be happy (in some sense) for those who were killed because there in heaven with jesus right now and those left behind got off worse with all the scars and things they must deal with

    PEACE 4 VT!!!!!!!!!
go hokies!!!

may the horse be with you *mariah*

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