Tia's 1st Field Trip....

Last Saturday, Oscar ( Patty's son-in-law ) offered to take Tia, Black Jack & Wilbur over to Patty's sisters Mikey's barn - who has an indoor arena.  We JUMPED @ the offer - to say the least.  Tia has been on the property since the day she arrived 5 years ago -  I wasn't sure how she would be to load  ...so I asked  Oscar for his assistance.  She walked right up to the door & stepped up & in w/ no hesitation...whew!

                                                           Her escort awaits........

                         Once we arrived - she took in the sights & smells of Mikey's barn.

                               BJ was a tad apprehensive, but  did ok w/ Kayla by his side.

                Wilbur is a veteran of traveling & was content to be groomed by Patty :)

                        Trish was training when we arrived & I asked for a family shot :)

                                Twas a definite family affair - including Lil O.......

                                               Karena helping beautify Wilbur

And Marabella - who allowed me to take a picture of her face BUT not her stomach as she was under the weather w/a  tummy ache - too cute.

                                              Kayla strutting the English on BJ

Tia & I had a great time - once she got over spooking @ all 4 corners of the arena &...

                The dreaded wall of mirrors!!!  She got comfortable quickly & it was fun fun fun to ride her in February :))

                                              Patty putting Wilbur thru the paces....

                                                          As well as Kayla...

Another boon of the day was the return of Mya - Oscar's 8 y/o mare - she is SO sweet!

Could not close the blog w/ out a photo of the Buddha who was wondering where the heck his treats were!!!




A HUGE thank you to Oscar, Trish, Patty, & Mikey for a super fun Saturday :))