What's Up Wednesday

Wanna know what's up this Wednesday?! It's Badger's Birthday! He's six today. Six going on 2... Ha. I have only ridden him once since he got up north and it's killing me. Hopefully I'll ride Sunday. Fingers crossed.

In other news, it was a fun non-horsey weekend, but before I left for Nantucket, I did get to jump Jampy around a little. You guys, I honestly think he's forgotten how to jump:

Um? What is that even? We also had one moment of slow motion twirling:

But by the end he was a little better:

He's definitely not very strong behind, so we need to work on that. Probably some gymnastics will get that front end sharper too. But so far, he's staying pretty sound! I'm going to maybe pop over some little jumps tonight, and I have a friend coming to hang out Thursday, so hopefully we can put the jumps up a little then. I'd really like to get him to a one day show in the near future and try and get my medals before it's too late.

The other boys are doing well too! I don't talk much about my failures with Romey, but I've pretty much just been walk trotting him this year. But we've been adding more canter in lately, and that's been pretty positive. He's honestly a really good boy, I just need to stop being such a chicken with him. Story of my life.

Rio is perfect as always! Monday I decided to see if he could still do lead changes with a human on him, and guess what?! Perfect changes, both directions. Le sigh. If only he could teach the other horses that come through the barn...

In semi exciting news, my gorgeous Fama Lusitano boots arrived while I was away! They're beautiful!

But alas, I really messed up the measurements. The foot is way too big, and the calf is a little big too. The good news though, the height is perfect. So at least that was better than the purple boots. (Face palm.) I just emailed the company this morning to see if there's anything to be done. If not, if anyone wears a 6 1/2 or 7, is fairly short with wide calves, I may have a deal for you!

I had a bunch of non horse fun while on Nantucket this past weekend. It was a really quick trip, but we managed to fit in a visit to the whaling museum:

Some wandering around town and shopping, which let us witness these guys pushing this van around:

And we got to see some baby ducks while we enjoyed ice cream:

My dad and step mom bought a house on Nantucket a few years ago. It's rented out most of the season, though my dad holds it open for Father's Day weekend so we can use it. Recently the house right next door went on the market, so they bought that one too. It will also be a rental. It's amazing to me how these homes rent out so quickly and for a pretty ridiculous amount of money per week. It's an incredible investment, in that these homes will each pay for themselves in about 10 years. Crazy. Anyway, I got to see the new house this weekend too. It was nice to have both. My brother and his family stayed in the second house so when the kids woke up at 5:30 am, we didn't all have to wake up!

First House

Second House

I wish we could have stayed another day, but it was nice to get home to the horses and my pups. Plus I had a really productive free Monday, so that was great too.

That's what's up this Wednesday! What's up with you? Any shows coming up? Or maybe non-horsey plans/trips?