Weekend vacation soothes the soul

Robert and I spent 2 1/2 days in beautiful Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek Colorado, to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary and to just get away for the weekend. We did some gambling and did very well! The craps table favored us this trip!

We also stayed at the haunted Grande Casino and Hotel, a few unexplained knocks and bangs but nothing else on this trip...

Some sight-seeing done in Cripple Creek and then a visit to Cave if the Winds turned this weekend into a romantic fun filled trip that made the routine days melt away and relieved so much stress, it was so wonderful to spend a weekend like this with my husband! I think in between our bigger trips we are going to start taking a few of these weekend trips, it truly heals the soul.

Weekend getaway to the mountains

Even if for just a couple days it was nice to camping in the Red River area of New Mexico with another couple, it was a wonderful weekend if fishing, hiking and good old drinking and cooking! The cabin at Sierra Bonita was perfect and was right across from the river and just down from the fish ponds.

Day one resulted in tiny rainbow trout not worth eating being caught and thrown back. So we feasted on steak, corn on the cob and baked potatoes and drinks galore that first night after hiking and playing in a local cave we found.

Day two more hiking in the beautiful woods and actually catching fish, good enough to have with dinner, and boy were they tasty!! More drinking at night and s'mores ended the evening, and the cool mountain air was the perfect scene for a night walk to the ponds in hopes of seeing wildlife.

We did having little hummingbirds at the cabin and saw a few critters but no elk, deer or bears... Just stupid antelopes who wanted to jump in front of the car lol

So here's to a great weekend spent with the live of my life and some great friends Brenda and Jeff :)

Now I'm home and ready to play with my baby girl Honey! 

Obsessed and in love

I just adore and love my little Honey, she's my dream and everything I've ever wanted and I'm so excited for us to play and show next year, she's such a sweet heart and just loves attention, in fact she gets mad if you don't constantly scratch and love on her :) 

So here are some more pictures of her from 1 day to 7 days old 

A bit 'O Honey

So sorry I've been bad about posting its been a crazy couple if months!

So on June 5th I finally saw a knee doctor to help figure out how to solve my pain issues, I arrived and began waiting to see what this day would bring... Not minutes later my phone rang.

Mandy called and said something was at the barn waiting for me...? The barn? What? My heart began to race as their was only one thing my mind could piece together, but then a sinking dread, Hot Rod isn't due for a couple more weeks it couldn't, shouldn't be the foal.

But it was! She said it looked to be a little filly and both mom and baby looked ok. I went into panic mode and asked Mandy more questions than I can remember, poor girl she was so patient and kind with me as I barraged her with favors, instructions and questions. 

The doctor was taking SO long to see me, I asked repeatedly to be seen as soon as possible due to an emergency occurring ... Nothing after 2.5 hours I finally saw the doctor (which I just had to so my knee would start healing) and then it was off to the races!! I grabbed my dialing kit from the house and made record time to the barn, where Mandy, Brandy and Debra were all waiting and watching the little one. 

I hobbled over and under fences, my knee hurting from the injection, but I had to see her! Tears filled my eyes as my emotions soared into a blissful happiness, there she was! 

Perfect and so small, and palomino!!!

I crawled into the pen tears rolling down my cheek, I talked to her and Hot Rod, then she came towards me... Wondering who and what I was. I touched her velvet soft coat and her muzzle which was like that of a baby bunny. Her little nose was so tiny, all of her was tiny. She was not afraid at all, like she knew who I was all along, and proceeded to give me kisses and love.

I loved her before she even came into this world, and after meeting her, she's more amazing than I could ever imagine, I love all my horses, and my dear Hot Rod did SO well I am so proud of her, but now, my little "Honey" has taken a special place in my heart that can never been removed. 

Welcome to the world little girl, I'm so glad you're here!!