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Hi Friends,

Wow, it has been a long time since I've posted here! Well, I guess with all the months I've missed I'd better get started =)

First of all, we decided to name the buckskin, Journey. My mom agreed that we could name her Journey and the next time my mom gets a new horse, we'll name it Micah. I think Journey fits her pretty well :)

Journey is over a year old now. And man, she sure is growing and turning into a BEAUTIFUL horse. We only have bay colored and paint horses so to have a buckskin sure does liven things up in the corrals, lol. Journey is as tall as my horse already and several other horses in the corral. She's not even two years old yet, so she's going to be a big girl.

My mom just recently moved her from the corral she's been in all her life with the other horses. She says that it was a little challenging at first as Journey spooked at every little thing. But mom went slowly and eventually they made it to the corral. After being released into a bigger and better corral, Journey didn't even run or buck or rear or anything. She simply just pranced around really slowly in a trot and sniffed everything. Mom says that it looked like a perfect piaffee...just trotting in place. I wish I could have been there to see it. All the month of September I've been living with my dad and I ache for horse interaction again, lol.

Every since we got Journey we kept her in with my mom's old Thoroughbred mare, Maple. Maple is a sweet old lady and I think she must have taught Journey some manners and sweetness, as Journey has changed so much from when we first got her. She tries to nibble sometimes, and we're playing with that. But whenever we go outside she whinnies at us and comes right up to the fence to get some attention. She's such a pretty girl and she's so sweet and trusting now. It's really neat to look at what she was before and go back to who she is now. It's really amazing.

Sometime (hopefully soon) I will post some recent pictures of her. I think you will all be quite surprised to see just how much she's grown over just a few months. It's almost unbelievable how big she is now, lol.

With her being in with the other horses we hope to play with her a lot more and start playing the seven games with her and what not. I am really excited to go back home and play with her.

I'll be posting some pics of Journey soon!

Thanks for reading,
Randa.