Christmas!

Hey!

I had an absolute awesome Christmas this year! My family is awesome and I love them to pieces! We had an awesome dinner at my grandmothers that was absolutely hilarious. My grandmother gave each of my brothers $25 and practically duct taped the boxes shut. They were wrestling to open them for nearly 5 minutes.



My full brother, Matt, and I went to my dads house to open gifts on Christmas day and I got the best horse stuff! A Micklem bridle, 2 bits (one a Fulmer!), a horse cooler, 3 training books (101 Dressage Exercises, 101 Jumping Exercises and a book of using grid work), new breeches, shorter round spurs, white polo wraps and 2 new schooling pads (one light blue and one black) ! And my favorite thing, a college text book of equine anatomy! I found all of it on sale(expect the bridle and anatomy book... but I reallyreally wanted them).

I can't wait to get everything out to the barn and use it all! Except the white polo wraps... those are not getting any where near a horse until I do something important that involves dressage... like a rating or anywhere I probably shouldn't wear my rather used and abused brushing boots. They might be old and too small but they serve their purpose and I like them. :))

Anyway, Jazz is doing awesome. Getting fat and kind of hot since the rain makes consistent, hard riding impossible. We're playing with his grain and supplements to create a diet that holds the weight but less hyper. The old boys Largo and Duce/Dunkin are doing well also. They're both on a supplement to try to keep them feeling good. The cold slows 'em up a bit but the supplements seem to help. And new news about horses coming and going! Can't wait to write about it but got to go for now!

Merry Christmas!