Theresa's Kids: Strictly a post about my horses (and a long post it is)....

For those of you who know me, know about my LOVE for horses. My mother showed horses as a young girl and up to a young adult. She then met my father, married and had me and my sister. The one thing my Pop Pop (my grandfather) told my dad at my parents wedding was "You better buy her a horse"! Well Dad followed through and bought my mom her very first horse (she always showed other people's horses), Lea's Princess. That horse taught my family so much. Everyone in my family (Mom, Dad, Michelle and myself) showed her!!! She was one of the family and Michelle (my sister) and I acted like she was our sister (Lea was a year younger than me and a year older than Michelle)! We loved her so much. She passed away this past June 2010 at the age of 27! That's long for a horse. We miss her greatly!

We love and miss you Lea's Princess

Since becoming a Mommy to 3 wonderful kids, I haven't had the time to dedicate time to the one hobby that brings me the most joy, riding my horses! Whenever I receive a new horse magazine I get all excited. Whenever my Mom (who now shows b/c I started having kids 5 years ago and our horse needed to be shown) makes plans to go to a show I get sad. Whenever I see a commercial for this movie (that's due to come out October 8th) I get goose bumps.

I show Quarter Horses and the horse that I showed/and sold right before I had Harley was a great granddaughter out of Secretariat!

My Mom and Absolute UpGrade, aka: Abby
This horse really tested my patience. When we first bought her, she was great. After a couple months and a couple shows later, she turned into one evil horse in the show ring. It got so bad that I decided to take a break from showing b/c it just wasn't fun anymore. Well that didn't last for too long. I only took a summer off but when I did start showing again, I came back to the show ring with a new attitude and Abby and I were a totally different team. We actually enjoyed one another!

My mom and I have been talking lately about the All American Quarter Horse Congress Show (this show is in Columbus, Ohio). It's the world's largest breed show and it's a HUGE convention that sells millions of dollars in jewerly, trailers, clothes, boots, tack, etc! My mom wants to try one more time showing there next year and she would like for me to show there as well. It's been 6 years since I've been out to the Quarter Horse Congress and let me tell you, I've missed it so bad!!!! Now that I'm done having babies (I took care of the situation when I delievered Melissa) and my kids are a little older, I think it's time for me to start getting my butt back in the saddle!!!! I've already set aside time for me each and every week to play softball with my church co-ed softball group. That's every Tuesday and our games are usually 6&7. So I figure when softball ends, I'll just replace it with riding. I know the cold months are approaching but the good thing about where my mom's horse is, there's a indoor arena to use!!! So I'm making a promise to myself from this point to get back to doing what I love to do! It's not going to be easy, with a full time job and a house to keep clean and 3 children but Josh is supportive and so are my parents!!! That's all I can ask for, a supportive family!!! So I'll leave you with some pics of some of the horses that I've had in the past and the one that we currently have now!!!!

Bradley OsGood, aka: Boomer, this horse is my all time favorite horse!!! I wish I still owned him today for my kids!! He's totally bomb proof and he's so laid back. My mom's best friend's daughter owns him now so I still can see him whenever I want to!

Uncommon Pleasure, aka: Tardy, this horse was my girl! She would follow me everywhere and we were finalist in one of my classes at the Quarter Horse Congress.

The Exclusive Captive, aka: Harley (yes my moms horse and my daughter have the same name, long story, LOL), This picture was from a show 3 years ago. I either was pregnant with Derek or I already had him. This horse is a lot of fun to show. He definitely is a butt head at times but when you put him in the show ring, he gets down to business and loves to do his job!! I can't wait to get back out there with him this coming year!!!!