Today we went on a hike in grass valley at a place called Empire Mine. I was Soooo pretty. It was acually a trail ride, but dad wasn't home so i didnt bring my horse. I met up with our 4-h horse group and took a 3mile loop. :) hannah's horse was being bad, but calmed down at the end thankfully. Everything went well and it was great!!

Starr Vaughn Show

yay! on Saturday went to Starr Vaughn equestrian center (SVE) and it was the biggest show i have ever been to! it was on Halloween so they had Halloween jumps and many other people were dressed up for Halloween. they also had costume contest but i didn't stay long enough for that. Any way i got there on Friday and rode him, so he could see all the jumps and things like that. then i put him to bed ( i got a stall there) and went to Alex's grandmas house who lives 5 min. nearby. i woke up at 5:45 headed out the door to SVE. Lunged stitch, and got on. Luckily for me they started late so i actually had time to warm-up. then i did my first class: Rookie Rider (walk and trot overall) i ended up 3 out of 6? or maybe 7.... then i rode a little more and did my second class (walk and trot pleasure-judged on the horse; how well he moves, is on the bit....) and i got 6th out of 13 which was great considering there was soo many cute pony's. then i untacked stitched (i had a little break) and got to rest. then i did my crossbar class (little jumps) and got 6 out of around 16! then i did my 2 foot class. he was perfect (except he made a rail fall down, i didnt wear my show coat because i thought i was just going in as practice because i was trotting and you really have to canter to qualify, AND i trotted it.) usually that like automaticly puts you at the end of the list, but apparently i got 5th!!! out of like 16 again.... i have no idea how it happened but..... oh well! its good :)

i was very happy about the weekend and am looking forward to going to more shows!

here are some pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38793127@N06/sets/72157622590049495/