Instagrammm

Soooo....I got an instagram (Thanks, Allison :P ) anddddd I don't really know what to do with it. So I've got quite a few pictures, and you should follow me..; zebra1298
I'll probably follow back if I like your pics!! (:

More Grace

I'm thinking I need to rename Grace. I'm not sure if I will yet, but I think that the name Grace is kind of over-used, even though it fits her really well.
We brought her to the new barn last night, and we visited her today. I was going to ride, but I decided to wait until tomorrow.
She's changed so much in the short 2 weeks I've been riding her, and every day she's calmer.

"This could be the beginning of something very bad"

This was the very first time I rode her. I think its when I decided I wanted her.

 Thankfully I caught myself...

 Pushed myself back up...

 And pulled her head back up.

 This was the second time I rode her.

 She was so calm and responsive!

 She's off the track (ex racehorse) and she can move!

 And she can collect very nicely. Well, this (obviously) isn't her collecting very nicely, but she was close :P

 This was today when we visited her. She's so prettyyy!

I gave her some slices of apple and a peppermint and she went CRAZY and her tongue wouldn't stay in her mouth :P

Aww she's so pretty(:



Grace

Ex racehorse,
Appendix quarter horse
Finished hunter/jumper
Starte in dressage
Started in barrels
Running bred
Gorgeousss...!
And now she's mine <3

Canterbury!

Ughh....I'm so...uninspired lately. I hate winter, even semi-not-cold winter like this. (I mean, come on, you can't hate 40 degrees in January right?) Well...I guess now that its February its at least getting closer to "spring." If winter was this warm...I'm interested to see what summer will be like.

Anyways...
I've also noticed that I'm doing horrible with my new years resolution to post every day. Well, I made it almost two weeks I think...Bravo to me.
I was looking at new cameras the other day but decided against buying one, because I'm getting a horse! I'm soooo excited! We're "actively" searching now, and I've already test ridden a few. I really like the one I rode yesterday, Opie. He's sooo cute. he wasn't what I expected, but once I got more comfortable on him because he rides completely different than what I'm used to, I really had a good ride. Well, I won't bore all you non-horsey people out there with my horsey stories, but I'm super excited. Well, other than the fact that I have to buy my own tack (saddle, headstall, bit, halter, lead rope, saddle pad) and all other horsey things aside from the horse itself.
Soooo...
Yeah I really don't know what to take pictures of, so here's another one of my "I was digging through my computer and found some old pictures to post" posts. Enjoy

Canterbury(:

Ooh....Grass...Interesting....!

And of course, the horses
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WTR

Last night was really cool! The girl I babysit's family got my family (and theirs) tickets to go see the World's Toughest Rodeo at the Xcel Energy Center. We got some pretty high up seats, so I didn't get many great pictures (even though I took 300) because some of them turned out pretty blurry. But I did get a few pretty cool ones!

First we met the riders. Some pretty cool cowboys, and of course the barrel racers!

First was bareback riding...It was really cool. I don't know how they can stay on a bucking horse bareback for so long! I was on a horse bareback on the trails and we were loping and she started bucking and I barely stayed on and she only bucked 3 times!

Mexico!

I know, I know, I went to Mexico over a year ago...But I'm running out of pictures to post (uploading issues) so I'm just posting old pictures...
OMG and before I continue, I cannot believe Picnik is closing! :( I mean, yes, I'm happy about getting my $25 back, but still. Its moving to Google+ I think....?
Alright. So on with the pictures.

 A baby sea turtle! It was sooo cute! I got to hold one and I was freaking out because someone had almost dropped one and killed it :/ but its all good because someone ended up catching it!

 This is actually not edited at all. Its an ancient temple or something.. I can't remember exactly. But yep, real ruins!

Ooh big kitty. Yeah there was a zoo type thing in the park we went to. We saw some lions, too. 

 Look at all of those beautiful colors(: Also not edited.

Yes...its a sign for the city we were in. How interesting!

My Birthday!

My birthday was January 20th!
I really didn't do anything spectacular...I had 3 friends over and we watched the 6th sense and A Walk to Remember, and The Notebook.

Our Cabin!

These are old...From last summer..
But anyways I kinda felt like posting them! :)
I really love going to our cabin...We know all of the people around there, and we get to use the jet skis on the lake!

 One of the docks in the morning....So pretty!

A little ways away in the afternoon. the water isn't as pretty here, but this is where we leave to go tubing!

All of the neighbor's boats! Ours is in there somewhere...(Actually its our uncle's) I don't like the water here because its all green and nasty :P









There's a cat there...Well, there's a lot of cats  there...But this one is special. Her name is Marie. She's super soft and she just follows you around and if you go out to the dock she'll sit on your lap and purr and purr and purr and knead your stomach with her 6 toes...yup this little kitty's got 6 toes on each front paw instead of 5(: its sooo cute!

Isn't she cute??

Marie's paw, and a normal kitty paw.

Macro

I've been experimenting a little bit with the macro setting on my camera. These pictures are not the best, but I'm going to share them anyways...(:

My cousin went to Tokyo a few years ago...He got me a fan...(:

A necklace I got from my aunt in 2nd grade

My favorite purse. Its got a fish!!

K...I just had to post this...Its a duck!

My snoopy necklace charm(:

My brother's guitar

Christmas!

I actually wasn't going to do a Christmas post, but I have nothing else to do today (YAY!) so I figured I would!
I guess I'm kind of using today to make up for the days I haven't posted this last week(:

My cousin had twins!

Awww!! <3

Christmas Eve I went to my dad's side of the family, and Christmas day I went to my mom's. We all ate sooo much food at my uncle's house on my dad's side! We just had ham at my other uncle's house.

Dancing

Last summer, I went to go watch some people dance. (:
I've babysat for their daughter, and they're old family friends. I've known them for a longgggg timeee...
So they danced in an Italian thing and I took a few cute pictures. (:

Our friend is the one with her back to us ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I actually really like this picture

Equifest

Wow! I can't believe I haven't posted in a whole week! Today I wanted to share a picture with y'all from Equifest! Equifest was a while ago, but it was soooo fun! I went with two of my friends and my riding instructor and the people who own the barn I ride at. The lady who owns the barn was the "Rodeo Queen" because she's an amazing rider. So she rode at Equifest and got to carry the US flag!

I really love this picture. Her horse is sooo gorgeous!

The Summer Days

Ahhh. Summer. I absolutely LOVE summer. Love love love summer. Well I guess I've been thinking about that a lot lately...Summer...Its just so great. And warm.
Right now, its cold. There's no snow, which is totally unfair. You can't give us cold without snow!
So I've been thinking a TON about summer...And of course that means I'm posting pics from summer.
In case you can't tell by my last few posts, I'm actually doing pretty well posting every day. Of course, that won't continue much longer, but I'll at least be on here once a week!
I'm also completely out of inspiration. Most of the pics I've been posting are my old pics that are re-edited. I really want to take pictures...But I don't know what to take them of!
But tomorrow all of my problems will be solved, because now, its boys swimming season.
I know, I'm not a boy, so this shouldn't affect me at all, but since I'm a swimmer and the boy's coach (Lynn) likes to have the girl swimmers help out, I've got a few jobs coming up.
She actually wants me to be the photographer at swim meets for the boys team..Starting tomorrow, at the alumni meet.
Yep! I don't think I'll be paid, but I'll have something to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays-
as if my life wasn't already busy enough
But I think this could be a good opportunity for me. I've got a lot of friends who swim, so we'll be timing the meets and I'll be taking pictures.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to post those ones, but I'll do my best to get something new and exciting up here, because I feel like I've been kinda boring lately.

So here are the pictures!

Probably my favorite. I don't know what it is about this picture that I love so much, but I think its really pretty.

 Some wildflowers...

 Grass....

 .....

 This is actually a new one. I just took it last week.

 :D

Ooh, look at that beautiful start! :D

Swinging

I never thought I'd say this, but I'm very relieved.
But wait...here's the good part..
Its snowing.
Yes. 4 days before Christmas, its snowing. I have to say, Mother Nature, that was a very mean trick to play on us. We all thought we were going to have a brown Christmas.
Although, it isn't very much snow, and I don't think it'll stick around very long. It may be cold, but its not that cold yet.
I'm also happy to say that my schedule isn't busy for another week. Yay! I'll have a nice, relaxing, winter break.
So anyways, I figured that since I'm posting, I'll add a picture to my new years resolution collection.

This is obviously pretty old though. I took it this summer. But there are a lot of good memories that go along with it, so I figured, what the heck. I'll add it.

My best  friend! <3