Adventures on the Farm for Jett

Since school would be starting soon, Jett came for a visit.

Izzie, the Horse

Grandpop had found out about a horse, Izzie, from the ferrier.  After calling the lady, we went to see about her.  She was a pretty small mare and we all fell in love with her;  however, she was limping and we did not need a lame horse.  Her hooves had been trimmed the day before and she was in a pasture with 2 other horses so we assumed one or both of those could account for her sore feet. 

Grandpop told the lady that we would call the next week to see how she was doing.

Izzie

Granpop haltered Buttercup and Jett rode her bareback to the barn.

The chauffeur

Jett checking out the vine that grows in pastures during the hot summer.

I wanted to clean out the chicken pen.  Jett was a great help!

One day for lunch we enjoyed the pizza buffet.

Jett was figuring out when his next stay on the farm would be with school starting soon!

We will make sure he does!

All Visit the Farm

We were thrilled to have all on the farm for a visit.  So much fun catching up on happenings in everyone's life.  Stories were shared and enjoyed !!

Homemade ice cream 

Mitch is adding extras to the vanilla ice cream.

Ice cream on the front porch

Georgia, the dog, visited the farm.  

The Elliott family was dog-sitting Georgia.  I think she was quite intrigued with country life.

 Mel enjoying the porch

Grammy comes to visit

Breakfast of Amberlea's delicious pecan waffles!

Fun times together!

Fun Together!

 Their Tent

Checking out the tarantula

Popsickles

Visiting Grammy

Fun!  Fun!  Fun!

Ollie, the Horse

Grandpop had discovered Ollie, the horse, at Hydro, Oklahoma.  After visiting with the owners and asking many questions, it was decided we would check out the horse.  The question now was:  Did the kids want to go or not?

A farm meeting was held to see if the kids wanted to ride 3 hours to see the horse.  They voted "Yes!".

The farm meeting

Early the next morning before we headed out, Grandpop was adjusting the length of the stirrups on the saddle to fit the grandkids.  Emma, being the tallest, was the one used to adjust length.

Ready for the road!!

Snacks of cheese and pretzels, Teddy Grahams and Orange Fanta were taken.  The kids had drawing materials and cards for the road trip.

Lunch was at Burger King in El Reno before we arrived to see the horse.

This is Ollie!

Grandpop rode Ollie first to see how he did.

 Since Ollie did well, each of the grandkids took a turn riding him.

The decision was made to purchase Ollie.  We loaded him up in the trailer and headed him.

A stop at Braum's

After arriving home, Jett and McKaylea cleaned out the horse trailer.

Jett and McKaylea put their shovels in the tool rack.

Ollie getting a bath

Ollie being petted

 Grandpop worked with each of the kids on reining. 

                                   The kids were excited and ready to ride Ollie the next day!

A disappointing ending to the story of Ollie:  The next morning Grandpop rode Ollie to make sure the horse was safe for the kids.  The horse had an entirely different nature than the day before.  He reared up, would not cooperate or rein as he had the previous day.   The only answer was the horse had been drugged!  Evidently this in very common in dishonest horse people!  We were very disappointed.!  After stopping payment on the check, Grandpop loaded Ollie and took him home immediately!
So, we will continue to look for a good kids' horse from reputable people.