Catching up
As most of our friends and blog followers know, we stay pretty busy. Lately, that has been an understatement. While I would like to be going to bed right now, I feel we are way overdue for a blog update,…
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Leaps and Bounds
This past Saturday Rob, Alex and Vicki took their horses to Horsepower farm for the first Crosscountry Derby of the year. Unfortunately, Alex came off Dakota during the warm up and hurt his right foot by slamming it straight into…
Treasure Hill Farm’s Spring schooling jumper show
Spring has been late in arriving here in New England so our trail/distance riding is behind schedule. As a result, we have decided to defer some of our endurance goals for this season and will likely wait until August to…
A week in Chile
It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it. I spent the past week in the Valparaiso area of Chile having meetings with the Chilean Navy, including a session with the CNO. Of all the trips I have been…
Easter Weekend
This past weekend we took it easy. Relatively. On Thursday we took 6 horses out on the trails with the help of Alexis. We rode around 5 miles. On Friday we stripped stalls and cleaned pastures while Rob removed two…
National Junior Honor Society
Thursday night Vicki and I joined 34 of her class mates at Griswold Middle School for her induction into the National Junior Honor Society. The requirements to join were an average grade point of 93 or higher and a record…
No Child Left Behind
It’s been a while since we posted, but that doesn’t mean nothing has been going on. This year, we are participating in the Green Bean Endurance Challenge. We are the only team that is a full family (I think) and our…
Fun and games with horses
After weeks of frigid temperatures, this weekend was a welcome relief with highs in the upper 40s. Saturday morning, Alex took Dakota out for a short solo trail ride. Saturday afternoon Vicki rode Duchess and Amanda rode Huey at Pony…
Rusty Red Waggin’
Our new Brittany puppy, Rusty Red Waggin’ came home yesterday night. He has had a busy first day meeting Mack and Turbo. It was a rainy day, but finally cleared up enough this afternoon that they could run around outside for…
WGHA Turkey Trot
This morning I loaded up 4 horses and 3 kids and headed up to Goddard Park in RI. Rob is underway on a submarine and could not join us today. The West Greenwich Horseman’s Association had their annual turkey trot…