Our New Family Members!

We have been talking about getting a new horse for the girls for a few months now, ever since George passed away. We scour the ads on Craigslist each day, looking for a good deal for the girls and possibly one for Andy, too. The market on horses right now is pretty wide open. There are a lot of horses for sale or even to be given away, as a lot of people cannot afford to keep and feed them with the state of our economy. This past weekend, there was a horse auction not too far from our house and we decided to go check it out.


We came home with two new horses. Alayna was SOOOO excited. She had come to the auction with us and as each horse came in the ring, she'd say "Can we get that one?! He's so pretty!" or "Look at how well-trained that one is. I could ride him...please?!" When one little mare came in, all three of us perked up a bit. She was little, but not pony-sized. She was calm. She obediently did what her rider said, without paying any attention to all the noise and people in the area. We got her for a steal. Then a few horses later, a yearling was brought in. Andy thought he was pretty darn cute and when the bidding dipped really low, we got him, too. Turns out that they were a mare/yearling pair!


So, here are "Chloe" and "Chief", our new family members. Chloe is in the front, Chief in the back. They are both Welsh/Saddlebred crosses.



Here's Chief:

Here's Chloe:

And both of them again:

We also have recently added 3 calves to our menagerie of animals. Here is the best picture I could get of the three of them, for a certain Monkey Mom who wanted to see them!