Seeing Old Friends and Making New Ones

Hi Everyone! I'm so sorry we haven't posted for a whole week I promise it won't happen very often! Paula was on vacation in NC all last week so Niki and Kaijsa looked after Amador for her and did a great job! While Paula was in NC she stopped by her old camp Rockbrook to see her favorite pony Danny who will be coming to M&M at the end of the summer. He was great! These are pictures of him to the left. We were at a horse show in Clemson, SC over the weekend and everyone did superbly. Congrats Kaijsa on getting the spirit award! We took 2 trailers Amelia's 4horse and Sean's 2horse. We all did very well. We had a big group which included Paula, Kaijsa, Niki, Dorthy, Jessica, and Sean, who showed and Niki's parents, Amelia, and of course Holly! We all went above and beyond what was expected and as always had a great time! We even met a girl who had grown up riding at M&M Farms when it was in Summerville and owned by the previous owners. I will post a slide show of pics as soon as I get them all together. Also Thanks needs to be given to Amelia for helping us all out and the Friedmans (Niki's parents) for keeping us healthy with all the great food on the go! Also thanks to all the parents who make it possible for us girls to show!

With Friday Comes Relief

Hey yall. Camp went really well today. We painted the ponies and did lots of arts and crafts! It was a great day to end a great week. As many of you know Niki and Paula stayed with Holly this past week and it was great however both girls were extremely ready to go home and have a spare second to rest. Not that Kenzie's midnight screams weren't great but we are ready for a full nights sleep. I have know idea how Holly does it! Good luck to everyone in the fun show tomorrow morning! For those who want to watch it starts at 9 o'clock!

A Visit From Friends

Hey yall sorry I didn't post last night but by the time I got a minute to sit down and post in peace it was about 11:30 and I still hadn't showered! Ah life on a farm. lol Anyway, yesterday morning was good once again we had camp which went very well. After camp Emily and Paula sat down with Holly and received their first bookwork assignment. Later Niki and Paula worked with Gia and Jessie on their rollbacks and tight turns. Then, Gia, Paula, and one of the campers played chase me charlie on foot and we discovered that Paula can jump 3'3 high and 3ft wide, but not the two combined. haha Later Holly taught lessons and Paula and Niki cooked dinner again, this time it was breaded chicken, squash and browned onions, Texas toast, and brownies which someone hit pretty hard last night and we're not quite sure who. Our friends Ann, Randy, Amelia, and Garret joined us for dinner and later hung out with us for some of last night. Ann was leaving so we decided that we'd take advantage of her company and turn the horses out since it wasn't raining like we thought it was going to. So Randy and Garret stayed inside and let all the ladies handle the horses, or so we thought! We were all walking back from putting the horses away safe in stalls for the night when, Randy and Garret come running and screaming behind us, by coincidence right outside Kensie's room! If Paula's scared shriek didn't wake that kid up nothing can. Later Randy and Garret headed out and Amelia hung around just a little longer. Thanks yall for coming over last night and keeping us company even if you did eat all our brownies!

Horseshoes and Homefries

Today started with a scare as Holly ran into the house saying that Gift had let herself out of her stall and was missing! After a quick investigation we discovered that Gift had also let herself into the feed room, but had only been in there for a short time because the feed bins were pretty much at the same levels. After putting Gift away and getting dressed we all finished our lesson from last night. Paula changed horses from Squeaks to Jessie, and together they peaked at a record 2'6 for little Jessie! Congrats ladies Jessie is a great little pony! Niki did very well with Tansey as did Emily and Gift who were showing off again but this time for Emily's mom. Next we all chipped in with camp, and later Paula and Holly went into town to make sonic-bank run. We also had a visit from Ken Moody the farrier today. Thanks Ken and April for all your hard work and information! Later Holly and Paula both rode Holly's horse Shiloh, and Holly got on Loki who was good but a bit upbeat. Later I rode Squeaks who was a bit better than yesterday. Later as Holly was teaching Niki and Paula went inside and put Kensie (Holly's daughter) to bed and made a delicious dinner including marinated and breaded fish, pasta with sauce from scratch, and home fries. We'd all like to send a shout out to Paula's little sister Samantha for a happy 14th birthday!

Moonlit Walks and Rainy Days

Today was another hot day on the farm! Camp went well and we got a great visit from Amelia and her brother Logan when they delivered feed! It was good to see yall! Later Holly mapped out a new jump course on a paper towel for us girls, so we all got to set it up for our lesson later that night. Gia, Kaijsa, and Anita rode at 5:30 and everyone rode extremely well! Kaisa and Em did super good when they did a whole line of jumps and were told for the first time in their lives to move on! Yay congrats ladies! Gia was shocked when Jessie jumped the big, white boxes for the first time! Yay you're an amazing rider Gia we are so proud of you and Jessie! Later, after feeding, Niki, Emily, and Paula rode at 6:30. Paula rode Squeeks for Niki since Amador's feet aren't quite healed yet! She did very well and was super eager to jump and settled in very nicely. Niki worked on pushing Tansey down the lines and they're starting to get it! Emily got to show off her mad skills with Gift for her boyfriend Tyler who was out at the farm to watch her ride. However, our lesson was cut short because there was a huge downpour so we are going to finish it before camp tomorrow morning! Tonight we had a big sleepover at Holly's since her husband Dan is out of town. We watched the movie Sylvester and ate chicken enchiladas. Later Holly crashed while Emily, Paula, Niki, and Kaijsa went out and had a midnight pow-wow with their horses! All of them were great in the dark especially Amador and Gift! After we put the horses back in their stalls for the night we went back into the house to watch Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and crash! It was a great day on the farm especially our bonding time at the sleepover thanks Holly for being a great Hostess, and to Kensie for sharing her bed!

Up and Over!

Today was an early morning for everyone on the farm! Niki and Emily had a lesson first thing in which Niki riding Tansey (the glacier) actually went around the course faster than Emily and Gift! Yay Congrats Niki! But, they both did increadibly well! Keep up the good work ladies! Niki and Paula both worked at camp while Emily earned her keep by stripping all the stalls in the gray barn! Later Niki, Paula's sister (who was hangin out at the farm for the day) and Holly went to the store to get food and supplies for camp. While Paula hung out and got some work done around the farm. Later the vet came to look at Pickles's (Little Mac Attack's) eye because he had a bobo. No worries though he is a-okay! Later after Holly finished teaching Paula hopped on Storm and practice riding jumpers! Overall we had a hot, yet very good day! Also I got pics from the barbecue and cleaning out tack trunks two days ago enjoy all our silliness!

Camp

So this whole week is the beg. camp at M and M! We have Nikki and Paula helping out. There will be crafts and learning about the horses but the week after some of the girls are planning on going to the Clemson horse show and maybe in late july some of the girls will be going up to Ohio for a thoroughbred show.
P.S- I have some pics from Kaijsa Bday party

Happy Birthday!

Last night we had a sudo birthday party for Kaijsa but today is actually her 15th birthday! YAY! Happy birthday girl and good luck on your driving test tomorrow!

Family Night

This morning Paula rode Jack while Kaijsa tackled the stalls, Emily started working and Niki rode Tansey. Paula lunged Amador and we discovered that all he wanted to do was jump everything is sight. Then Emily and Niki jumped around with Holly and they both did incredibly well! Mark (Paula's dad) stripped the loft off of two of the stalls in the gray barn. THANK YOU! Later we all decided to formally welcome Kaijsa to the barn by taking the reins (quite literally, cleaning and orgainizing her tack trunk along with all her other things. Then Emily cleaned out the tack room in the boarder barn, which looks immaculate by the way! Then we all got together and had a delicious dinner! I will post pictures as soon as I get them!

Meet the Team

Hey yall! We are the show girls at M and M Farms! Our names are Paula, Kaijsa, Gia, Nikki, and Emily. We are all different age groups but we act like a family. Paula owns a Hollsteiner gelding named Amador which she is currently re-training and just doing flat classes. She currently shows one of Holly's horse's Jack in 2'6ft, 2'9 15-adult Eq. Kaijsa owns a Trakhner/Thoroughbred mare Em which is an ex-event horse. Kaijsa is re-training her horse to try and show jumpers again but right now she is showing 2nd level dressage with Em. Kaijsa also owns the farm mascot out at M and M named Rizzie who is enjoying his babyhood getting fat in the pasture. Nikki currently is full leaseing a gray thoroughbred mare named Tansey. Whom she shows in long-stirrup and her age eq. Emily owns a gray thoroughbred mare named Gift, and while she has not yet traveled to a show with our crew she has and will show in the working hunter 3ft. Our trainer Holly holds us together and we all love her dearly no matter what kind of trouble we get ourselves into shes always there with guiding words. She does so much for us and we are so thankful!