Everyone was waiting at the house for me to get home! We pull in the driveway and there are Mom, Dad, Brett, Madison, Katharine, Bub, Kit, Craig, Nannie, Grandaddy, Gogga, Deedie, Sara, Jessica, Jake, Randy and Kathy all waiting on me and I make a b-line to see my beautiful Gray baby! He's the most gorgeous horse I've ever seen!
I spent all day Friday running around, then that evening we got to celebrate my Sweet Little Dad's birthday! We went to the Homeplace for dinner.
This is a plate full of Heaven! The Homeplace is the most spectacular country cooking you will ever eat in your life (yes, they have other things other than biscuits, chicken and mashed potatoes, but who needs to eat the veggies when this stuff tastes sooo good). I will fight people for the bowl of mashed potatoes, and everyone who knows me knows that too! One of mine and Craig's first dates was to the Homeplace and he already knew just to order an extra bowl of mashed potatoes because I would eat an entire bowl by myself!
After the Homeplace we came back to our house to cut the cake and open presents (a Glass Family tradition). Now let me preface this story by saying that Brett's horses had their shots on Thursday. They get 7 vaccinations which is two shots, one on each side of their neck. Anyways - Brett goes down to check on the horses after he's fed them their grain for dinner and uh-oh, my sweet Gray has not eaten his dinner but he's eating his hay. His hay is fed to him in a container that is up at eye-level. He eats his grain in a tub on the floor - apparently his neck was so sore it wasn't worth eating dinner. He flashed his Dad the most pitiful sad eyes he had (it worked) and Brett instantly tied his feed bucket to the wall so he could eat. Naturally anyone that knows me knows I freak out over just about anything. Therefore I think because the Gray didn't eat, he's on his death bed, which means I have to go check on him. He flashes me those same sad eyes and I walk into his stall and start rubbing him. He walks up to me and drops his head down close to my stomach and I am to scratch his ears. I could have stayed in that stall with that horse all night long. He's got my brother and I completely wrapped around his fingers - and I would not have it any other way.
I would do anything for this horse - one day I WILL show him! :)
Then on Saturday we went to Craig and Jenna's wedding!
The best man and I! He cleans up nicely don't you think?
The groom and I (the other Craig - who apparently can't take a picture with his eyes open)
My Craig says to me "I need a picture of me with you and Craig so I can frame it and put it on my desk. My wife and my best friend." What a goober.
Believe it or not - outside of all the running around, I actually found time to ride my Gray horse - TWICE! I got a little more gutsy the second time. Then Brett wanted to take some pictures with me and my boy, and since he is an AMAZING photographer, how could I say no? Here are some of the pics from Gray and I!
I feel like I should probably explain this one. I am wearing Dad's jeans because I didn't bring any riding clothes home. Brett wrapped my legs with polo wraps (which are supposed to go on a horse, Gray has them on his back legs.) When he wrapped my legs he pulled my pants down and therefore I was permanently sagging. I could barely sit in the saddle! It was really funny though!
For my first try I was a little nervous to go by myself - Brett, being the good brother he is, walked with me to help my nerves!
Words cannot express how much I love this guy!
Lesson #2. We started out thinking that I would just hop on and ride (without Brett riding him first). Well this sounded all fine and dandy until I got in the ring with them and then was like "oh, crap, Brett better get on first". This is my favorite picture ever - Brett is in my helmet and my saddle with the stirrups adjusted to my length. Thats why he looks like such a goober!
Lesson #2 - Brett was barely beside me! I trotted him so much by myself it was CRAZY! I loved it!
He was so good. My goal now is to show him and hunter pace him, we have a lot of work to do, but I think we can do it! :)
Here are some of the pictures post-ride that my bro took:
To top it all off, we even managed to take a family photo!
This is the most amazing family in the world! I would be lost without them! <3
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