Crochet Me Crazy

This last three days at the stables have been non-stop. Lots of rides. Alison has been tired this week too. Bless her heart...she's been riding every ride and it is hot and tiring when you have to go on 4 or 5 rides in a row without a break. Alison is such a little trooper though. She works hard all day and then stays late to help her daddy feed the horses and scoop the poop. This week they have been squeezing a bite to eat in when they can get a break in the rides. They haven't necessarily been a lot of people on the rides but its the same work for Jeff & Alison. They love it anyway though! Alison would be a lot happier this week if Princess was saddled though. She does get her out on a lead rope most days and work with her. I can't believe her and that horse. That horse is so relaxed when Alison is brushing her. She works on getting her to let her lift her feet. Princess will pretty much lift it herself for Alison. She works with her to get her to walk with her and stop at her shoulder. She works with her to get her to back up. I am just so amazed. Michael is running around making stuff. This week he's been making knife handles out of wood. When I can pin him down to get some pictures of those, I will. He's here and there and mostly up at Bev's using her tools.

Alison and I did the hayride together on Thursday. Alison took a picture of our little set-up. We only have one more hayride after this one and we're done for the season.


I'm about ready to get out of the park if we can. It's just so much extra work to try to get in. Working from morning until evening with the horses and then putting in park hours until 10:30 or 11:00 for Jeff is too much. It would be nice to be able to come home and relax or do things we need to do. It's going to get even harder to get the hours in when the visitor's center condenses its hours in a few weeks. Right now they are open 7 days a week. I get 12 of our 24 hours in every week just by working in there and then it gets us another 5 hours for doing the hayride. The rest Jeff gets at night.

Tomorrow we have a whole day off! Jeff hasn't had a whole day off since he started at the stables! We've been working 1/2 days on Sundays but tomorrow she said to shut the whole day down. Alison met a girl this week who came to ride and they made friends. They wanted to get together tomorrow so we're going to church in the morning and then try to let them do something before we head to town for groceries.