The Girls are Great!

I guess at some point I will have to stop apologizing for being a bad blogger, as it has become the norm. The girls are doing awesome and we have been out a few times since I last blogged; however, I have been awful about taking pictures. Shane has been riding Trinity and is feeling much more comfortable in the English saddle. He hasn't trotted yet, but I am hoping he will soon! Frosty is getting better and getting more and more miles on her. She is still very stiff. I want to transition her from the hackamore to a simple snaffle to help get some flexion. I think the hackamore is too unidirectional to work on the kind of softness I want from her at this point.

Aside from the horses we have been working our garden a lot. We even got one green bean off of our plant; however, we picked it and then the plan died :-(. We have a ton of Grape tomatoes and a few full-size tomatoes forming and SEVERAL zucchini, which I am super stoked about. So far my peppers and broccoli haven't done much of anything. I think my cucumber and melon are getting ready to start producing as well. I don't want to jinx it, but I think that we may have some good produce this year!

Our one green bean! We were so excited, then the plant died :-(

Our garden bed. This was a few weeks ago. Things have grown significantly since then. I need to get an updated picture. 

Over the 4th of July holiday our HOA put on a pool party. We had a blast. Shane and I have joined the social committee, so we were a big part of putting it on. We did the Costco run, Decorated, and Grilled! Everyone really enjoyed themselves and we had a fantastic turnout of about 50-60 people (there are 180 home in our neighborhood). That isn't too bad, considering a large population of our neighborhood are elderly. 

Shane manning the grill. 

Pre-party pool view!

I have some very exciting news coming in the next week or so, so stay tuned!