Newest family members...

Camryn here:
Do you remember my post about 63 days ago about Onyx getting married???
Since Onyx is my dog I'm guessing his family is my family right?  Well, we gots an announcement to make.  I have three new nephew pups, and two niece pups!!!  They were borned today just a few days after Onyx 12th birthday to boot.  We don't have any pictures of them yet since they weren't borned here, we should soon I hopes.  They were pretty big weighing in at 12 to 13 ounces, his wife had them quite nicely starting at 1 a.m.  All apparently look like Onyx and are black/white with tan points.  Mom plans to go see them after the new year.
This was Onyx last hooray in the father department. He'll be pretty bummed as he loves his honeymoons hee hee.
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More of MY family...

Camryn here:
Since I shared my children pix with you, I just thought I'd share a few more of my horsey family.  It was so nice of my old owner to make sure Mom had some don't you think :)...

This is my dear Momma Correba and one of my brothers who's name I don't know...

My father Mike Le-La...

This one is of my sister Connie...

This is of my half sister Dream and I out grazing together.  She and I were the last two left when Mom bought me and brought me home.  Dream helped Mom decide I was the right one for her.  As Mom rode me down the long drive, Dream was hollering big time for me in the barn.  I hesitated just a moment then went on working for Mom.  That was the moment Mom remembers best of that day...

In case you couldn't tell by my children and my half sister Dream we had a paint in our lives.  This is my Husband and father of my children.  His name is Ace. So that's my horsey family.
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Very own children...

Camryn:
Of course with Christmas around the corner one thinks of family.  When I moved here my former owner was kind enough to send along some pictures of my very own family:

This is my very own son...

His name is Red, his Daddy is a Paint.  I guess Red got spots on his heart on account of none showed up on his body!!!  My old owner told Mom that the only time I ever bit anyone was when I was a first time Mom.  He walked into my stall and right up to Red without thinking.  I let him know he shoulda asked first.  I was a good Momma.

This is me froliking with my daughter...

Isn't she purty, her spots showed up all over!!!  They called her Spring.

Spring,  I'm guessing as a long yearling.  Mom saw her for sale earlier in the year, if we'd had room Mom woulda bought  her for me.  The for sale pix showed she had my head and body but, longer legs.  I hope both my children have wonderful homes like me.  Maybe someday we'll have more room and if Mom see's her for sale again I can have my girl back with me?  According the ad Mom saw, her name is Ruby now.

Saddle Pad dilemma...

Camryn here:
Mom thinks she's done banging her head on the wall trying to figure out which saddle pad to get for me n my Barefoot Saddle.
It came with an older Grandeur pad.  It has a thin closed cell insert thing, with my wither atrophy I need differant type inserts.  Her's got a borrowed Equipedic which has thick open cell inserts.  But, not enough support to protect me from her "apple bottom"!!!
So her's been doing lotsa reading n stuff trying to figure out not just what pad would work best for me.  But, one that works for da pocket book as well.

Her choice would of course be this:

A Skito Dryback pad.  They can build it just for me but, the cost is very prohibative for buying.  Mom has always had issues with Champagne tastes with Beer wages Dad says hee hee.  Her agrees though.

So, a very good second choice is this one:

It's a Barefoot Western Physio Pad System.  It says it's for horse's with atrophy AND for riders with "Apple Bottoms".  It's not cheap either but, Fri. Mom will have enough to order it for me.

It has a whole system of inserts that will help give me spinal clearance and stuff needed for a treeless saddle.

  Her's gonna call the store tomorrow that sells it to talk more about it.  Peoples have told her the store be very helpful and honest at guiding people for their horses needs. 

So hopefully Mom won't have to be banging her head on walls n such no more!  Then her'll start saving up for the Columbus Equine Affaire Camryn Shopfest in April ;)

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Rain and/or rain...

Camryn here:
Not much to talk about unless you want to talk about rain!!!  We have lots of it here, we've had lots of it all year.  Mom is sick of it big time.  Me, I don't mind it so much, nothing like a good nap standing in the rain I say.  Though the fact that my pasture has been better for ducks than me most of the time doesn't make me smile.  Mom says it's a good thing I don't mind umbrellas cause she comes down to the barn with one so often.  I think she should let me carry it for her, I could do it I know I could.  On the few non rain days we've had, Mom & me have been playing together.  We'd been working on my basket ball skills but, part of my hoop set got losted :(.  Her thinks that Dad might have accidently tossed it not knowing what it was.  We've been practicing in secret as a surprise for him.  This means Mom has the parts of my hoop seperate and tucked away in the barn.  Bad idea I guess <SIGH>  So now we're stuck dropping my ball in a muck bucket for now (a clean one of course)
We've also been working on my side passing. I'm trying really hard but, Mom has problems with explaining that my front half AND my back half are supposed to move over together as in at the same time!!!  I can do my front have THEN my back half real good though!
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