I blinked and July has flown by.    What a busy month this has been! 
Haying season is in full swing, although I did pry Tom out of the swather  long enough to get him over to the western side of the state.  We attended The Event at Rebecca Farm.  This is the first time we've ever been to such a thing, and all I can say is Wow!    We were in heaven- three days surrounded by good people, lovely scenery, and some of the worlds most talented horses.  It just doesn't get any better than that!   Tom even decided that cross country jumping looks like a lot of fun, and if he could wear his jeans and boots instead of riding breeches he might even give it a try. 

I got a surprise letter in the mail from Florida that made my day!  Pictures and a note from the proud owner of a William gelding, Charter.   Charter is stunningly beautiful, and gives us a glimpse at what we can look forward to!  We love to see William's older babies and know what they are up to- such a talented group of "kids" he has! 

Speaking of talented kids... Wylee and Tawnya have been having a good summer.  Tawnya has spent some time traveling around and visiting friends.  Wylee and her friend Kendra participated in the kids rodeo during fair.  They each did the flag race and barrel racing.    Wylee also rode a steer and came in 2nd.  Lots of fun was had by all.  Last Saturday was the 3 mile Nee Wah run.  Wy had been bugging me all year to run in that, so Grandma took her down and got to watch her come in first for her age division. 

Last evening we finally got over to Warrick to take pictures of Neechi and Eloquence.  They've been turned out on summer grass and are growing like bad little weeds.   They are learning all the things good ranch horses should know- how to maneuver around in the rocks and trees, crossing creeks, and growing strong running up and down the hills.  They've gotten a little independent since being turned out, but were still pretty curious about why I kept following them around with that darn camera.   I'm looking forward to weaning when we will get them in and be able to handle them on a daily basis.

Hope you all are doing well~ Check out the new foal page for more pics of Neechi and Elly.  I put a slide show on there that I will update with pictures wh

First, an apology for being such a slacker and not updating the website!  I really had such good intentions for this blog when I began... I still have those intentions- really!  I do!    I have no good excuse for my absence, but hopefully the news of new babies will redeem me.

I have two new babies to report.  Both fillies, and both by our William.  The first was born to a mare named Doll, who belongs to Tom's sister.  Doll is actually a mare we raised and is out of my mare, Kate.  Kate can be seen on our mare page.   We have not made it down to get pictures of this little one yet- things have been a little hectic around the Brown household, but as soon as that happens I will definitely share!

The second filly is pictured above, and is out of our mare Ninety-Nine.  Momma can be seen on our mare page.  The filly has been named Eloquence (Elly for short), and she is a little stunner.   I was excited when Neechi was born, but I must admit that this combination was the one I was most excited to see this year.    She has not disappointed!  So far I have just a few candid snapshots taken when she was only about two days old.  Please excuse the sleeping Skeet in this photo- she was quite sure her nap was much  more important than me being able to have good pictures of the baby!