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Starting Riding TrainingDaddy and Munchkin Riding
June 3, 2014
Heather L
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Starting Riding Training

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Daddy decided that it was finally time to start riding the horses again. When we brought them home from the rescue, we made the decision to do training before riding them as they were disrespectful. Munchkin had some bad experiences with a few horses at the ranch, so she was hesitant to get back on her horse, Dixie, until she knew that she was respecting her. While training has taken longer due to our slow training schedule, they have made huge strides and are pretty good on the ground. We still have more work to do, but Daddy felt they…

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International Bow Hunter Education Class
May 19, 2014
Heather L
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International Bow Hunter Education Class

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Munchkin’s weapon of choice is her bow. She very much enjoys archery and wants to be able to do some hunting with her bow in the future. This past week, Munchkin worked on getting the online portion of her bow hunting class completed so she would have her certificate in time for Sunday’s field day class. We chose to go with the online class instead of the Saturday in-person class due to the class site being 1 1/2 hours away. The online class consisted of lessons, interactive programs, quizzes, and a final exam. Once the student completed the online course,…

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Throwback Thursday: Armed Forces WeekDeployment Goodbye Kiss
May 15, 2014
Heather L
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Throwback Thursday: Armed Forces Week

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In honor of Armed Forces Week, I thought it would be fun to post a couple of pre and post-deployment pictures for Throwback Thursday. The goodbye kiss – before the tears were shed. This is one of the few pictures that I have from this pre-deployment time period due to a computer crash where the back-up failed to work properly. I was thankful that I at least had this one. The welcome home hug. Their arrival time kept getting pushed back until it ended up being rather dark when they arrived home. Not too many pics were taken due to…

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Hiking Cougar Crest Trail – Big Bear, CACougar Crest Trailhead
May 5, 2014
Heather L
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Hiking Cougar Crest Trail – Big Bear, CA

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On Saturday, we decided that it was time to test out our new Gregory backpacks. Seeing how we want to eventually do multiple day hikes, we know that it’s important to work out way up to being able to do that. Hiking with just a day pack (our normal thing) is completely different from backpacking with a bigger pack, so it’s important to condition your body before taking on a longer trip. We headed up to Big Bear and hit the Cougar Crest Trail. From the parking lot, the trail is roughly 5.8 miles round trip. (You hike up and…

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