Day 1- The Pick-up

This might be a long one.... I have to say that they last month has been filled with alot of excitement. Since we have had our new baby girl Raelyn not much has been thought about as far as the mustang goes. SO the last week we have all been running around here building a spectacular facility for the new comer. It is really nice. 

So today was pick up day. I have to say that it was alot of fun. I have met so many incredible people that are totally self less when it comes to giving helpful information. When they say they are like family they really mean it. The rest of the rodeo and horse world should take note...

Yesterday we headed up to Paul's Valley OK to the holding facility to pick up my "#55". All this morning I sat in line in the pouring rain as we waited to be loaded. As I stood under the shed talking to more very nice mustang people and trainers, I looked over in one of the near pens and saw a very familiar butt. I realized that #55 was right there. I had watched the adoption video so much that out of hundreds of horses I knew his hind end with out even looking at his number.  I was excited to see that he had kept most of his weight since there was a warning email sent out last week that all the SEMM Competition horses had lost quite a bit. Very slowly it came my turn as I stood there I watched my gelding bully the other geldings in the pen with him. He was a good two inches taller then the others. I realized that he had no idea the change that was about to happen to him.

I began to think that this is very similar to the way that God is with us. Jesus went to the cross and adopted us in to his family long before we ever knew it. God knows us better then we even know ourselves...he has watched us closely. And on the day that it is time he culls us out and brings us down the aisle. He takes us in and cuts off the tags that say that we belong to the world and brings us in to His world. He gives us a name that declares who we are to him. Just like I give to my horse. It is me saying that to me you are no longer just a broom-tail colt. Now you are mine and you will be great if you learn my ways.  We might be scared and wonder what is going on but He is drawing us to HIM because He wants a relationship with us and to use us for a plan and a purpose.  Jer 29:11 Says "¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Thank God He cares enough to love us like that. 


Soon it was my turn and I saw them bring him out run him down the ally and cut of his number tag and put him in my trailer. He jumped in with a huge clatter and away we went.

On my way home I started thinking about a name. He needed a good one. But I also wanted to give him one that would remind me of this journey years from now. So I chose to call him "Ground Breaker" because I feel that this is a new leaf for me in the horse industry and that this mustang is the start of something new that God wants to do in mine and my families life. A place were i can truly enjoy training horses and not have the frustrations that I seem to carry in the rodeo world.  His barn name that we will call him is "Spade" because every time you see a ground breaking ceremony. They always use a pretty gold spade.

When we got home, after a very long and trying trip of rain, traffic and baby drama, we backed up the trailer to the round pen checked all the gates and let him out. He seems to like the place that he is in and really likes all the food. We will see what tomorrow holds.