apology

i used to think, "why would anyone start a blog if he/she's not going to actually keep writing?" i suppose i'm an example of hypocrisy at its finest. it's been since february that i've updated this blog. it's no excuse, but we've gotten so busy with breeding that i have just let this slide. so, i'm sorry to everyone who has been looking forward to these posts! i will try harder to update a little more often. 

here's a quick rundown of things that have been happening for me in wyoming:

-most importantly, my lovely little sister is sleeping on my couch as i type!! my first visitor to wyoming is here, and i am so very happy about that (even if she did lose her luggage and we're having to deal with that)!!

- we now have 13 foals on the ground. 4 new ones in the last week or 2. all of these birthdays are running together for me! i stopped remembering birthdays after the two colts born on march 8 (George and Jones!)

-we've been breeding mares nonstop (or so it feels). this past weekend, i was at the barn WAY longer than normal weekends because we had so many mares to breed and ultrasound.

-yesterday we started the first of our heartbeat checks. if i remember correctly, we have 12 confirmed pregnancies now, with 11 additional mares bred (haven't been bred long enough to confirm pregnancy yet). SO, the heartbeat checks were pretty cool. i wish i had taken a picture yesterday when we did that.

-we kicked out some of the older kids yesterday (kicked out to a pasture instead of pens closer to the barn)

- there's a mare in the barn right now who will probably foal tonight, so i'll probably lose some sleep tonight. 

i'll try to update a little more regularly now, and perhaps in subsequent posts, i'll share some better details!