Circle C Stables Current Events

GUESS WHO THIS IS???????

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:12:00 +0000

HERE'S A HINT- THE BIG BUTT BESIDE NOW LIVES AT THE STABLES TOO. HE IS ONLY 2 DAYS OLD!!!

REALLY COOL CONCERT!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:04:00 +0000

For Memo's Birthday I got him tickets to a concert.. now this wasn't just any concert. This was Joan Sebastian (no not Bach) He is a mexican singer who rides his horses while he is singing. It was INCREDIBLE. these horses were leaping and dancing and Joan was singing away on top. VERY impressive! If you ever get a chance to go... even if you don't speak spanish, GO!

A LITTLE ENGLISH DOES A HORSE WELL

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Well I finally talked Nicole into trying to ride english. Our resident wild gyhmkhana rider took the seat and.... SUPRISE- both Jasar and Nicole looked incredible- as you can see! Hmmmmm maybe we can talk her into working towards a show in the fall???!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JARRON!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:30:00 +0000

This weekend we had a GREAT

birthday party at the ranch. Jarron Jetton had his Wild West Birthday with all his friends at

the Circle C Stage Stop! Check out some of these fun pictures!!

Here is the crew playing Rompin Stompin- one of our fun games!

Some call it cheat'in we call it a helpin hand! Gettin ready for the old fashioned sack Race!

<-----yummy smores!

Can't forget the pinata!!

Some of the barnyard animals gettin some love!

<----some bandits on the steps of the church!

Can't forget the pony rides!
masked bandits...YIKES- good thing we have a jail!!!

QUICKIE- OUR RESCUE HORSE

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:33:00 +0000

Well the other morning memo and I decided to go see the auction down in Chandler to see about a saddle.... bad move on our part. First off, I won't name the auction because it was a HORRIBLE place. The people running it were downright nasty to the animals. Don't get me wrong I do understand that not everyone treats their animals as we do BUT they don't need to be mean to them either.

We were over there and ended up staying with for the horses... somehow or another my hand ended up raising with my numbe rin it and I found myself the new owner of a 6 year old registered Quarter horse. Quickie is his name and he has great breeding up both sides. He was found in a repossesed home. The owners had left and left him behind. He is skinny and not very trusting but he's coming around.

Memo went home to get the trailer and I called him to say "bring a second halter" yep my hand found the air again and I bought a Burro. In my defence we only paid $10.00 for him!!!!

we named him Chimichanga.

LADIES RIDE TO THE GHOST TOWN

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:06:00 +0000

Well it's been a couple weeks ago, but we had a FABULOUS ladies ride up to Mammoth http://www.goldfieldghosttown.com/ the other weekend. A group of us GIRLS ONLY took the trip up to enjoy a burger on the deck and enjoy the great music and good burgers. We had a great time and our newest boarders all got to meet and greet.

Here is our oldest cowgirl- 96 years old! My Nanny!!!

Everyone enjoying their burgers!

Coming up the driveway

A little backwards, but everyone leaving the stable- here are McKensie and Nicole our youngest riders

Our newest boarder Michelle----->with Rusty and Diane behind(not a usual thing) (Rusty doesn't usually let that happen!)

Naomi and her pretty girl Carrie

Nicole and Jasar with Linda and Koda behind her

Sue (my Mom) and Mack!! YEAH First ride since breaking her foot this last fall!

ODD THING WE NOTICED AND JUST A GREAT PIC

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:37:00 +0000

When we were getting ready for the party, we noticed the uncanny resemblence of Memo to our "cowboy" that stands out front of the saloon.... What do you think??

This is Carlos(our nephew), getting ready for his big sister's western birthday party.... can't help but share it.. look how cute!!

CARLITA'S 3RD BIRTHDAY!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:01:00 +0000

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARLITA!!!!

This past Saturday the 21st we had a fabulous party rental in the town. This was for the 3rd borthday of Carlita! The kids all had a blast playing games, riding the pony and just generally being kids!!

Here they are playing the baloon game. They have to try and pop the balloon off of everyone's foot without letting anyone pop theirs. It was a blast watching the little ones chasing each other. Some even tried to pop their own at first!!

This is the quick draw contest. They have to squirt out the flame the fastest. Funny part was they all ended up on top of the flame by the time they squirted it out. (even though we started them behind a line) This game seemed to be a favorite!!

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS-WEEEEEEE

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Mom, Memo and I got to sneak away to LA for a few days. We took Nanny over to spend a few days with Aunt Karen and Uncle Bill- It turned into a great couple of days. Not only was it great to see our cousins and family, but we had the chance to spend the day at Universal Studios. It was a BLAST!!!

HORSE SHOW

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:25:00 +0000

So while Memo and Alonso played in Nogales my Mom and I went to the Scottsdale Arabian Show http://www.scottsdaleshow.com/ . This show in a phenominal horse show that brings the best animals from all over the world. I am not an Arab fan but you can't help but marvel at their beauty! Here are just a few pics from it. It was fun because we saw a lot of our boarders and friends there as well.

Fun with the Family!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:43:00 +0000

This weekend was a travel weekend for the horses. Memo and Alonso took Mark and Zowie down to Nogales Arizona for our niece's birthday. They had a great time and people that NEVER ride horses actually got up on them. They all got to spend the night and had a BLAST!

COLD COLD COLD

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:37:00 +0000

Our poor horses are freezing their tails off! It has been 2 full days of rain and COLD- ok... cold for us. Last night the wind was howling and wow was it chilly!!! The temperature gauge this morning said it was 34 degrees at 6:00!!! The mountain behind us has been covered in clouds but it peaked out this morning!! Check it out!

FUN FOR THE WEEKEND!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:11:00 +0000

We(Alonso, Memo and I) spent this Saturday with my brother Dan and the girls at the Ren Fair. It was supposed to rain but it held off. It was a great day and we had a blast. It's always fun to make believe!!

Here's Evelyn with the sheep. She fell in love with the baby sheep and sat there for the longest time just talking to her. Quite cute

Alonso had a good time.. this picture was hard to get... only because he kept looking down.... go figure! :)

last but not least... my Zorro- (I'm sure I will get in trouble with this one!)

Zowie in watching TV

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:41:00 +0000

I guess there is not much else I can say about this.... but that would be our kitchen. My friend Christina mentioned that maybe Memo got confused since we have dogs that big.....

Our new trail course

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:37:00 +0000

Since I have not been allowed to ride our horses, Memo and I have been working on a trail course on the back property. Yesterday we spent the day playing on it with our boys and Milo.

Our course consists now of a jump, a mailbox, lots of logs laid out to step over, a tarp on the ground to walk into and then we fold it up onto the horse and best of all, a teeter tauter. It is a great way to build confidence of both the horse and the rider.

Here's a picture of Captain on the Teeter Tauter. then there was Milo wearing the tarp.

OK SO I AM A BAD POSTER!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:23:00 +0000

Ok, I have been REALLY bad about posting... well a lot has happened in the time... obviously the holidays have come and gone and with it lots of fun stuff. Let me re-cap:

Memo and I went on a cruise.... WAY FUN!

Came home from the cruise and had a full knee replacement surgery- NOT FUN

Christmas- WAY FUN- we had ALonso the ehitre two weeks so it was GREAT!

New Years- WAY FUN- party in the town with friends.. who could ask for a better way to start the new years!

My dad came to visit for 2 weeks- WAY FUN- went to Barrett Jackson, toured down to Thombstone... just all in all had a GREAT time.

Ok, that would be a quick recap of life! Now we are back to normal and I will be better at keeping it up.

MAGGIE'S BIRTHDAY!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:16:00 +0000

One of the boarders, Maggie had a great Birthday on Sunday- she is only 25 of course!!! Maggie and her family own Cinnamon.

We all went for a trail ride... even all their kids, using a couple of our horses to fill in the blanks. mary looked tiny on bug Niki and Matthew(poor kid) had to ride Zowie. we all had a blast.. .ok maybe not Matthew(he fell off when Zowie jumped the trial ride bars) But it was a good day and fun ride! We need more Birthdays out there to have more fun!! I think Maggie just wanted the Birthday so she had an excuse to drink a Margarita at Los Gringos Locos afterwards!!

CONGRATS NICOLE!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:13:00 +0000

Nicole just got a great early Christmas present! He goes by the name (picked by Nicole of course) Monkey. He is gorgeous boy, not too tall and ready to work! Go Get Um NICOLE!!!

BEN JOHNSON DAYS!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:20:00 +0000

We all decided to go over to the rodeo grounds and compete in the Gyhmkhana. It was a blast. It was the first time Joe and Diane got the chance to compete. Considering we were all riding horses that don't normally do that sort of thing I think we all did quite well. None of us fell off, so that's a good thing! Nicole did really well and actuallyplaced second in a couple of the classes. We did get her to lighten up and she took big ole Niki in the flag race. It was quite a site to see and she almost couldn't reach down and get the flag out of the bucket, Niki was too tall! It was a fun day and a good time.
Here's Joe and Chance without a head!!

Joe rounding the poles!

Niki ready for her debut!

Francisco looking snazzy for the ride over on Mark

HAPPY HALLOWEEN (A LITTLE LATE)

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:53:00 +0000

I know it is a few weeks past but I have been really bad at getting to it! Lots has happened since our last post... we'll just start with the Halloween Party. We had a GREAT time. LOTS of kids, I'd say about 100 of them. We had tons of games and pony rides. Our haunted hayride went over so well we ended up taking 7 trips! I don't know what I would have doen without Liz and Lili.... they were life savers! Memo's mom made tamales... but they never made it out to the party! He stole them in the house and stashed them!

It was so much fun and such a success we are thinking of new and exciting things for next year already!

ABSOLUT POWER- better known as Milo

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:05:00 +0000

As some of you know we rescued Milo from a slaughterhouse Amish auction last year. When we got him he was a bit tweaked to say the least. But we knew there was something special about him. We have brought him in and let him be a horse to try and get his life back. He has his days, but all in all he is coming along well. We did some digging and found out he was a World Grand Champion many times over. He basically was pushed so hard he lost it. It was kind of sad really. You can see in his eyes that he truly wants to please and wants to be loved. Here are some pics, past and present of him! The one picture is actually an add from a magazine where they were putting him out to stud.

SUNDAY KIDS ON CRITTERS

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:06:00 +0000

On Sunday we spent the afternoon cheering on Nicole, Danny and Mary as they ran Kids on Critters.

This was Mary's first venture into it and she choose to do leadline with her dad. He was the one doing the running and boy did he run! They ended up with 2 first place ribbons for the two classes they ran. I will have to find some pictures to put up from them.

Danny is my nephew and he got to run on Zowie Rose- they also did really well. Danny's dad (Bob) wasn't quite as fast at running and they came in 2nd. Bob tried to blame it Zowie but we all know it was really Bob! :)

Nicole is working on her highpoint for the year and really was jamming! Of course the first class was costume class because of it being October- She won the class as Pebbles and Dino with her friend on the back as Bam Bam. She used her dad's horse, Mojo and painted him purple with black spots! It was GREAT!!!

Then it was time for the real runs- her times were good and she did a great job on working on the new stuff like leads!! Jasar was a little full of it, but he was really starting to listen to her and flipped his leads when she asked. We are SOOOOO proud of her... well we're proud even if we didn't want to be seen with her and her purple horse!!! Just kidding!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANNY!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:52:00 +0000

This weekend was Nanny's 96th Birthday. Well she decidecd she wanted to ride over to Filly's for dinner on a horse. So we saddled up Mark and with the help of Joe and Diane we went for a 30 minute trail ride over to Filly's. Our entire family met us there, including Aunt Karen and Uncle Bill, Cousin John and his wife and kids from California. My brother Dan and his wife Jen and kids all came too. Maggie, John and family met us at Filly's so he could ride Mark back to the ranch after (we were afraid of Nanny drinking too many margaritas) It was a good time. Afterwards we all came back and the kids rode a lot, as a matter of fact we couldn't get them off the horses!!!

Clara and Evelyn (our nieces) were supposed to spend the night but poor Clara got sick and had to go home. Elfie (evelyn) decided to stay the night. She decided she wanted to sleep on the floor with the dogs and wouldn't take no for an answer. So we built her a "nest" at the end of the bed and she shared it the entire night with all the animals.

CAMPING IN THE RAIN!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:14:00 +0000

Mom and Mack enjoying the warmth of the fire!

This past weekend we went up to Payson and went Camping. My 96 year old Grandma had decided she wanted to experience camping... so we packed up the horses, our friends and Nanny and went camping. The campsite was Called Houston Mesa; http://www.2az.us/camp-houston.html . It is a very nicely laid out camping area. 2 stalls at each site for the horses that were actually big enough to fit 2 horses in each stall. They supplied water between sites and the firepits. It was very fun BUT the riding inthe beginning of the trail is very rocky and rough. It evens out if you stick to it and turns quite beautiful as you go but there is truly only one major trail out of the camp. Lots of ups and downs..

We had rain on Saturday which actually was quite relaxing and nice. We had a great time. After riding out on Saturday morning, we made it back just in time to unsaddle before the rains came in. A quick lunch and a nap in the tent while the rain pitter pattered away made for a perfect time.

Joe and Diane came with us and we got lucky enought to have Alonso that weekend too.

LOTS OF WILDLIFE!!!!

We hauled up 3 horses, but with 4 riders Alonso had to ride in the backseat at times! It was still fun!

Diane and Joe getting ready for the first ride. After a YUMMY fireside breakfast.

Mom rode Mark the first ride. Mack wasn't feeling well (we think he was faking it!)

Getting Ready!!!!

Mom and Alonso hanging with the horses

Memo and I at the rocks!

He looks mean and nasty but he's really a softie!

Some of the trails were pretty steep and rough

This is the big open area by the group sites.. kind of fun to cruise on

Mom finally got to ride Mack!!

Nanny sitting bythe fire "reading"

Nanny kept the campfires burning while we were out riding

For Sale at Circle C Stables

noreply@blogger.com (Beth) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:13:00 +0000

ALL TYPES OF METAL AND HORSESHOE ART

Memo has taken up doing custom mailboxes and other metal art. He can do anything from custom mailboxes to horseshoe gifts. Just let us know what you might want and he can make it. Here are some samples of his work.

Personalized mailboxes

Various things made out of horseshoes