Family, and Beamer

Since coming back from Calgary it has been busy here. My sister came for a visit with her 3 daughters, so of course, they all got riding lessons on Beamer every day, then the raspberries are in full flush and need picking every day, we've been making jam from them and also had to pick the cherries and made jam with them too. 17 jars of jam put up so far! I want to get some apricots and make jam with them too- and maybe blueberry.
The kids went home - they live with their dad- and my sister is living with us now, and it sure is nice to have her here! She is my youngest sister.
Beamer had another girlfriend here, this time a Paint mare- this is Pepsi:

She has some good Quarter Horse bloodlines including Peppy San and Major Bonanza. A nice mare, who is being retired from riding because of allergies causing breathing problems when she gets to working.

Really looking forward to seeing that baby! I had to list Beamer with the Paint Horse association as a breeding stallion so that the  foal can be registered.
Meanwhile, Beamer sprained his ankle- I think he either laid down too close to the fence, or caught it when rolling, I could see a diagonal mark on the outside of his cannon bone. Cold hosing, essential oils and standing wraps and he is much improved today; he could barely put weight on it 5 days ago. He's on stall rest too, but he can move around as his "stall" is 20 x 40. The kids will be back this week so they will be disappointed that they can't ride, but I will teach other horsemanship stuff with them. They were doing great with haltering and leading Kai and Josie, so more of that, and I am teaching the oldest one how to longe- using Kai, who is such a sweetheart.
We worked an auction on Saturday and I came home with a brand new still-in-the-box ice cream maker for $20, we are making ice cream today! and we also bought a car, a 1978 Oldsmobile 98 in excellent condition: one owner and never winter driven. I love those big cars! Here she is:

She drives like silk! :)