Meet Eva Kathryn Bounds!

Here are a few pictures of the Bounds family! Eva Kathryn came into the world on Friday, January 21st at 10:33 pm. She weighed in at 6 lbs. 15 oz. and was 19 1/4" long. She was in a big hurry and it only took Mom 2 minutes to push her out! Wow!
She has been a perfect little angel in her first week of life and the family is settling in quite well. Her big sister Ainsley (pictured last) loves her and wants to kiss, hug and hold her all the time!
We are all doing great. Yay for another girl! I can't wait for them to ride ponies together just like my sister and I did growing up!
Congrats to Grammy O'Connor on another pony rider!
Gabby, you'd better keep training those ponies!

Update

This past Monday Kristin took Gabby and Cassandra to the Worcester Stables MLK Classic Horse Show.

Gabby and Early Encounter were Reserve Champion in the Children's Hunter Small/Medium Pony Division. Piper got a few ribbons too (he was a frisky little man!).

Cassandra and Emma were 4th in the Marshall & Sterling Medal, 1st in the THIS Medal, and they did one hunter class and were 3rd (with some very stiff competition)! Cassandra got called back in both medal classes for a "test" of the top four in each class. She nailed both and even moved up from fourth to first place in the THIS!

Kristin was so proud of what a great job both girls did.

Let's get ready for the show at Wyndsor Farm January 29th!

In the meantime, stay warm and safe!

We will be posting some information on upcoming clinics soon too, so stay tuned!

The Life of Colby

I am going to use less words and more pictures to help describe the amazing life that Colby lived despite his short time here. I'm sitting at my computer and just looked up at the framed words above my desk that somehow describe Colby's life incredibly well...
"LIVE A GOOD LIFE And in the end, it's not the years in a life, it's the life in the years." - Abraham Lincoln

I am glad I looked up to see that because it pretty much sums it up... Colby lived a GREAT life, thanks to his parents Kristin and Mike, and we all know that he had a lot of LIFE to him! He was a wildly energetic, loving, trusting, playful and loyal dog. He had that goofy smile on his face ALL the time that just made you smile no matter what he was doing! We all at Banbury Cross will miss that goofy smile, his energy and his love. He was our mascot and will always be remembered with love and smiles. Kristin and Mike, we are so sorry for your loss. Thank you for giving him this amazing life and for letting him touch our lives and our hearts too.

Here are a bunch of pictures that will remind us all of the happy life that Colby led; hanging out at the barn, going to horse shows, going camping with friends, snuggling in bed with his parents, hanging out at home and running around like the pure hearted, fun loving lunatic that he was and will forever be!!

A Christmas Break Love Affair

Here is a picture of Krissy Guthrie and Captain Jack with Sue and Shannon at the horse show on Thursday afternoon. This is the story of a Christmas break love affair...
Krissy came home from Lynchburg College and wanted to have a horse to ride and show if possible. Jack is a wonderful sale horse that needed to get out and about so that people could see him and want to buy him. Krissy and Jack met and fell in love. Krissy loves Jack's honesty and wonderful disposition and Jack loves Krissy's smooth ride. It was love at first sight. They showed in the Low Hunters on Tuesday morning and took home Reserve Champion. Then, in the Adults on Thursday late afternoon they cleaned up with the Champion Ribbon! Congratulations to you both! Both Krissy and Jack are having so much fun together! Thanks team for making this match happen!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas Everyone! We wish you the best in the New Year to come! Here's to health, love and happiness for both people and horses in 2011!

Pictures and "Welcomes"

Here are just a few pictures from the Christmas party!

We all had fun even though we missed our college girls! We welcome our girls home from college and are excited to see you all!

A few more "welcomes" to the BC Family...

We welcome Kit home from college... Magic sure did miss you!

We welcome to BC Guy and Daquiri Jou Lussier! We are excited to work with you this winter!

Stay warm everyone!

Updates and Happy Birthday to Kristin!

Here is the latest picture from Marsh Creek! Kristin went out with Karen Holl and Bella, Barbara Bendall and Harvey, Dan Doyle and Tucker, and Kathy Diciurcio and George! Again, everyone had a blast!

We had a great time at the BC Christmas party at The O'Connor's on Friday the 3rd! Thank you to everyone who brought such wonderful food and goodies! It was really nice to see everyone!

Today is Kristin's Birthday!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to you Kristin... are you 29, again?? Ha ha! We love you and hope you have a great day! Stay warm!!

There are some shows and other events coming up... look for them in the next blog posting!

STAY WARM!