Kids Explosion Girls Trip

Well, we had our first overnight trip on June 6th and June 7th. The weather was great and we all had a good time. The girls had no problem having fun and the horses did their job without question! Our herd is getting used to their jobs and really liking it. City Cab from Jackson […]

New Jackson Celebration

This past Saturday we attended the New Jackson Celebration. This was an event that brought area churches, businesses, and non-profits together. What an amazing day it was! I know God was smiling on us for uniting together for one purpose: to see a positive change in Jackson County. We made a lot of new friends […]

Horse Safety Clinic

Saturday we held our first horse clinic for anyone who wanted to help with horses this summer. We learned a lot and had a lot of fun. We have new faces to the ranch and looking forward to getting to know the new wranglers. Following the safety clinic we had a party with a celebration […]

Saturday Fun at The Ranch

Chris has been bringing her mentees to the ranch for a while now. Bill and I have become great friends of these kids and really enjoy seeing them. Sarah and Ron also have taken advantage of what the ranch has to offer. They brought their mentees and had great fun outside on a beautiful Saturday […]

Getting the Trail Ready

Bill and Antonio are getting ready for the trail. We added a new gate to the arena so that the flow of horse traffic would go smoother and not interfere with the archery area. Antonio is an 11 year old boy who came to visit this week and spent two days helping Bill with “man’s […]

The Yee Haw Kids

Even on a rainy day in May, our ranch kids can have fun. Today we played with taking pictures, playing musical instruments, wearing cowgirl hats, and made bracelets and painted sun catchers. The rain never gets us down. We always find some fun without the sun.

Wrap-A-Round

Today I met with a group of people who facilitate the “Wrap-a-round” process for eligible recipients in Jackson and Hillsdale Counties. Wrap-a-round is run by Highfields and is a team of people from the community who work together to get the help a child needs. The teams usually consists of people in the child’s life; […]

One Special Girl

Let me introduce Ashley to you. Ashley came to the ranch to complete community service hours. We have been working with Ashley since October 2008. She doesn’t mind doing anything that has to do with horses, including mucking out stalls! She is very calm and quiet around the horses and really relates to them. Ashley […]

Networking Again

Yesterday, I spent some time talking with the great folks from Behavior Educators in Adrian. Chris works for them and is a mentor to some really cool kids. She has been bringing them to the ranch and Bill and I have had a lot of fun showing them around. Behavior Educators is an organization who […]

A Jackson Community is Blessed

Many of you who were at the benefit at New Jerusalem Christian Fellowship on Feb 28th probably don’t know this, but we had LOTS of spaghetti sauce left over. Our dear friend Miss Wendy (We Can Make A Difference House) volunteered to take it with her the the Wilkins House and use it for her […]