Meet Ali Faataah Na

Fall 2012 found our family looking for a new horse that would suit our needs. We were not in any real rush as winter was approaching, and at the barn there are lots of horses we have grown to love and that we could help and spend time with.

Kathleen had lost heart a bit, and Shelley was not sure that we were really in the market for another horse so soon, but Todd would not give up on the dream of having a horse that the family could all love and ride.

Todd faithfully researched daily, considering all possibilities, not leaving anything over looked. One call led to another, one e-mail sent after another, and nothing came from any of the possibilities he had come up with, and it was looking like maybe we would hold off until winter had passed after all.

But Todd is determined, and on a Tuesday morning, his day off, he went online yet again for one more look. Well what he saw seemed too good to be true. This little fellow looking back at us, appeared to have all we could ever want, and seemed like he would suit our family well, and so  another e-mail was sent off, and waiting began yet again.

When I got home from work that day, Todd showed me a pic of Ali. I could tell he was really excited about this one, something was different. He asked me what I thought, and I thought he looked like Aziim!  When Kathleen got home from school, he showed her also, and her response was the same, "Why are you showing me a pic of Aziim?"

 Calls were made that night-many calls, as Todd tried to arrange a vet check, and a meeting time to go and look at this horse. He was afraid that someone else would get to NB and that Ali would be gone before he had the chance to get there. By the end of the evening he had it arranged that on  Thursday he would go. There was a lot of interest in Ali, but the family who owned him were kind enough to agree to wait for Todd on Thursday.

Well I was not comfortable sending Todd and Kathleen off to look at this cute little guy. Anyone who knows Kathleen, knows she loves EVERY horse she sees!  I was afraid that they were both so excited they may overlook important things-honestly I was not feeling good about that at all. I did not want their excitement to impair their judgement. Thankfully, Carrilee agreed to go along for the trip, and I was able to breathe a little easier.

Just as things seemed to be going well, the phone rang-I was home alone and I saw it was a call from Ali's owners. "Oh no!" I thought something was wrong. But everything was great and I had the nicest chat with the Dad. He was so excited as he had gone onto the blog, and realized that Aziim and Ali were in fact half brothers! They shared the same Father, Ansata El IBriz. I don't know, but after that conversation, it was like this was really meant to be, things just kept falling into place, and before we knew it, they were off to go and see Ali.

Well the rest is history really-the horse trailer pulled into the driveway at Tidal Treasures, and all the horses were excited to welcome the newest kid on the block. We could hear Ali calling out before we ever  saw him! He is a sweet boy, who our family has gotten to know and love over the last few months.

So we are happy-thrilled really, to introduce the newest member of our family,
 Ali Faataah Na
Born July 9, 2004

And now that we have finally introduced him, we plan to continue to share our experiences and stories, because we know that this is a story to be continued...