Lil Beginnings Miniature Horses - Meet the Team
PHOTO ABOVE COURTESY OF: ERL MINIATURE HORSES -Texas & LIZ MCMILLAN
Welcome to Lil Beginnings Miniature Horse and Pony
...a little about me:
My husband and I live in the geographical center of the state of Georgia. I
have one wonderful daughter and 2 of the best Grandchildren you could ask
for. I've had horses most of my life and am a animal lover. Coming from the
big horse world, beginning in 1999 as a new member of the 2 major Miniature
Horse registries I began my involvement in this equine venue by way of my
Web and graphic design business. I have worked with thousands of farms the
world over providing promotion and advertising via Website design and
magazine ad. design as well as being a major hosting provider for the equine
industry.
I started my graphic design business, Bowens Design in late 2002.. after
working here as a technical assistant with Mary Lou for many years, buying
this business when she retired was a dream come true.
I love being able to
help people learn about and advertise their horses!
Lil Beginnings has always been unique in that it offers many FREE automated
options for you to advertise and I will continue to offer it that way.
I hope your visit to Lil Beginnings is an enjoyable one. I am here to help
you so do not hesitate to drop me a email if you need help or have a
suggestion.
It takes a dedicated team to run this business. The LBI
Team, all long time successful members of the Miniature Horse community, put
their experience to work every day... from helping a person dreaming about
their first mini to helping someone expecting their first foal, we welcome
you, we share your joy, we cry with you, we know all the long time breeders,
welcome the new farms, enjoy seeing your foals and your sales and eventually
we help advertise dispersals.
We've all been there and we're here to help
you. -Debby J. Bowen
Meet A Few Of The Lil Beginnings main site and Sales Boards
Admin/Mod Team!
Our volunteers are who have shaped LB into the #1 place for mini
horse & pony information on the Internet! We are proud to say they are very
dedicated members who are up to the minute involved with current trends in
the industry.
LB Admin/Membership Team
Carol Albritton
From as far back as I can
remember I always said I would grow up training horses. I never thought
about anything else. At the age of eight, I started riding and showing
Saddlebreds and my family also had two palomino Quarter Horses that I also
showed. Then one day when I was twelve I met my first Arabian horse. That
was it for me, I knew it was my calling. There is nothing I would rather be
doing than working with, showing and marketing Arabian horses and being at
the shows with my "horse show family" of thirty plus years. To be able to
travel with the horses and meet people from all over the World is as good as
it gets.
My husband and I bought our first miniature horse for our three year old
daughter in 1984 from Komoko Farms. We ventured into a very small breeding
operation but have since stopped breeding because of my other big horse
obligations.
I am a long time member of the Lil Beginnings and enjoy helping anyone
I can. The people who have contacted me know I am always there when they
need me, no matter what the reason. And for those of you that I have never
had the pleasure of talking to, please feel free to contact me at any
time. I look forward to my continued work on LB.
LB Entertainment Coordinator
LB Contests Artist and Administrator
Robin Olmstead
I was born loving horses! Having been raised
around my family's 1500 acre Ranch in Southern California, I got to take
over the last of the cowponies as my own. Horses are all I ever wanted to
have and do. I rode on the beach, in parades, in Playdays growing up. Even
working at Orangefield House in Ireland, caring for the Hunters. I had a
very horsie life, but nothing was, or has been as fulfilling as having and
raising the Miniature Horses!
We started in Minis in 1993. They are the light of my life! My interests are
horses (Of course!) and talking to my MANY friends on line. All of which
I've met through Lil Beginnings! I also enjoy making websites for
people, reading and crafts.
I can't tell you how much the LB family means to me. I get
a lot of pleasure trying to give back by keeping the foal count, the games
and the
Secret Santa gift exchange, and helping with anything needed. Being a part
of this awesome site and family is a huge part of my life and one I could
not live without.
LB Membership Assistant
LB Admin/Membership Team
Mona Stone
From Ontario, Canada. I thoroughly
enjoyed raising Miniature Horses for 16 years previous to my selling out in
2010.
My new found interest and current form of stress relief and enjoyment is
riding horses. We own gaited horses and enjoy leisurely rides as often as
time and weather permits. I also very much LOVE dogs, and and will always be
with one or more! Our current canine companions include our Boxer, "Abby",
and our Chinese Crested/Chihuahua mix, "Monkey".
I am married to my wonderful husband Chris, and together, we have 2 children
and 4 grandchildren.
WELCOME to Lil Beginnings the most complete, and most
popular Miniature Horse Site on the Internet!!
Our Miniature Horse Site is
A place to find out anything & everything
about The Miniature Horse from breeding, birth, care, feeding and
maintenance... to first show jitters.
Are you interested in buying your first mini? Have questions about the main
Miniature Horse and Shetland pony registries? You've come to the right
place.
A place for those with experience to help foster in those just getting started and help them get a start on the right foot.
A place for experienced owners and breeders to keep up on current trends.
Questions?? Problems?? Simply Curious??
EMAIL HERE
Lil Beginnings Founder Est. 1997
LB's Founder Mary Lou with "Chase" - Owning Miniature Horses since
1989, I started the Lil Beginnings web site in 1997 as a small meeting
place for Miniature Horse enthusiasts.. From there, with the help of many
visitors suggestions, the web site has GROWN to what it is today. I also
feel so truly blessed to have such wonderful people assist me (many listed
on this page) through the years..
After managing this website for 15 successful years, my time has come to
pass the ownership of this website to Debby Bowen.. Debby and I have worked
together for many years and I could not have found a more honest,
respectable and talented person to take the reins in managing this website
for Miniature horse owners, breeders and enthusiasts. Although still very
much an owner and admirer of the Miniature horse to this day, running this
website will be a forever highlight of my life..
Thank you to all the members, visitors and special people that made this
website such a pleasure.. Mary Lou
Thank you Mary Lou!!! In 2005 I started my working partnership with Lil
Beginnings founder Mary Lou.
I am so grateful to Mary Lou for allowing me to work for her all those years
and am honored to have been asked to carry on her business vision here. - Debby
We give back to our members by keeping this site
updated to provide ease of use for your content by constant script updates
and paid technical assistance. We not only provide a Farm Directory and a FREE automated sales board, we advertise in all the related print publications as
well as make extensive use of paid promotion on social media and search
engine optimization.
Click here to see what our community offers for
you.
Lil Beginnings - The Original Small Horse Social
Network.
We ARE the ORIGINAL and MOST POPULAR Miniature Horse and Pony web site in
the WORLD!
Thank you for visiting!
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