Emma has admired and loved the horses on our farm her entire life.
She and Noah both talk about them every time we pass in the car and want so much to interact with and ride them.
I, however, have very little experience with horses, so I knew I wasn't going to be the one to try to teach them things that I don't know.
So, around Christmas, Emma was talking about the horses even more than normal, so I googled and found these stables that just happen to be 5 minutes from our house!
So, I called and reserved a time (today) to take Emma to her first horseback riding lesson. I wasn't sure how it was going to go, to be honest. First of all, Emma is not one that likes to get dirty. Second, she gets scared kind of easily and she's never been up close and personal with a creature as large as a horse.
Let's just say I was AMAZED. She did awesome! And she loved every minute of it!!
It was really funny at first, though, because when we walked into the barn she immediately commented how dirty and stinky it was in there. hahaha
Her instructor, Charlene, was so great with her! And this is definitely something Emma is going to keep doing. She was so sad to leave, she wants to go back tomorrow and ride again. Ha!
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7 comments:
these are great pics, I'm so happy she enjoyed it!!
I can't believe how brave she was! So glad she enjoyed that :)
Awesome pictures! Such a brave girl!
BEAUTIFUL way to capture this experience Candace! MELTED MY HEART!
My sister started riding around that age. None of the rest of us in our family are "into" them, but for some reason she has been hardcore since the very beginning. She bought her own horse 5 yrs ago and just finished paying him off. This is on top of going to college full time, paying her expenses on her own, and working almost full time. Horse lovers will do anything to keep up with it :-) Hope Emma continues to love it (also, she'll develop great posture!!)!
these are so sweet!! poor Lily has allergies around all the hay and stuff, but if she could she would be on a horse everyday!! some kids just have natural connections with animals, how fun for her!!
are you serious?!? you're the coolest mom ever..... EVER!!!!!
these photos make it official- Ava WILL be a little equestrian one day... there's no question... even if she's deathly afraid of them, I've gotta get the photos! :)
wow, love them all
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