Monday, August 3, 2009

Horsin' Around

The girls got to ride horses the other day with their Grandma Marlene, aka Horsey Grandma! (That is what Michaela called her ever since she was little, and it stuck.

Michaela and Payden have taken a couple of horseback riding classes but it has been a while, so they were super excited to get on Grandma's horses again. Here is Michaela of Frosty, a very tall and fast horse!

Here is Payden on Apache. She had started of on Axel, a very slow horse. It is hard to get him to go faster than a walk. Payden wanted to go faster, and it was so funny watching her try to kick out Axel. He actually bucked a little, but it was a pretty pathetic buck. So we put her on Apache, who went a little faster!




Ava wanted to get on this year! In past years, she has been afraid of the horses. Grandma led her around for a bit.

Here is Kaden, the girls cousin, Ava and Corrine. Corrine was only up there a moment, when the horse was stopped. She wasn't a huge fan.


She did like the horses from afar, however. She would look at them and point, reach, and act like she wanted to get closer, but when we did, she recoiled and looked scared. So we enjoyed the horseys from a distance!

The girls actually remembered a lot from the classes they had taken. They want to ride again, and soon!








2 comments:

MelisaH said...

What a fun experience!

Keri said...

seeing these pictures brings back
memories of learning to ride with
Marlene. I remember being pretty
afraid except on drafty the slow horse. What a fun day for you and
the girls to spend with grandma.