Horseback Riding

Last spring, Judy Meyer was called as Activity Days leader (she plans midweek activities for the 8-11 year old girls).  I knew she had mules and horses, so I mentioned to her that Rebecca would love it if they had an activity where the girls could go ride their horses.  She told me that it was hard to do with a lot of people, but that they would love for us to come out so the kids could ride one evening.

                              

Then Judy proceeded to break her foot, making riding impossible for most of the summer. (She was pretty disappointed.  But in August, she finally felt well enough to have us out for a fun evening of riding her horse, Sundance.  Rebecca had a fabulous time.  She really enjoyed riding this huge horse and feeling like she could really make this animal go where she wanted it to go.

Miriam also had a great time.  She wasn't quite strong enough to make the horse move where she wanted him to go, but she loved being up on the horse and being led around.  Miriam also enjoyed petting the mules.  They really liked her, too, and when we left them to go home, one of the mules started banging on the gate to get her to come back.

Joseph didn't get to ride this time, but he had fun petting the mules and coloring the fancy coloring packet Judy put together for the kids.  He also enjoyed just running around in the open space!