Country Girls

This summer, Amy had the opportunity to take horse back riding lessons from a good friend of mine. She had been wanting to do it for a couple of years now, so my parents gave Amy lessons for her birthday present this year.

It was so fun to see her in a different environment. She loves horses, the country and her teacher. She donned her jeans and her boots and was in her element. Since my friend has three little girls, Emily had a nice play date while Amy had her lesson each week.

So now, were praying about whether or not to keep up the lessons. It's a bit of a drive to get there. It's always so hard to keep the activities in balance. We don't want the kids to be doing so much that they are over scheduled, but this seems to be something that Amy really loves. Our art teacher retired this year, so that's one less class. And with Sean's weird schedule, and homeschooling, we have some extra free time during the week that we wouldn't have otherwise.

Amy and Emily with "the kitty". (No name yet!)
Amy grooming her horse before a ride.
Emily, Kate and Rose pretending that they are horses. Notice the rope around them!
Amy was concentrating so hard on learning her new skills.
She looks so grown up in this picture!