Riding Lessons

Karsyn continues her love affair with horses.  It began a few years ago when she informed us that she was saving her money to buy a horse...never mind that we have nowhere to put a horse:)  Then she began to look through magazines for horse trailers.....never mind that we have no horse to put in the trailer OR truck to pull it OR place to store it!  We have come to learn that our little Karsy goes through phases...(very rapid phases) where she is totally into something and by the end of the month (or weekend in some cases:) she is totally over it and onto something else.  This keeps life interesting....often aggravating, but interesting.  Well this horse thing has really hung on.  Mark has a co-worker who has horses and a love for teaching kids (especially 4th graders), that has so graciously accepted the role as horse trainer.  So whenever she and Kars have a free afternoon we take her out to her property for some lessons.  She just lights up and can't stop talking about what she learns.

On this day she was working with her buddy Dubbs.....leading him.......

Grooming him.......

And practicing balance so she can start trotting.

We will be taking our "baby steps" with this whole horse thing for a while I am certain....I don't know that we will ever be horse owners (quite frankly those massive animals intimidate me), but we are loving seeing her get so much enjoyment out of something that is just for her!!