Giddy-up and Ride - Rachel's 9th Birthday

Rachel, like most nine year old girls, loves horses. So this year for her birthday we surprised her with a horseback riding party at the nearby stable. We started out at the park and then rode over to the stable on a trailer. I thought is was supposed to be a hayride, but there was no hay. (Turns out the kids thought the hay was too itchy anyway and just wanted the bare trailer.)

At the stable, the kids took turns trying to ride 4 horses. It was very humorous to see them shoving and whacking the horses in an attempt to make them go. Robert and Colton did finally get their horses to gallop around. Alyx also went flying by once (she said she had the bumpy horse). Rachel and Hannah were able to get a good trot going, but poor Larissa seemed to always be stuck in the middle of the corral.

We managed to get back to the park before the skies opened up. All in all, I think it was about perfect and the kids had a great time.