i might have to learn how to ride a horse before we buy one

okay, so i am totally disappointed because i SWEAR this horse (sunny was his name) was going A LOT faster than this video shows. and for some reason i cannot stay in a saddle. im like a bobble head trying to stay strapped in and i feel like i am going to fall off. unfortunately this is not going to be good evidence that we, indeed need horses.

but i will say it was a blast. by the time i got comfortable on the horse we had to leave :( hopefully that is a reason for us to go back. that and the fact that daron couldn't be there.

that darn pony, George (that dawson was on) was causing problems. he was only 1 years old and wasn't broken in yet. dawson took the other black horse for a trot right past him and made him run while addie was on him. she flew off, did a back flip, and almost landed on her neck. after some tears, courtney grabbed her and said "alright addie, time to get back on" .....there wasn't any messin' around.

and the shocker is, she eventually did! we are so proud. the old cowboy adage "you get bucked off a horse, you get back on"...supposedly if you don't you will forever be scared. all i can say is addie is my hero. there is no way in you know where i'd be hoppin' back on that thing if i got bucked off. i was terrified as it was. until the end...

look at the smile... i was havin' a ball :)

something i am really grateful for is that i was able to experience both the city and the country as a little girl. i learned that both are great and have things to appreciate about them. it taught me that there isn't just one place to live and that there is, in fact, exciting things outside of CA. which i think some people there don't catch on to. there are great things about the country that i absolutely love. like the good old "hometown drive in"

delicious shakes and greasy hamburgers from a small town. this has my childhood written all over it. there is a peaceful feeling in these places that i love. you feel as though there isn't a care in the world.

welp, goin to lake power now. later.