Bucking Broncos!

I'm just kidding! These horses are great. However, I learned the hard way that when they don't get ridden a lot in the winter, they need a little warm up time to get used to a rider again. (This warm up is best done by a really great rider, not me!) Once we got going though, the horses were great and it was a blast! We went riding this past Saturday while my sweet mother-in-law tended Gabe. Unfortunately, Eric ended up having to leave early but we'll definitely be going again sometime soon and I'll be sure to get a picture of my cowboy then. :)

I'm on Baldo, my sister-in-law Amy's horse. Dad is on his new horse Coal Train, Mom is on her favorite Chief, and Matt is riding his horse Rio. All these horses are Missouri Foxtrotters which make them the most comfortable horses to ride. They have a gait that is very smooth and fast. We love it! My parents have always loved horses and my brother Matt certainly inherited that love. So he and my Dad started buying them for hunting (another passion of theirs) and for fun riding, of course. The rest of us sure love it! We have a great time riding...I can't wait for Gabe to get a little bigger!