Jaydon and Hannah have been taking riding lessons for a year and a half now at the Air Force Academy, while the rest of us find a variety of ways to occupy ourselves for the hour and half lessons. Well, Bailey is finally old enough, and brave enough, to join them in the lessons. Miss Debbie, their instructor, is wonderful with the kids. They spend the first 30-45 minutes catching, then grooming and saddling their horses. Then they always get an hour of riding in, even if it puts their lesson over the hour and a half. The kids love it, they are learning not only to ride, but how to care for the horses. Bailey has done 2 lessons with them now, and she is doing great. She rode Curly the first lesson, Curly is a short horse and quite old, just perfect for a smaller rider (although he is fat, makes it a little harder the wrap your legs around). For the second lesson, Bailey asked for a taller horse and did fantastic on King, a horse that is just as tall as all the others. All the kids in their riding class are homeschooled kids from wonderful Christian families. When JJ is able to go with us, we also rent a horse for Josh and he rides as we lead him around.
