Riding Horses

Meet Muddy!

This is my first riding experience at Eric's parents. His mom has like 30 some odd horses...and I had been looking forward to riding all weekend, but of course, we took the bad weather with us. It was absolutely beautiful our last day there....which we had to pack and leave, so a day of slight winds and sprinkles was the best we got. I LOVE LOVE LOVED it. Anyone who knows me, knows how obsessed with horses I was for many years when I was young.

My cute boys. This darned dog is the biggest baby....but is so totally scary to others....he scares everyone with his growls, barks and stares. He's our little security system at home:)

This is Dustin, Eric's brother who just got off his mission. 23, single....(awaiting some blind dates:) so if anyone knows anyone in the utah area...he is one cute tall drink of water....) He is a cowboy/horse whisperer to the core. He was the one to catch the horses, saddle and be the first one on them (given, only 2 or 3 had been ridden in months) to make sure they were 'ridable.' Poor guy, I felt like he was pulled in 12 directions at once trying to get enough ridable horses and saddles for 7 of us....thanks Dusty!

I ended up switching to this fiesty gal, peanut! She was quite fun. I kept wanting a 'not so tame' horse, and I got it,,,,though I must admit I got quite nervous when we climbed even the slightest hill.....(I blame that on grandpa Maughn who had told a story about one of his horses falling off a cliff, tumbling end over end for 100's of feet...and living through it.) Ok, so we only climbed 8ft max, but I'm afraid of heights. Baby.....

And this is grandpa Maughn! This man has the most amazing stories...(minus the ones about the horse falling.) He's not a young pup, but totally takes care of himself and lives like he is. Love those type. I felt super bad, cause I'm just certain he heard the few swear words that rolled off my tongue at the horse when she was being stupid. OOPS!