Horses-happy and sad

Today I took Addie and Moriah to where Skip and Nino board. The owner of the stables had called and asked them if they could ride the "boys" because they will be participating in "Learning for Life" this coming Wednesday. They have not been ridden since last summer.

The Fisher girls have been involved in "Learning for Life" for about 8 years now. It is a day at a fabulous park, a fun day for handicap kids. Theres all kinds of things to do, face painting, petting zoo, baseball, climbing wall and pony rides!!

It was great seeing Addie and Moriah ride, do showmanship and just enjoy horses.

It was great seeing Moriah whip Nino into shape, not taking any guff from him!! You see Nino has been a bad boy lately. He has kicked out at people, tried to bite and generally been quite cranky. Our theory is he is the type of horse that needs lots of hard work every day, and someone who will show him who is boss.

It was great to see Addie get Skip to canter without spurs-the lazy bugger.

Ah, having horses was so much fun and the girls learned so much from them.

I am somewhat sad that those days are over. It truly was an adventure in the utmost sense.

But all in all I am marveling in God's hand in our lives into the smallest details.
Details like:
-we sold the horses at the perfect time-with todays economy like it is who knows if we would have sold them at all.
-Hay and grain prices have tripled
-With gas prices-who could afford to go to the arena for practice or to horse show for that matter??
-Chrysler sales are way down and we don't have the overtime that helped to pay for extras like "horses"

God protected us, provides for us, sustains us.

We had a great experience and are so thankful for those moments.