Cowgirl Princesses

Emelia recently had her end of the year show at the place where she takes horse riding lessons in the summer. Hannah very occasionally takes a lesson, but prefers dancing over riding. However, she decided she wanted to join in the fun for the show. Emelia's horse teacher puts on a very fun show with the kids where they get to show off their skills and have fun doing games on the horses.

Here I go mom, aren't I super cute? (YES!)

In this game you ride down to a barrel, then hop off and run with your horse back to the starting line as fast as you can. It was a stitch to watch my little pip-squeak doing this event because she's so short, ran so fast and is normally terrified of the horses when she's looking up at them from the ground! (Hey, anything for a ribbon, right!?)

This one's kinda blurry, but the expression on her face was priceless as she got her ribbons and realized, Oh, I should show these off to my fan club (Daddy, Mommy, and Grandparents)

One proud little rider...

And now for our tried and true cowgirl... riding on Spirit!

Giddy-Up! No time for pictures Mom, this is serious business!

Emelia did not do any bareback riding for the show, but this girl has amazing balance on a horse. (She gets that from her mommy:)) The week that the students all had to ride bareback Emelia was the only student who did not fall off of her horse - Wow!

I don't think I ever get bored of seeing the delight in her when she rides... And so far, she doesn't ever seem to not be delighted to ride! I wonder if that's how God feels when we are doing the things he has gifted us to do...

Nice Riding pretty girl!

I think this one is my favorite picture of the day... Millie with her ribbons and one of her super happy smiles (with just a hint of her spunk mixed into that smile). Can you see it?

So proud of both of my girls! Can't wait to see if Buddy Boy likes to saddle up too!