One of the things I did with the kids this year is the five of us went horse back riding. This was the first time for me and the kids. Brendan was a pro. The one thing he said to me was make sure you stirups are good before we ride. Since I never have been on a horse for more than tpo go around the stall at the fair. It seemed pretty good. The horseback riding was done up by Bear lake and it was wonderful. Matt screamed because he was having way to much fun and like his mother he is really loud. But he had a great time. The ride was 1 hour but really more like a 1 1/2 causesome of us had a hard time controlling the animals. But it went pretty well until I noticed my knees were killing me. It was getting worse and i started to wrooy that I wouldnt be able to get off the horse. Then towards the end of the beautiful ride the guide stops us and tells us to really keep the animal under control because if they start running now we wont be able to stop them. O K that was really scary and considering i knew me knees werent goning to hold me I knew I was in trouble. How do I save my child that keeps gigglng and screaming with joy and then myself from falling off the horse!!!! Wasnt gonna happen. Once we got back a good boy friend would get off his horse and come help his girlfriend but NO he walks the other direction. So I did what I had to do, According to some real cowboys I Indian off the horse, which is sliding off the opposite side. I was sore for days and my knee still hurts. But I will defiantly do it again. We loved it
