Horses

Sam

Carver

Madalyn

Maddie, Sam, Carver, Kate

Grandpa and grandma Holman

It is always fun to take a little drive into the country and show the kids how different and fun life is in different places. OK, so the drive would not have been very fun for the kids were it not for the dvd player and a few munchies. But I didn't hear the dreaded, "Are we there yet?" or "When are we going to be there?" until the last 15 minutes of the drive, which made for a lovely drive for mom. It was pouring rain on the way down and I figured we would not be able to have our fun on the farm... but alas, the weather changed and we were able to take the kids for a little horse ride. And Grandpa Holman was the favorite of all the kids because he welcomed everyone with a great big box of the most delicious donuts. Who can resist that? Not me. And definitely not my kids.

So we decided that since the horses have not been ridden since last year, we should probably lead them and just walk around the block first (when I say we, I really mean grandpa), which ended up being a good decision. Well, I was having a great time leading Carver's horse and watching Madalyn, Kate, Sam and Justine on the horses and I tried to get a picture... well, I dropped my camera and my phone and tried to pick them up and forgot (I don't know how I really forgot, but safety went out the window) that I was leading a horse and the horse stepped on my baby toe... It hurt, but I could still walk on it and no big deal. Then, we decided to trade horses and riders and I was going to ride with Sam. So I got on and then I started feeling woosy and started to sweat and then I thought I was going to faint. I got off the horse and thought I had better sit down and then I realized that I needed to lay down. I did so and decided to check out the damage on my toe. It looked terrible. In just 5 minutes or so the nail was already black and my foot was quite swollen. What a stupid thing. I was totally fine a few minutes later and was so mad at myself because I really wanted to go for a ride. I'll just have to go again later this Summer. But, the kids had a blast.