Horse Back Riding

We went horse back riding back in November with Clint and TaNelle Allen and their kids at Clint's parents house in Rigby, ID. It was so much fun I couldn't not post about it! Chad and I hadn't gone horse back riding since we were kids so we were a little nervous especially since these horses were huge! But it ended up being a sweet trip and the kids thoroughly enjoyed it!



Chadder-bud and "Tiny".



Look at the excitement on that little face! No fear whatsoever!



There was a puppy that wanted to follow us on the ride we were on and we were worried it might get trampled by the horses so Clint picked it up and had Kaeson hold it for the ride. He was on cloud 9. He was hoping he could take that puppy home after-Ella was hoping the same thing! It was a pretty cute puppy but it was not coming home with either of us. :)



Little buddies.



The horse trailer loaded up and ready to take to the place we were going to ride.



Here's the horse they call "Tiny". As you can tell it is anything but. Chad and I didn't actually ride together but we wanted to take a pic on a horse together.



and of course had to add the whole fam...




All mounted up and looking real cool!



TaNelle and the horse riding pro Kaeson!


We gave Jack an apple at the beginning of the trip and he ate that thing for the entire ride not even trying to hold on at all, just lovin' life and munchin away.



Here's the she-beast "Big Mama" that they had me ride at first. This horse was much shorter than the others because she was a cross between some smaller horses and they thought since I am pregnant it would prob be safer in case I fell off-less distance to fall :) Well anyway she hated me! She wanted to be doing pretty much anything else but having a rider on her. She kept trying to shake her head and go off and do her own thing and me being a novice rider I was a bit nervous on her. So they had TaNelle trade horses with me yet she was still giving TaNelle a hard time as well. Finally Clint got on her which looked hilarious because she is pretty small and he's a big guy but he showed her who was boss! That girl's got attitude haha or maybe she just knew who she could push around.



Afterward, the boys took the kids on some short 4-wheeler rides around Clint's parent's land. The kids were in heaven!







Don't let the size of Kaeson fool you, he can drive one of these beasts on his own pretty well! It was crazy!







Clint's parents have a little buggy that can be hooked up to his horses that he let the kids get into and he was running them around with pure man power- quite the workout. They were pretty impressed though!

We had so much fun that day! Thanks again Allen's for taking us with you! It was a blast!