Late Birthday Surprise

Some of you may know of Clara's deep love of horses and how much she enjoys reading the Pony Pals books. So, we planned to surprise Clara with a chance to go horseback riding for her birthday. The weather hasn't been very cooperative lately, but today was the day. A friend from church owns horses and kindly invited us to come over. Clara was very excited once she saw the barn and horses. Here are some pictures...

Mr. Pleasure


Nicholas loves animals. Here he is making friends with Abby and the barncats.

Feeding treats

Clara mounting Robin

Clara riding Robin, a former Belmont racehorse

Nicholas trying out horseback riding for the first time. He did great and loved it!

Nicholas riding solo