Labor Day Weekend

This past weekend Brant's family all went camping and we were the party-poopers who didn't go. I didn't think that I would be able to take another break from school and homework since I had just taken a break the weekend before when we went to the D-Backs game. Well, some how this week I got all caught up on my work plus a little bit ahead so we decided to skip church on Sunday and drive up to the mountain and hang out with his family for the day.

We even decided to take one of our horses up since we heard that some other people had brought theirs. It was a fun day! I had saddled up Duke and was going for a ride when Justin came up to me and asked me if I wanted to go on a ride with all the guys. I was a little bit nervous considering that all these guys were pretty experienced on a horse and I was just learning and had only rode a handful of times. I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into just yet, but I was up for the challenge!

Who knew I am quite the cowgirl!

Here is Brant lookin' like he just stepped out of a Western Bant ended up riding Duke and I rode one of Don's horses, Blue. I got more nervous because Duke was the horse I learned how to ride on. He is a very tame, slow paced horse. Blue was real peppy and liked to run so it was a whole new experience....and I loved it!! The trail we took was about eight miles. I thought I was doing pretty good, we road all the way up to the very top of the mountain. It wasn't until we were ready to go back down the mountain on a separate trail that I freaked out a little bit. This trial was about 6 inches wide and at some parts you could fall right down the mountain. I just kept hoping my horse wouldn't slip....but they did...because the dirt was so soft! It was completely straight down for most of the way. I literally was sitting on the horn afraid I was going to slide right over the horses neck!!

After the ride Don came up to me and told me that I handled my horse real well! I just laughed and said thanks. He told me that I impressed him for someone who hasn't rode a whole lot. He was pretty surprised when I told him that I have only rode a handful of times and that's it!
Brant and I had so much fun riding together that I told him we have to get our other horse, Buckwheat broke so that we can go on rides together more often.

After we got back to camp we just relaxed a little bit and hung out with everyone else before it was time to load up and head on home. It was a pretty nice day. It rained most of the way up the mountain and most of the way home but it stayed clear and sunny during our horseback ride. It was perfect weather, about 50 degrees! It was so nice to be out of the heat!

When we got back to town that evening we stopped to drop off Duke at the corrals and to feed and we noticed that the ground was all wet. Well come to find out, before we left that morning Brant forgot to turn off the water and it just ran everywhere. Luckily our nice neighbor out there noticed and came and turned it off for us. Brant got distracted talking on his cell phone and tried to drive right through the mud. Well is wouldn't have been so bad but the mud out there is just clay. So as soon as the truck hit the mud we just sank with the horse trailer on the back. It was awful, it took us forever to get out. We even called our nice neighbor and hooked up chains and everything and 30 minutes later we finally got unstuck. It was pretty funny afterwards, but not when I thought I was going to be sleeping with my horse since his family was still on the mountain and not coming home until the next day. Haha...good times! :)