Giddyup!

Go big or go home. Isn't that the saying? Well, we have never had a pet in the 9 years Chad and I have been married. That is mostly my doing since I feel I have enough children to clean up after, bathe, and feed. So instead of starting small with a fish or bird we chose to "go big" and get a kid horse. Actually, a family down the road gave us the horse because they have plenty of horses and this horse, Buck, is old and doesn't get ridden very much. He is a perfect kid horse because he is old and doesn't move too fast and is very gentle around the kids. We grow alfalfa on our land so we have hay to feed him and Chad's dad put in a horse corral a few months ago(Chad's parents live next door) so that is where Buck lives. The kids pitch in helping to feed the horse and they just LOVE to shovel up horse poop. It is a lot of work but the kids have gotten used to the horse and now they all can ride him by themselves. Ressa & Lauren have been big fans from the beginning but it is so nice to see the boys warm up to Buck and become more confident around him. Lauren usually has to be the first to have a turn and she says "giddyup" all during her ride!