Riding Lesson

I hadn't planned on putting up another post this weekend but it was such an awesome day and we got lots of fun pictures so I couldn't resist.  First, I can't believe it's been so beautiful for so many days.  The wind isn't blowing 100 miles an hour..  no bugs, no humidity!  Awesome!  Mike's grand daughter Kayley came over today because she wanted to ride Lucy.  Kayley doesn't get to ride much so it always turns into a bit of a riding lesson.  But then eventually it turned into Jeri's exhibition...  Kayley just wanted me to do stuff she told me to do but it was fun...  Got to mess around with Lucy...

Open up!

So first we had a "tacking up lesson!"  Here we are getting Lucy's bridle on.  Not too tough.  Lucy puts her head down making it all that much easier...  :-)

Then Kayley did some walking around with Lucy with me always within arms reach.  Kayley always feels more comfortable that way.

Time to mount up!

Then we move onto Kayley riding with me leading.  We didn't get past this stage.  Kayley was a little nervous...  then it turned into the Lucy and Jeri show...  Kayley decided she was going to direct and I was going to ride...  So I did...

Then Kayley decided she wanted me to ride without the saddle...  I said sure!  I love riding bareback!  So here we are...

I even convinced Kayley to try out the bareback for a bit.  But Kayley didn't last for long this way.  Not enough to hang onto...  :-)  Mike even thought all the messing around looked like fun so we threw the saddle back on and he jumped on Lucy for a spin.

Lucy is always a good sport.  Kayley had a fun riding lesson and we got to spend the day outside in the gorgeous weather.  We even got in a dog walk later on in the afternoon.  Enjoy it now!  Snow will be here before you know it!  (can't believe I just said that!  :-)