St. Patty's Day and Horseback Play

Hannah's Girl Scout Troop got to go Horseback riding on St. Patrick's Day after a shortened school day due to Conference Week. Hannah was so excited!

The girls got trained on all things horses--safety, grooming, etc.

The instructor asked if anyone was nervous or scared and none of the girls raised their hand. Then Hannah's shy little arm comes creeping up. A couple other girls raised their hands too after Hannah. It was so cute--no one wanted to admit they were nervous until someone else admitted it first.
Her cute troop...

And then it was time to ride...
Hannah had the pleasure of riding Woodstock, the lone all-white and highly coveted horse. The instructor matched girls and horses according to size and Hannah was the lucky girl. It didn't turn out that Woodstock was such a lucky horse, however. Woodstock liked to go fast and literally rode the tail of the horse in front of her. Hannah had to "Whoa, whoa" ALOT and her arms got tired from pulling back on the reigns so much. But she loved it and bonded with Woodstock. Much more exciting than a boring horse!



Here's Woodstock tailgating again...



Up in our beautiful hills...


So fun! After riding, they got a delicious St. Patty's treat...


And then they got to go explore the barn and feed some animals...

They got ice-cream cones full of feed to pass out to goats, chickens and pigs...(the animals actually love the cones to eat!)



Hannah's first attempt at holding a chicken...

She got it finally. Mady of course was an old hand as she has a couple of these of her own!...

And then there were tiny baby ducklings to hold...


It was a great way to spend St. Patrick's Day!