Some of them are black/white versions of the originals, or a cropped version of a larger pic... but still... The only downside is that for the first little bit, Ryan had accidentally set the camera to switch out a shade of brown or green (we can't tell which) with a shade of purple! So, there is a purple hue to many of the pics. But changing them to b/w fixed that, lol.
We met at our house at noon. Unfortunately, one of the girls never made it here... but honestly, she was kind of an "extra"... the four kids Cadi REALLY wanted were all with us. :) When we decided we couldn't wait anymore for the last girl, we divided into cars and headed out to Royal Ridges.
We got there just in time and they were ready for us, but the two moms who had helped to drive had forgotten their permission slips, so we had to wait for them to fetch us a couple and have them filled out. This was perfectly fine though, because the kids were able to enjoy some horses that came over to say "hi" while we waited. Here are some pics of them... I'll share the b/w versions because I really liked how they turned out...
This one does still have some discoloration, but I thought it still looked good in color. This is the big sister of the boy who came, she's one of the Beehives in our YW and will be turning 14 soon. (She's excited because that means she'll be a Mia Maid and that means she can go to dances - and in her house it also means she can start wearing make up! lol)
Here's a pic of Cadi being silly. :) It's also probably the best pic of her new cowgirl boots that we gave her for her birthday...
After waiting patiently, we were finally ready to go ride some horses! Acadia was reunited with Chanse and she couldn't have been happier! (Some of these still have some discoloration, but they were still good in color... others were taken after we discovered and fixed the problem...)
Her friends had fun too!
Here is H. riding Doc:
G. riding Scooter:
C. riding Mocha:
And R. riding Peaches:
The session was great. They each started out with a helper holding a lead on their horse. Eventually they were all able to have the leads taken off their horse, but most of them still had their helper walking right beside them. Acadia was the most experienced rider, but that's just because of all her lessons last summer. They all did great! They learned how to walk, stop, and steer... and even got to do some trotting!
But after an hour of riding, it was time to say good-bye. We moved over to a room where we could have our cake (and eat it too) and open presents. Here's a picture of the cake Cadi had chosen...
Acadia got some fun gifts! She enjoyed all of them, many were horses, lol. But this was her very favorite - she's been wanting one for over a year and this birthday seemed like the appropriate time to give her one...
It was a great party for a great girl! Like I mentioned before, there are over 200 pics on our photobucket account... plus there are some video clips of the kids riding. So check it out if you have the time!
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