Over the weekend, before I mowed the lawn (ahem), Kelsey had her first riding lesson. Kayleigh rode Shorty, got him good and tired, then it was Kelsey's turn. She has been wanting this for a long time. Farmer Dave put smaller stirrups on and helped her up. She's a strong, wiry kid, and just zipped right up and into the saddle. Dave led her down the aisle, and she did some zig-zags and balance exercises. She seemed confident and attentive. She's looking forward to the next lesson.
P.S. Sorry about the crappy photo quality. They were taken with my phone.
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Thanks for the link to Rev Currie. My conservative roots have birthed some more traditionally liberal fruit over the past 5 or so years in regards to the Social Gospel, so I'm interested in hearing some of his sermons and such.
i still think it's amazing that anyone can take a picture, crappy or not, with a portable telephone.
You're welcome, Christian. I'm fairly ignorant, but I enjoy his blog.
Laurie, I still don't know how to use lots of the features on the phone. It's a phone, after all. I'm not really interested in playing Tetris on it, or sending emails, or setting alarms. I just want to be available when my family needs me.
At Kelsey's lesson, I stood there thinking, Shoot, I should have brought the camera. Then I remembered my little camera phone in my pocket. And if it weren't for camera phones, I wouldn't have that spiffy picture of me with the ever-dapper Dr. Drew.
Don't apologize for the quality of the phone pictures. I can barely make a phone call with mine, much less a picture.
No surprise that my kids can make it turn cartwheels and jump through hoops.
Amy - Congratulations to Kelsey on her first riding lesson. That's very exciting. I remember mine like it was yesterday (it was very, very, very many yesterdays ago) and all it involved was bathing, grooming and saddling. No riding until lesson #2! My problem with my mobile is that I can take pictures with it, but it's nearly impossible to get the pictures off of the phone. I lost the CD with the crappy software and am not sure where the adapter to connect the phone to the computer is either. I really must suck it up and learn how to use Bluetooth. (I'm philosophically opposed to bluetooth because it has such a stupid name.)
Rotten--may I call you Rotten?--I remember running laps around my parents when it came to technology. I wrote out detailed instructions and made a flow chart for my dad to be able to use the VCR. He never did get it. Kids are more interested, I think.
Ann, welcome! Kelsey was so pleased. She's been waiting so long. I wanted her to be strong enough and mature enough to be able to handle it if anything went wrong, as it did with Kayleigh a while back. As for the pictures, my husband is a gadget and gizmo guy, so we have it all on hand. And I can ask him how to do anything when I forget. I do forget.
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