Let me clarify...horses do not define me. :)
However, Homemade Horse Camp is one of the highlights of the Ritchie family summer. My three sisters and four of their good friends have horses and instead of spending hundreds of dollars and 2 hours daily commute to schlep them to a local horse camp, our respective mothers decided to put on our own horse camp.
We trailer the horses to our next-door-neighbor's barn and have lessons, games (read: musical chairs with horses...:), demonstrations, classes, amazing meals, and crafts. My role is enabler...or grunt worker. I run to Walmart about 85 times, and then run to get some hairspray for one of the girls then make 20 lunches and then switch the laundry over. I love it so much!!!!!
The highlights of the week were the miniature horse show, the HUGE trail ride (as in 6-8 hours long nonstop) and the Independence Day Parade. The girls decorated their horses and costumed themselves in extraordinarily creative outfits and marched down the street to our neighbor's infinite amusement. This year we had a fairy, pirate, musical note, two Indians, a patriot, an Arabian princess, Russel (from the movie UP), a fire woman, and Miss Horse Camp 2009 (me in my prom dress and cowgirl boots). It was a blast.
So now you know what my life is like...lots of good work to be done, happy, and currently full of little cowgirls.
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Sarah Ritchie
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