Hi, thought I'd start some catch-up.
A few days ago, the girls went to Tollgate to ride horses in the woods. We (the boys) went along to take care of the horses.
When we got there we saddled and bridled the horses for the girls to ride.
Before they went for their ride, Aunt Vicky asked us to give the girls a lesson on getting the horses ready to ride. I gave them a lesson on how to bridle their horses. She sat them down in the shade to watch.
Logan helped me by demonstrating on a horse on the other end of the line so everyone could see well.
Aunt Vicky asked why we only demonstrated with the bridle and not the saddle too. I explained to her that some of the girls had never been around horses and being girls, we shouldn't explain too much at a time. She seemed a little irritated by this.
While the girls were riding we sat and talked about why Ian shaved his head.
It seems he has a new friend, Daniel, who is battling cancer.
He has been very upset and self conscious about losing his hair. Ian shaved his head so when they spent time together they would look alike. We offered to help him shave it more cleanly. But, he said Daniel has spots growing back and his unshaved spots look like Daniels.
We are very proud of him for wanting to help his friend. We offered to include Daniel in anything we do as a group. He said that would be great, but we can't take photos of Daniel for our blog because his mother does not want him on the internet.
She is afraid someone might say something that would hurt him or someone might try to exploit him and his illness. We're ok with that.
But, we will write about him as he spends time with us.
After the ride we got the horses ready for the trip home. It was a great day. The girls were talking and giggling all the way home.
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