Welcome to Peach

Sheinah has been asking for a horse since her third birthday. We took her to the Bayfield Apple Festival last October (our annual tradition) at which she rode a pony on a guided pony ride. Right after that she told us that on her next birthday she was going to get a pony. Now we usually don't like to just give her everything she asks for. However, part of the point of living out in the middle of nowhere is so that we can have things like a pony. It just so happened that Travis cousin Dusty had an older horse that could no longer go hunting in the mountains. Dusty offered to give the horse to Sheinah. Thus, we took a trip out to Wyoming to visit with Travis' uncle JimBob and pick up the horse.

The horse's original name is Peaches. When we first asked Sheinah what she would like to name her horse she said "Miss Kim." Kim is her favorite teacher at pre-school. We were thinking that Miss Kim might not enjoy having a horse named after her but we were willing to let her choose. Once she met the horse and we told her the horse's name, Sheinah decided that the horse's name would be Peach. We got scolded if we forgot and called her Peaches :)

Her first ride required Travis to have his hands on her...then she let him let go...then she rode with her cousins. Once we got Peach home, Sheinah actually rode her all by herself! Check out some pictures.