Rebekah Rides

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For the past year Rebekah has had a wonderful opportunity to volunteer at the Kearsley I Can Ranch.  Here she takes care of stunning Arabian horses and assisted in lessons for special needs kids.  She also gets the occasional free riding lesson too!  Love the perks!

Rebekah has really grown in confidence and self esteem helping out with this program.  She had enjoyed her time with the horses, learned the skills needed to properly care for a horse, discovered she is a valuable member of a team, stretched herself to care for others by helping the special needs students find comfort with the horses and helping to teach them riding skills.  We can't express enough how grateful we are to be part of this wonderful program.  It has been a fantastic year and a super awesome experience.  


Pictures from Rebekah's last lesson.  The ranch will be winding down and shutting down this coming year as the owners get ready to retire.  We just squeaked this opportunity of a lifetime in!

Rebekah can canter!
Look Mom!  No hands or legs!
Check out the stunning balance on this girl!  She's actually standing on top of the horse!!!!


Balancing with no hands
And that is how you ride a horse backwards.  What?!?!





 Rebekah's main charge at the ranch was actually the pony, Dusty.  Lucky little John got to come along and meet the pony in person and get a little face time with some of the other beautiful Arabians in the barn as well.  

We hope we have many more horse adventures to come! What a wonderful year!  Yipee Yi Yea!

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