Isn't she cute?

It's a little grainy-we scanned a picture that they printed out onto some photo paper for us. But it's cute! Emma has been having the time of her life this week at horse camp. The instructor and her daughter are AWESOME. And Emma is starting to use terms-today she "loped." Which means she went fast on her horse :) And she started the week petrified of dogs, but now she's obsessed with all the little dogs roaming the property. Funny thing, this little girl. A couple weeks ago we were at a farm supply store and there were these tiny little baby chicks. A man pulled one out for the girls to pet and they wouldn't touch them! Bree follows Emma's lead, so she saw Emma acting afraid, so she wouldn't do it. But Emma has no problem walking up to a massive horse!

The instructor takes pictures throughout the day and they print them all out and send them home each day. The kids decorated a book at the beginning of the week, so they're supposed to glue the pictures in the book and write about each picture. So we've been writing Emma's words, verbatim, into the book, and it's hilarious! What a great memory keeper for her. And they've been taking video footage that will be made into a DVD that we'll get at the last day of camp tomorrow. Emma's sad that tomorrow is her last day, and she asked tonight when she'll get to go back. I would LOVE to move forward with her taking lessons, but we'll have to wait a bit for a job before we sign her up. This has been such a positive experience for her, and I love the instructor and her daughter! I think we've made some lifelong relationships here :)

I'll post more pics after her "show" tomorrow, when we get to come watch the kids perform what they've learned. I'm glad Dave won't have to work, so he can come watch her and see what a confident girl she has become!