After a busy, busy week like usual, I came home from church and my wonderful husband has the horses saddled and ready to go in front of the house. I asked him if he was taking the kids somewhere and he said that he had brought them so he and I could go for a nice, relaxing ride. So I hurried and changed and we headed up the canyon to Willow Creek and unloaded. It was looking a little gloomy out so we grabbed the ponchos just in case. It was so beautiful because all the trees were changing colors and all you could hear was the breeze through the trees. I was riding behind Chad so I got some fun pics of him in the trees on his horse.
I am an official cowgirl, haha, because Chad gave me his old chinks (as you can see in our picture). So I guess maybe that makes me look more cowgirl-like and it makes it feel like I am actually important.
We had a great ride and found some of our friend Nate's cows and we started pushing them back to where they should be and the thunder and lightning started. It began to pour rain and I was so thankful we had grabbed the ponchos. We hurried and got those on and CRACK!!! there was a lightning strick less than a seconds count away from us. Then I was a little freaked out because you would see the lightning and then instantly hear the thunder. It was all around us and I just started to pray. We are talking hard core Baptist praying!!! Just kidding. We got the cows back to where they needed to be and the rain started to subside and we just enjoyed the rest of our ride back to the truck. We had some cold ones and went home refreshed and full of love for each other. Little times like this make you realize who and what is important and I am very thankful to God that I have a family and husband who need me and love me back.
