Out West

What a great weekend! Our whole family traveled to Nebraska - it was a terribly long drive but I was glad when we finally arrived. While there, I saw my friends, Erica, her sister Merrill, and Lydia, in Nebraska and had a lot of fun with them. Our family was preparing to leave on Sunday afternoon after church but Merrill and Erica asked their parents if I could spend the night with them and then leave the next day with some other people who would drop me off at my house. My parents gave their “yes” and what a lot of fun we had! I had never been to my friends’ house in NE so this was very exciting! They live on a farm complete with cows, riding horses, draft horses, a dog named Mollie and two cats. Oh, and not to mention a pet hedgehog! That evening turned out to be very interesting since the family had quite a lot of other people in the house for dinner. After we ate, most of us kids trooped down to the basement to play a few card games. We played a game called Apples to Apples (which, by the way, is a very fun game in case you have never played it!). This kept us laughing the whole time. When the game was over we all decided to go outside and play Red Rover, Hide and Go Seek, and Fruit-basket Upset. When every one had gone home, we girls slowly made our way to bed at midnight and promptly fell asleep! The next morning I expected that we were going to be leaving only to find out that we would have a whole other day there! Yippee! That morning we all took turns riding the horses that they kept there. Out of all of the horses there, I would have to say my favorite was Jackson, a dark brown horse who was skittish when first brought out of his pen. He was so pretty when he started running and his mane and tail blew freely in the strong wind! The rest of the day was spent leisurely, most of us feeling pretty tired. Later on in the evening we had a ride on a wagon down the road and I even got to have a turn riding in the front seat! The next morning we left and I was very sorry to leave my friends but grateful that I had the opportunity to stay another two days and have tons of fun! Well, now I am back home and must leave off lest I should not be able to get up in the morning! Hanna