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Last week I took my girls to Try Something New.

I surprised them with horseback riding lessons.

We drove an hour and a half to visit my friend Gail that owns a ranch with horses, chickens & goats.

When I told them what we were doing, they were nervous & apprehensive.

The last time I did horseback riding was at least 10 years ago & I told them I was also nervous the first time I did it as well.

It\u2019s a common feeling when trying something new.

As my youngest daughter Syd hopped up on the horse, she had a scared look on her face.\u00a0\u00a0If I could translate her look to words, it would be saying “what the heck dad???”

Gail did an amazing job helping her feel at ease up there.

In less than 10 minutes, she went from \u2018I don\u2019t want to be up on this horse anymore\u2019, to \u2018this is actually pretty cool and want to stay on the horse.\u2019

My oldest daughter really enjoyed it as well.

The lessons were an hour, and the first thing Syd asked after she hopped off the horse was…\u00a0 “when can we do this again dad?”.

Gail then gave us a tour of the rest of her farm.\u00a0\u00a0My girls collected eggs from the chicken coup and we played with the goats.\u00a0\u00a0I almost got rammed by a couple of them\u00a0 $\"\ud83e\udd2a\"$

It was a pretty cool experience and life lesson for them.

New things can sometimes be scary, but it doesn’t mean you should run from the fear.\u00a0 Often times the fear is just in our head and things turn out much different than we expected.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t