School for the Both of Us!

Well, I just got done with my first week of school! And you know what? It was great! My teacher's were better than I had expected and I even have some old classmates in there too, it was great seeing them and seeing them helped me relax a little more. I think this will be a great semester!

A couple days ago Ava had a breakthrough moment. We were riding in the arena alone, no one else was there, we had the whole place to ourselves. I just stuck to our usual routine but kept on the cautious side, I didn't want to get hurt when no one was around. Anyways, I got her loping nicely and started to practice simple lead changes. But when I was about to ask her to change leads again I decided to try and ask her for a flying lead change, I didn't expect her to do it I just wanted to try for the heck of it. Well, guess what? She did it! Ava did a flying lead change!!! I truly couldn't believe it when it happening, I almost started crying, it was an amazing moment. I am so proud of her. Also, it wasn't just out of luck, I asked her to do it a few times and she did it again and again! Pretty awesome.

Today Ava and I had a lesson and it was a blast! She worked hard and had great results in the end. All we did was work on drifting, counter flexing, and hardcore rollbacks with a few 360's. Ava started out a little agitated but she eventually got over it and learned that she needed to listen. Overall a great lesson and I can actually see improvement!