A couple of weekends ago Brooklyn had a very scary experience. I hope I get the story right. I'm not always the best at details. A friend of Kelly's called him and needed help getting an elk that his brother-in-law had shot up Spanish Fork canyon and they couldn't get it out on their own.
So of course Kelly said he would love to help. He went and got two of our horses and took Brooklyn with him because she loves to go on horse rides. Brooklyn & Kelly rode together on our new horse Skippy. Why they were riding they came to a place where the ground got a little tough for the horse and his legs gave out and he fell down. Kelly got knocked off balance and jumped off so the horse could get up assuming it would stand up and wait there. Instead it got up and ran forward by the other horses.
Again assuming it would stop when it got to the other horses they weren't too worried. But instead of stopping the horse tried to go around the front of the horses where there was about a 15 foot drop off into a ravine. The horse went off the drop off with Brooklyn still on its back. At that point they saw the horse disappear and heard Brooklyn screaming. The horse had fallen into a ravine where there wasn't really anywhere for Brooklyn to go except under the horse. When Kelly got to her she was still screaming and was under the horse. They hurried and got the horse off and when they did the only spot she was hurt was on the back of her leg where the horse had stepped on her while it was trying to stand up. It was a miracle that she wasn't more severely hurt. The horse hadn't rolled on her when it fell or stepped on her too hard. She was able to walk away with only a really bad bruise. She road the rest of the way without much complaint and was more worried about if the horse was O.K. then if she was O.K. I know she was being watched over and we are so lucky she was able to come home without major injury.
A couple of weekends ago Brooklyn had a very scary experience. I hope I get the story right. I'm not always the best at details. A friend of Kelly's called him and needed help getting an elk that his brother-in-law had shot up Spanish Fork canyon and they couldn't get it out on their own.
So of course Kelly said he would love to help. He went and got two of our horses and took Brooklyn with him because she loves to go on horse rides. Brooklyn & Kelly rode together on our new horse Skippy. Why they were riding they came to a place where the ground got a little tough for the horse and his legs gave out and he fell down. Kelly got knocked off balance and jumped off so the horse could get up assuming it would stand up and wait there. Instead it got up and ran forward by the other horses. 
Again assuming it would stop when it got to the other horses they weren't too worried. But instead of stopping the horse tried to go around the front of the horses where there was about a 15 foot drop off into a ravine. The horse went off the drop off with Brooklyn still on its back. At that point they saw the horse disappear and heard Brooklyn screaming. The horse had fallen into a ravine where there wasn't really anywhere for Brooklyn to go except under the horse. When Kelly got to her she was still screaming and was under the horse. They hurried and got the horse off and when they did the only spot she was hurt was on the back of her leg where the horse had stepped on her while it was trying to stand up. It was a miracle that she wasn't more severely hurt. The horse hadn't rolled on her when it fell or stepped on her too hard. She was able to walk away with only a really bad bruise. She road the rest of the way without much complaint and was more worried about if the horse was O.K. then if she was O.K. I know she was being watched over and we are so lucky she was able to come home without major injury. 
