No kites?!?!?!?

It has been a tradition that we fly kites on New Year's Day. For 10 years we actually had a New Year's Day kite festival held on a frozen lake in Michigan. After I left the parks department that sponsored the event, we kept the tradition alive gathering and flying with friends. We even had a mini-festival the first year we were here in Puerto Rico.

This year, for only the second time since 1990, we did not fly kites. However, family horseback riding on the beach could become a new tradition.

First, Miguel and Elaine took a ride on Chocolate and KTJ. They met up with Amy, Kennedy, Kaiden, Amber and Jazz and me on the beach.


Then it was Kennedy's turn to ride Chocolate with her abuela. (Kennedy truly believes Chocolate is her horse. When her Daddy rode off, she was nearly heart-broken. I picked her up and quietly asked, "is Daddy riding your horse?" Without lifting her head off my shoulder she just nodded.)

And then Amy got a short ride on Chocolate.

When we got back to the "ranch," I even took a little ride on KTJ. That's the first time I've ridden her. She really is a sweet responsive horse. And big! It's a long way up there in that saddle.