Cool photo

I love this photo of Katy looking confident on her horse, Falcon!

A fun weekend

A fun weekend was had by all!  The usual suspects, minus Ali/Matt but with Tara, Craig, Oliver, Emmett and Casey.  Brad and Monica had also left early, and didn't make it into our last minute group shot...

Climbing

Our family split up between the climbing wall and the higher ground group swing.  The 'swing' was basically a 50' rope hung between two 65' poles where you got pulled up as far as you could get on one side.  Then you pulled a level and released the tow rope and you fell for a half second before you started to swing down and up to the other side.  After a few back and forths you grabbed a rope on the ground and a staff member pulled you to a stop.  It was a lot of fun!  Katy and Ian did the climbing wall with Darcy, while I did the swing with Max, Sam, Lily and Rogan.

Archery

In between canoeing and dinner, we had a few minutes to try our hand at archery!

Canoe ride

After lunch everyone in our group headed over the lake for a canoe.  A bride and groom were getting photos done and didn't want us in the background so we played a paddle game for a few minutes and then headed out.  The lake was very low so you had to pole rather than paddle in a few places.  On the way back to the dock we had a race, and Ian and I won by a half length.

Trail ride

Darcy and Ali took the bigger kids on a trail ride.  It was also Ali's birthday, so we had some cupcakes ready for her as well...

Arena Ride

The younger kids started with an arena ride.  We started by getting to know how to approach and walk around the horse, then brushed them, and then headed off down the hill to the arena.  There, the kids got to walk their horse through some obstacles, and then each got a chance to do a short trot.  Then they walked over the ridge and back to the stables... Katy's face was all smiles the whole time!