Frog

Katy loved this little guy!

Cool photo

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

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.

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!

Back to school!

Another summer is behind us and the kids are headed back to school.  This is Sam's second year at Shuswap Middle School, in grade 7.  Ian, Katy and Max are in grades 2, 3 and 5 at Bastion with Mr. Styles, Mr. Caner and Madame DuClos.  For our first day, Sam rode his bike with me, and then I rode back to meet up with Darcy and the other kids on their bikes.  It is crazy to us how many people drive to school when they live so close!