Summer Time

Jill giving Carly her first ride on Buck.
We have been celebrating summer for almost 3 weeks. Here are some fun things we have done:

* Jill and Hanna cleaned all of the lockers at Austin's school, and I (along with another lady) changed all of the locker combinations. We do it for the money$$$$

*Jill and Hanna went to the Jr. Mustang Basketball Camp at Mountain Crest. Jill won the Hustle Award for 3rd grade girls.

Lucy riding our pony, Sparky

* Austin rides horses somewhere/somehow almost every day. Jill has become his shoot help since I have become the mother of a newborn. Lucy even went with Austin by herself the other day and rode our pony by herself while Austin roped. I even rode a horse again and loped on Cookie for the first time since about October. Pregnant ladies and riding horses doesn't mix. Jill and Hanna are becoming really good horse riders. Austin and the girls have also gone to Paradise to chase or doctor cows several times.

*We went swimming at Mountain Crest High School's indoor pool last week. We were going to go to the outdoor pool, but it was only about 60 degrees with a breeze. Not ideal swimming weather, especially with a newborn. Carly did swim for about 20 minutes and then fell asleep and had a nice nap in the stroller while we swam. Hanna and Lucy start swimming lessons at the outdoor pool next week.


*Jill went to 4-H Horse Camp on Monday. The first year of camp you just go for one day, called First Step. Next year she will get to stay at camp for 3 days. She took Les & Hollis' horse, Cookie, and had a really fun day. She said she learned alot. They had a performance at the end of the day for the parents. Her group had the best routine and the best riders. There were some runaway horses and scared/inexperienced riders at horse camp. It was quite entertaining to watch.

Jill at Horse Camp. Her group's superhero was James Bond, so as they left the arena, they were pretending to shoot their guns.