Cardston Heritage Days

Austin taught horse camp during the same week as Heritage Days. We decided that we already live at the Agridome that week, we might as well have Horse Camp the same week.  He had so many kids this year hat he did two sessions - one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  Hanna was his camp assistant.  They learn about horse safety, tack, anatomy, rodeo events, games, etc. 

Lucy took our goat to the pet show. Carter took the miniature donkey, and Carly took Grandpa's dog, Badger.

Hanna was Grandpa's assistant for the horse driving contest.

Lucy, Carly and I ran the 5k for Heritage Days.  Lucy smoked us. Carly ran it in 32 minutes.

It was a cool morning the day of the parade.  Jill had to work in Waterton.  Lucy and Hanna and Madison Leishman got to carry the flags at the start of the parade. Hanna rode Slick who pranced through much of the parade.

Austin was in the ranch rodeo with Shayne Duce, Cash Duce and Bowdrie Duce. 

Heritage Days is a crazy week for me as the secretary of the Ag Society.  I am happy to say that I retired on Sept 1 from that job.

20 Years

Our 20th Anniversary (Sept 6, 2016) was the first day of school so we celebrated our anniversary early. 

 We went to West Glacier to go white water rafting. We stayed at a cute little place called the Vista Motel. It was clean but very simple. There was no TV so Austin went to the office and they had a little portable DVD player that we watched a movie on. We went to Kalispell for dinner to Applebee's and bought a cheesecake at Costco.

Whitewater rafting was really fun. We had a good guide. We were pretty wet by the time we got back but it was really fun. Austin would like to go earlier in the spring when there are even more rapids. 

The girls survived while we were gone. It's so nice that they are independent!

Enjoying Summer

Lucy and her friends on the last day of school.

Re-creating a picture from the past during our hike at Crandell Lake in Waterton.

Lucy's softball team

Carly's softball team

Hanna and Madison on their horseback ride to the Barn Store in Mountain View.

Cutting and baling the hay in our field was a great adventure (one we hope not to remember)

Working on our outdoor riding arena is something we do want to remember!

Craig, Karma & Steve Albiston came to Canada to visit.

Lucy went to Cougar Basketball Summer Camp.

Canoeing the Milk River

We were brainstorming ideas of fun things to do for Heritage Day. One of our ideas was to canoe down Milk River. Then we invited the Hardy family (Kendall, Jewel, Ava, Mya, Brook, Dane) to see if they could come and they said yes. We were slightly worried about the e-coli warning of the water, but we decided to take the risk. 

We borrowed our ward canoes and had such a fun day. The weather was awesome and we laughed and talked and sang. We switched around a few times.  Towards the end of the river, Lucy ended up in a canoe with Mya and Brook. They were seeing lots of the river, so they ended up putting Lucy in the back to steer. She did awesome.  Austin did have to run out to catch them at the landing place.

The girls voted to make the canoe trip an annual tradition.