Day 1 - Getting ready

Saddles a waitin'

Always starting with some groundwork

Smokey and the Bandit are self-entertaining!

Lookin' good so far!

Hasn't even been in the saddle yet and is already smiling ear to ear!

Not bad for a first time!

Oh yeah - don't forget that part!

Having too much fun already

Us gals gotta get our gossip time in

Good job riding him in the open and away from others

HEY! No cell phones allowed!

Cowgirl in training

The girls made a board game and made up horse-related advances and obstacles

Saturday night's movie

Carrie's here!!!

Some warm-up

Working on sitting the trot

Always better when the helmet hits the ground WITHOUT the head in it!

Jack had to get a little schooling from Carrie - bad Jack!

Taking a break

Help and advice from someone else for a change

Mihijo wouldn't show his face - too embarassed by the braids!

Smokey and the Bandit briefed Jerry Lee on how things are done around here

Carrie - our demonstrator!

... she's winning!

Just about ready for the games to begin!

Aww, guess it was just a little too much of a stretch from the ground

Fun's a waitin'!

It's harder than it looks!

HEY! No pros allowed!

Water bucket race

Egg & spoon race

Recycling race

The hired help & judge

Sillyness!

Victory lap(s)

The backup race (Mike never had a chance no matter how much of a "PROfessional Backer" Rocco is!)

Carrie dancing to some polka music

Rock on, Carrie!

... not sure what dance move this was

Time to pick up the cones!

Sydney did a great job breaking in her grandmother's boots

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Can I have a drink?

Too much fun

There's one horse that's very glad the weekend is over!

Unbelievable - enough energy left to crack some more smiles!