I know it’s late, but it was such a fun day and such cute pictures, I had to post about it! So, my mom had brought up this idea to me after Chris’s graduation party when my cousin Will brought some of his kids to the party and they wanted to ride. My mom thought it would be super fun to have my kids and Will and Callie’s kids come for a day of FUN on the Staley Farm! I thought this sounded like a fabulous idea, so the plans were made!
The BEAUTIFUL day arrived (seriously, it was SO nice that day) and the kids and I arrived to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. We were a little late, but relieved to hear that Callie was running late too, so I didn’t look as bad! Soon the troops arrived! They were decked out to the NINES!!! Everyone seemed to have some sort of “horsey” paraphanalia and I felt kind of bad that my kids only had blue jeans and sneakers on!
Our first order of business was RIDING of course! We gathered up the horses and headed up to the arena where the kids had to brush the horses off and saddle them up! For probably an hour and a half the kids took turns riding horses and complimenting each other (Thanks, Michael) on a job well done! After awhile a large portion of the children started speaking of the immense hunger that they were experiencing so Grandma/Aunt Linda went and started the BONFIRE for our hot dogs and SMORES! The kids were excited to cook their own hot dogs around the campfire, while the adults found the bonfire fun, but very hot!
After lunch, Aunt Linda/Grandma got out the hose and let the kids play in the water for awhile before starting the next phase of Cousin Kamp which was tie-dying t-shirts and scrapbooking! Each of the kids got to tie-dye their own t-shirt with the help of the AMAZING Callie (check the link above to get your OWN shirt) and make their own scrapbook!
The kids had SO much fun! And of course… I have pictures!
Audrey and Grandma/Aunt Linda discussing the plans for the day…
Audrey, Alex (One of the 4-H Helpers) and Audrey cut out the boards for the scrapbooks…
The Valets ARRIVE all decked out…
Grandma/Aunt Linda talking to the kids about how to behave around the horses…
Will having a talk with Sy…
Brandon and Aunt Linda cleaning Sy’s feet…
Nora and Michael cleaning Ruby’s feet…
The well designed and safe saddle held on by twine…
Brandon riding around the arena in Ruby…
Isabelle riding Ruby (ALL by HERSELF!)…
Gabby on Ruby…
Michael and Brandon on the “compliment chair”…
Michael riding Sy…
Lunchtime!!!
Playing with the water…
Tie-Dying!!!! (forgive me if I’m spelling that wrong lol)…
Scrapbooking!!!
It was such a FUN day and I look forward to Cousin Kamp 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like a greatly fun day for the kids. Isabelle’s pink horsey shirt looks an awful lot like one that I got Elise on one of our last trips to quarter day! In fact, with her haircut, in that first picture I almost thought it was Elise! But what is up?! No picture of Audrey on the horse? I’m glad you’ve been having so much fun with your kids and taking so many wonderful pictures. They will be able to enjoy the memories for years to come, and I will be able to enjoy scrapping all the pages with you!!!
Can you tell from the photos which kids don’t get enough shirtless time in the sun?
Seriously, they had an awesome time. Your ma rocks, and so do your kids.
Cousin Kamp totally rocks!! What fun!! Everyone must have been worn out by the end of the day!! It sure looks like all had a most wonderful time - riding, S’mores (one of my favorites), playing in the water, shirts, scrapbooking-WOW! AWESOME!! Love you and can hardly wait to see you!!