Monday, July 27, 2009

Fort Wilderness 2009

Every year our family takes a week to go to Fort Wilderness. It is a highlight of everyone's year! Here are a bunch of pictures from our trip. Sorry, but I just couldn't narrow it down to just a few.

I like to read this as "Welcome Home". It was home for so long it still seems like
coming home to me.
Blair Lake:
The beautiful loon just hanging out.


The pier at Blair Lake. This is where we take the hay wagon to for Wranglers Breakfast. Great breakfast and beautiful scenery.


Craft Shop:
Madison had a lot of fun at the craft shop. Here she is making a modge podge book with her friend Grace.
Greg and Madison making a pinch pot for me. It was a big surprise!

The Fort Wilderness Barn:
The girls had a lot of fun at the barn this year. Madison and some of her friends were in the Western show. Here they are getting ready for the stick horse part of the show. Waiting is hard!
Finally, it's time to start!

Kennedy took a class or an hour each morning and then practiced to be in the Western show each afternoon. She had a blast! You would think that after 2 1/2 hours each day for five days she would be tired of riding, but she wasn't. Just look at that smile!
Spider Lake:
The beach was also a place where we spent a lot of time. Here is Madison with her friend Grace playing on the boards.

Kennedy and her new friend Keara doing the same.

Madison getting ready to go kayaking! I think she is stuck on the sand!

Mackenzie is still afraid of the water so she didn't often get in past her knee's. She didn't need the life jacket but her friend was wearing one so she insisted. Insisted??? Mackenzie???

Playing in the sand!
Friends:
One night we had a Jamboree. Madison and her new friend Abby told a few knock knock jokes. She was very nervous so she had to take be boo (her blanket) with her.

Madison and Abby being goofy!
Kennedy and Keara. Kennedy was sad that none of her friends her age that usually go up with us were going this summer. I kept telling her that she would meet new people that way, but she wasn't real happy about it. However, the second day she came running up to tell me she met a girl that was her age and was really nice. They were together whenever Kennedy wasn't at the barn. They now email a few times a week and are both talking about next summer already.

Mackenzie met a couple of new kids her age, but she also had a few from home that joined us. Here she is with her best buddy, Bekah! These two blondies were so stinkin cute all week!

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