It has already been a busy week around camp! Craig and Lornie spent the morning cruising the property and making lists for this weekend's Endurance Ride. It is always a big push to get camp ready this early, but it makes for much less work in June. I am here in Truckee...still waiting on this baby! Nothing yet, but tomorrow is the official due date, so maybe this little bugger will be on time. Kalli, our former Equestrian Center Director, is checking out a new horse for our lesson program today, and we are also looking at a new Vaulting horse. We will keep you posted on the Equestrian Center developments as the month proceeds.
We hope you are enjoying the lovely weather.
Becky
Well, only 5 days until the due date... I am still hoping this baby will come early, but nothing yet! Here is an update of what is happening at camp right now! Craig has been driving the tractor around for the last couple of days building a new road out in the Ranch meadow. We will be hosting a 100 mile horseback endurance ride on May 17 and 18, so Craig is trying to get things gorgeous and ready, hopefully before the baby comes. Lauren has been splitting her time between the camp office and the barn. She has been finishing the staff hiring and getting the horses ready for the summer. Tami is getting the family packets stuffed into envelopes and out to our enrolled campers for this summer. The family packet includes not only the Parent's Guide, but also all of the important forms you will need. I am answering the camp phones, my e-mail and waiting...waiting....waiting....for this new bundle of joy to arrive.
Take care, and have a great day!
Becky
Hello Coppercreek Friends and Families,
Spring has sprung at Coppercreek, and we are all starting to get excited about summer. Only 5 1/2 weeks until the first camper's arrive. Along with all of the work to get camp up and going for the summer, we are also waiting for our newest arrival. Our (Craig & Becky's) second child is due to arrive on May 13th, but as we all know, nobody tells the baby the date it is supposed to come. There is nothing quite like waiting for a baby to come! Everyone at camp is so anxious to meet this new little person, but no one is as anxious as me!!!! So, I am playing the waiting game, answering the camp phones and hoping that today will be the day.... :)!
For those campers who have already enrolled for this summer, the Parent's Guide and all of the forms are going in the mail this week, so watch your mail box.
I will post again soon. Hopefully with photos of our newest camper!!
Becky
One of the things I do in the winter other than staring at the snow melting is coach volleyball. I am currently coaching a U14's club team as well as our junior high volleyball team at the high school. Many of the girls are the same, just in a different configuration. Well, my u14's team had their first club tournament last weekend and what a blast we had. After the girls stared fear in the face, letting many balls drop left or right and looking at me in sheer terror with expressions of; "Where do I go?" "Am I here?" "Am I an outside hitter?" "Isn't Sammy supposed to be on my left?"; we started to play and ended up the day with 5 wins and 4 losses to take 5th place. I was very proud of the girls and had a good chuckle knowing at the next practice, I will have 10 girls paying VERY close attention to their offensive positions! It is amazing how much you think you know until you have to take the test. Lauren
Christy was smart this winter and headed down the hill with Mel to live at Kalli's in Elk Grove. She has the fun job of teaching Kalli's students how to ride. Here she is with Bailey during a lesson.
WOW! Enough is enough! We haven't had snow like this in years. Craig spent the entire day plowing, plowing and plowing again. My poor little Chihuahua, Lola, and Pomeranian, Jasmin, have to burrow out the back door whenever they want to go out. I keep an eye on them because I am afraid they will disappear in a snow bank and never return. The deer all wait on the outskirts of the Equestrian Center until we are done feeding and then graze on the hay we drop. They are very happy there are 40 horses that need feeding everyday. We actually have a young Bobcat living in the rafters of the goat pen hoping to catch an errant pigeon. Well, the kids are happy though because our schools are closed tomorrow for a "snow day". The power of the computer generation. I think our principal told one student and by text messaging, MySpace and Iming, the entire student body heard the word in about 15 minutes. At least there are 230 happy students in our town...and a herd of deer. Ahh, life in the mountains! (The photo on the left is our middle arena. You can just make out the fence line on the right. Craig has been plowing it in the hopes I might be able to ride before June!)
