Jada's Baby Arrives!

Welcome to Coppercreek's Newest Addition! She doesn't have a name yet, and we are taking suggestions! This beautiful little girl arrived yesterday afternoon about 2 pm. Lornie checked on Jada yesterday around noon, saw no signs of impending labor, so came down to do a couple of hours in the camp office. When she went back through the barn, this little baby was born and already trying to stand up. Jada had done it all on her own, without any help, despite the fact that Lornie had spent many sleepless nights watching the monitor and waiting for her. Oh, well, the most important thing is that baby and Mommy are both healthy and happy! We can't wait for you all to meet her!

Still No Baby....

We are still waiting for Jada. The poor thing is as big as a house and as uncomfortable as all get out! We feel terrible for her. She quite literally waddles around her pen. Ryleigh has been taking her for a walk every evening in the hopes a little exercise will make the baby come faster. It hasn't worked yet! It is a cold, rainy, yucky spring day, but the good news is that it means Craig can burn pine needles and get some outside work done while it's cool. The warm Spring and Summer weather will be here soon. Becky is just about finished with her Northstar job. The resort is only open for one more week, then it will really be time to get serious in the camp office and get all of the spring mailings together. OH, Amy is coming to visit next week. We are all very excited to see her.
Hope you are having a lovely day! Send good thoughts Jada's way...
Becky

Home Visits!

Hello All,
We just completed the last of our home slideshow visits/reunions and we couldn't have enjoyed them more. It was so much fun for us to be able to see some of our campers in their home environments and visit with them and their parents. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to the Cohen-Levinson family, the Milligan family and the Hill family who graciously opened their homes to us. We are so grateful!

PS No foal yet. We are still watching and waiting........

BARN NEWS! FOAL WATCH 2009

We are on foal watch... Jada, one of our miniature mares, is due to give birth any day now. She is bred to Jiggy, our "dalmation" mini driving stallion, and we are very excited to meet this little guy/girl. The video cam is set up in Lornie's bedroom and about every hour, she rolls over to check out Jada's situation. When miniature horses are born, they aren't much larger than baby goats and they are cute, cute, cute!

Nikki, our Swedish warmblood mare, is due May 12th so we have a bit of time for her baby. She is getting quite large though and looks beautiful.

We had a scare a couple of weeks ago when Jiggy colicked during a bad snow storm. Lornie and Sutter rushed him to the vet an hour and half away. We didn't have our horse trailer so we folded up the back seat in our Dodge truck, pushed a hay bale next to the door and up went Jiggy. Fortunately, he has ridden in all kinds of strange vehicles for shows and didn't think anything of riding behind my driver's seat. We made a strange sight! He underwent colic surgery that night and after several days of touch and go (he had trouble with the anesthesia), Jiggy is home and doing well. What a relief! He just returned from having his stomach staples pulled. He has to have stall rest for 90 days but should be ready to pull carts by summer time!

Daisy's Winter Fun!

Daisy, one of our lesson ponies has had the pleasure of spending this late winter/early spring with Laura S! Laura was looking for a pony to do some jumping shows on and she had ridden Daisy all last winter. Daisy was excited to leave the land of snow and ice for green grass and fun with Laura! Laura's family even bought her some new clothes as you can see from the attached photo. She is a very stylin' pony and is loving her winter job! Campers, don't worry, Daisy will be back to Coppercreek in June.

Only 86 more days until 1st Session.

Oh, also, no new baby yet. We are still watching, waiting, watching, waiting, watching, and waiting!

February News

• Enrollment Update
• Help in Tough Economic Times
• The Return of Horse Camp
• One-Week Session Options

I know it's hard to believe, but in just 3 ½ months, we will open for our 45th summer of adventures! It seems like winter has just begun (maybe because winter has just begunJ), but we are starting to gear up and get serious about Summer 2009!

Enrollment Update: If you haven't yet enrolled your camper for this summer, here is an enrollment update. We are full for CITs in 3rd and 4th session. Both TREK and Junior TREK programs (2nd & 3rd sessions) are nearly full. For Traditional Camp, we have room in all sessions and age g roups, but things are getting very tight in 2nd and 3rd sessions in the 11, 12, 13 & 14 year old cabins for both boys and girls. If you haven't yet enrolled your camper, please give us a call. We still have "wiggle room", but now is definitely the time to make your decision about next summer!

Help in Tough Economic Times: We know the economy has hit some of our camp families hard. What a d ifficult time for our country! If your family is struggling to fit camp into the budget for this summer, please call us. We have received some generous donations to our scholarship fund, and we may be able to help offset the costs of tuition.

The Return of Horse Camp: Back by popular demand, we have added our 5-day horse camp to this summer's schedule for those campers who can't get enough horses in Traditional camp. This camp will be offered June 14th to 19th and will only be open to 25 campers. The price for this Equestrian experience is $1195.

One-Week Session Options: We have added one-week options back into our summer schedule. Your camper can attend the first week of First Session (June 21 to June 27) or the first week of Fourth Session (August 2 to August 8).

We can't wait to hear from you!

Home Visits

Thank you to the Cohen-Levinson family for hosting our first Home Gathering of the year! Lornie traveled to LA this weekend for a camp fair and an afternoon visiting with former and future campers and their families. She had a terrific time and she loved the chance to see Tess and Mira, Ruby, Chris M, Danielle S and our new friend Evelyn on their home turf. They spent the afternoon watching our new slideshow DVD and visiting about camp. We have more slideshow reunions planned for February, March and April in the Bay Area, Las Vegas and Arizona. If you would like more specific information, please let us know!

ONLY 130 DAYS UNTIL CAMP BEGINS AGAIN!