Friday, June 12, 2009

Busy Summer so Far!

So we have been really really really busy tha last month and a half since I have posted, so here are some pics of the fun! (Out of order though)

These are from our weekend trip up to the Lava Beds, we had taken the boys to a little local cave and to the Natural Bridge and they loved it, and kept asking to go to more caves, so we spent a day in the Lava beds...

Climbing out of Merrill Cave

They were having a blast! Again coming out of Merrill Cave...

Hyram heading off to explore...

The boys in a sub room of Golden Dome, the gold color is from a bacteria that grows on the ceiling and then beads of water gather ontop of them and it truly looks like the room is filled with gold when the light hits it.




All the boys posing in Thunderbolt...


We actually got to go riding once in all this time... It was a gorgeous day and a great ride.
Jarrett got to use the new reins he braided out of kangaroo leather for the first time. He did an awsome job and they worked really well.

Jarrett showing Renee the Barrel pattern.

I got Jarrett to ride an Arab that he actually liked! He said she may be his saddle horse for the summer... I may have lost my girl :(

The boys at Natural Bridge next to where their (I don't rememeber how many Greats) Grandfather carved his name into a rock. This was a site of a big Indian Massacre by the Calvary in the 1800's. Jarrett and the boys had relitives on both sides of the battle. A little more of the story can be found here http://www.trinitycounty.com/stnf-nb.htm however it is very innacurrate as to the history passed down through the family by those who were actually there.
Jarrett and the boys are also related to Captian Jack who was the leader a small band of indians who held off over 1000 calvary until the calvary tricked them out with a truce and killed them all up at the lava beds, another reason we took the boys there. Here is a story of the event however also innacurate according to the stories passed through the actual families. http://www.trinitycounty.com/stnf-nb.htm. I will have to get Jarrett to write out the actual stories one of these days.
and we are headed out to a Draft Horse event this weekens so should have more pics up soon!!









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