No day is complete without a stampede, right?

I only have four more days left of work--FOUR! It's crazy and sad and I don't feel ready for it at all... But I'm very much looking forward to working in our garden, getting handy on my sewing machine, editing the book written for our church's centennial, and spending lots of time being active outside and with friends as summer approaches! This weekend at the ranch we have a Mother-Daughter camp. It's great seeing these moms and their girls connect over riding, rifelry, rock climbing, archery, vaulting and just hanging out in the petting zoo. Today was an eleven hour work day but it always seems to go quickly when we have non-stop activities all day. However, at 5:30 when the hay is thrown down and the herd is anxious to get to the fields for their much-deserved dinner, no one anticipates that an un-closed gate will catch the eye of a particularly observant horse who will in turn lead the rest of the team away from dinner and out to the open playing fields and roads around the ranch at a break-neck pace. Oops. Thankfully my wranglers are extremely capable and willing to take "all hands on deck" to a new level; Brooke even vaulted over a fence with the agility and ease of a gazelle as she sprinted after the thirty stampeders! All in a days' work. And in the days to follow our work will certainly consist of filling the hoof holes around the ranch with sand :). Next week the full time wranglers and I are going on a "send off" trail ride up to Golden Ears. A whole day in the saddle and the weather is supposed to be glorious--I can't wait! We'll pack picnic lunches and the only interruptions will be the countless times we'll need to stop so I can empty my bladder :). Also next week we have our very good friends from Kamloops coming down for a few days! David is competing in the Spartan Race with his buddy, Phil, in North Van, and then we'll celebrate Kari's birthday that evening. Fun times! As promised last post, I have created a baby pool for friends and family to guess when Baby will be born and other stats. There is a very real and very awesome prize for the winner! You can make your predictions here: www.bebepool.com/janellekristine. Good luck!