Willow and Jada take a walk!

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Wonderful Spring Break

What is Spring Break like at Coppercreek? Usually the mornings were spent working- cutting wood, raking, cleaning pens, thinning trees with the backhoe, general maintenance...etc...but on a few afternoons, Sutter and I pulled the horses out and had some fun. Sutter spent all of Wednesday raking the pine needles off the sand in the jump arena and moving jumps. She sat next to me on the tractor while I disced up the sand. (We don't use the jump arena in the winter) and planned her jump course. What a lucky mother I am. My 16 year old daughter actually likes hanging out with me and we had "catch up time" while toodling around on the John Deer. After the course was set, Sutter jumped Christy and I took a spin on Valor and Caro. We always give each other tips, exchange horses, teach each other and talk about possible upcoming shows. For any campers following the blog, Caro was a perfect gentleman and packed me like a champ!

170 Alumni Registrants!

The 170th person just registered on Coppercreek's Alumni Site! Welcome Chrisana Des Jardin Andrus. She taught Art (among all the other tasks every counselor gets assigned) for us for at least 5 years back in the mid 1990's. She is now married, with two beautiful daughters and teaches 4th grade.

"Pursuit of Happyness" - AKA "Willow"

Willow is growing quickly. She had outdoor time yesterday in between rain showers. She is sporting a trendy, blue fleece sweatshirt since the weather is so blustery. She is very friendly and inquisitive. Jada keeps a close eye on her but is happy to have people come and love on the baby. Willow is particularly proud of her ability to race around her mother, throwing in a few bucks and sliding stops.

New baby at Coppercreek!

Yesterday afternoon welcomed a new miniature filly to the Coppercreek barn. She is the daughter of Jiggy and Jada, our two mini driving horses. The alumni connection comes in as Jiggy was named by one of our counselors, John Washington, years ago. John taught dance here and for our opening counselor skit, we all danced to Will Smith's "Gettin Jiggy Wit It". That started a line of miniature horses named after something to do with Will Smith. Jiggy's first colt was dubbed "Wicked Wild Wild West" but his barn name is JJ. Now we have this beautiful little girl and we are searching the database for a good name. So far the going choice is "Willow" after Will and Jada Pinkette Smith's daughter. I will post photos as soon as I get them. The new little girl kept her Momma busy all night as she test drove her legs. The long delicate legs run and buck like champions already! For those who haven't seen a mini baby, this girl is about a foot and a half tall. So cute!