To end the year, Lauren's gs troop had a last hoo-ra at White Pines Dude Ranch. I being an unofficial co-leader came along to spend some quality time with my daugher and assure this will be a trip embedded forever in our hearts and memories. We had such a beautiful weekend together.
We took time to explore the canyons
We played on good old fashioned tire swings
Lauren picked "Roman"
The first friend Lauren made was this beauty
The ranch had over 70 horses on 200+ acres of wooded land. When they were out to pasture you'd never know they were out there. We were able to get up early and see the rancher herd them in. Every hour, on the hour, the ranch would ring a bell and the girls got to pick from a group of 3 things what they wanted to do. Lauren spent most of her time exploring the barns and just "free" playing. We certainly didn't need to be entertained every hour. I didn't go all that way and pay all that money to sit and play bingo~ :0) Lauren spent most of her time, and if I didn't know where she went, I always knew I could find her in the "Critter Corral" with the billygoats, pigs, sheep and kittens. Lauren really is such a "simpleton". She loves to just, play- look under rocks, make soup out of leaves and grass, make mud pies. She even told me after this weekend, she really thinks it is possible to live without video games! We had so much fun and we will surely never forget our time spent together!
2 comments:
I'm so glad you were able to spend the weekend with Lauren. I know she doesn't need to be entertained. She finds so much to do for herself. Give her a rock and a bug and she's happy as a lark.
Good memories for both of you.
Love ya, Mom
I LOVE that last picture of Lauren with the horse. You need to email me that one. So glad you both enjoyed the weekend at the ranch. Hopefully we can get there sometime too. Sounds like fun!
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