More Aspen Grove...

On one of the nights at Aspen Grove they do a "Frontier Night" where they have all kinds of games and activities you can try and it is centered around their little pioneer village. They have steer roping, hoop throwing, pellet shooting, ax throwing, panning for gold, shooting for a sheriff's badge, story telling in an indian teepee and a train ride.

Ryder and Steve checking out the fun.


They had a gigantic horse that Brityn thought was the best thing ever and all she wanted to do was 'ride it'!


Kendyl was eager to try her hand at shooting a pellet gun. I don't know if I was excited about her excitement though.


They had these cool tire swings that someone had made into a horse swing. The kids all had fun riding these 'bucking broncos'!


All of us on the train ride. It was kind of crazy since there was no track. I'm surprised no one got run over, but the kids loved it and rode it several times.


Steve loves a good volleyball game and there are lots of tournaments you can sign up for to compete against other families.


Yea, the Hardys' took 2nd place, but made some friends with a polynesian family.


Another playground that all the cousins loved to play at.


Some friends of ours were at Aspen Grove in June and they thought it would be fun to leave us a little treasure hunt. So we followed the clues and they led us to the bridge...


...where we found a "grumpy old troll" hiding! It was really cute and the kids were excited to figure out the clues, and then they all wanted to hold the troll! :) Thanks Tiffany!


Ryder was a pretty good sport the whole week. He wasn't too happy when we dropped him off at his group (sort of like nursery) but once he started playing he did great. He very much wanted to explore on his own though.


Playing on a train at the pioneer village, he just had the biggest grin on his face!

So cute!

Here's Brityn having fun sportin' her sheriff's badge.

Kendyl had the chance to try her hand at fishing. She didn't catch anything, but thought it was pretty neat to try.

We all went down for free time at the rock wall. They even had these 'baby' harnesses for really small kids.

But Ryder was having none of it!

Kendyl wanted to climb again she loved it so much!

She is a good little climber and did awesome!

She went even higher the second time! :)

Steve got his chance on the 'difficult' course.

There was a tricky part where the rock jutted out and there weren't any good hand holds.

But Steve was able to navigate his way around it...

...and made it to the top! He was even more proud of himself since none of his brothers or brother-in-law could do it (and they each tried several times)! Way to go Steve!