Swimming, hiking and Horses

We have a small river that flows through our property, last Friday we all went swimming. Saturday we hiked around Pilot Mountain knob, then on Monday we saddled up a couple horses and got the boys riding in the ring.

Summer with our boys from Belarus

Robert and Artsiom



Artsiom and Helena

Intimidator, the new roller coaster

Entrance to Carowinds

We are participating once again in the American Belarus Relief Organization (ABRO), which sends children of Belarus to America for six weeks in the summer. We take them to the doctor, dentist and eye doctor and buy them shoes and clothing and they live as one of us in the hot summer sun. At our house they also get to feed animals and do farm chores as well as play outside and ride bikes. I will be putting pictures up of some of the things we are doing.

Yesterday we all went to Carowinds. Yes, Helena has a broken arm, she fell from her horse.

Trail Rides

Here in Pinnacle we live between 1-6 miles from some of the best horse trails in NC. The Sauratown Horse Trails, part of the Mountains to the Sea trail, and the Pilot Mountain State Park Corridor Trail are both very close to our home and lately Jeff and the girls have been making good use of them. As they do more riding we'll post more pictures of the trails, but here are a few.