dutton camp day 3. x-country!

Yay! so today was cross country day. and we had SO SO SO much fun!

Lee lee, phillip and evie's daughter took photos and a bunch of video. which she instantly loaded onto the phillip dutton event academy facebook page.... and i am trying to figure out how to steal them all.'

but here is the link to the album of the group we were in:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Phillip-Dutton-Eventing-Academy-Camp/132336020129970?ref=ts&sk=wall#!/media/set/?set=a.221441134552791.63123.132336020129970

i hope you can view it without having a facebook.

...and this is from stadium. leelee also to these awesome shots:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Phillip-Dutton-Eventing-Academy-Camp/132336020129970?ref=ts&sk=wall#!/photo.php?fbid=221220224574882&set=a.221220207908217.63022.132336020129970&type=1&theater

i also cones one of the organizers into videoing jen and i.... so here are a couple of those:

four leaf clover i found on the way to breakfast!

striking a pose

basically we had a blast.... i hope you can tell from our faces. we got to do a ton of super fun jumps, most of which dylan has never seen before, but was super willing, and a few were even new to wynton, like the trackener (spelling?). (which was quite big for just bumping around)

Phillip is a man of few words, but when he says them, he means them.... and its been interesting figuring out his lingo and word organization... and then applying it to our rides.

learning how to do quarter marks

learning how to put on a flair strip

 after lunch which included a talk about airvests.... we had a lecture on grooming secrets from Phillips head groom, emma, a lovely girl who has been with him for a about 6 years.

Jen and i nabbed a few great tricks, which we wont ever give away, and then we all went out under the trees for some exercise and fitness tricks. Some of which were awesome and hard to do, and some of the skills, well, we had a little fun with them.