A Retreat and a Rodeo

The first weekend in Jackson the students and staff went on a retreat to Old Faithful Christian Ranch in Idaho.  It was a fun time of fellowship and getting to know the other students.  I don't have many pictures, but here are a few of the team building activities that we did do.


We had a bunch of group challenges where we had to accomplish certain tasks.  My group was great! We accomplished every task faster than anyone else, and it was so much fun!  That was a fun day. :)

For the above challenge we had to get everyone over this spool (that was able to spin).  We had to all start on one side and then lift/crawl over the top of it.  We did pretty well. We then had to do it a second time, and this time we weren't able to hold the spool steady, so it was a little harder.

For the above challenge the teams had to start on one side of a series of logs and we had to walk all the way from one end to the other.  The hard part was that there were gaps that we had to move logs from another part of the challenge and fill the gap.  If anyone fell off they had to go all the way back to the beginning and start over again.

For THIS challenge we had to all get on this log (that was suspended an inch or two above the ground with chains and could swing), then we had to all climb over each other and get in order of our birthdays.  It wasn't too hard for us cause we all had pretty good balance, but it was so much fun!  Noah thought so too and waved, while Leah actually seems to be yodeling or something.... it was great fun. :)

 

For this challenge we had to pass our team mates through the "spider web" with them touching the strings the least amount possible.  It was pretty funny watching everyone and seeing them all get passed through the web. 

For this challenge we had to swing from one platform to another one.  The hard part was that we had to get the rope (that was hanging in the middle) without getting off the platform.  We all had to stand on the platform to start, then we all  had to swing across and all stay one the platform without falling off.  It looks like Cally did a pretty good job.

I thought this challenge was really fun.  There were two wires that started right next to each other, and they widened out to about 10 feet apart at the end.  Two people had to start on the narrow end and lend their hands against each other, then walk all the way to the other end.  By the end the two people had to try really hard to balance and not fall down. It was not too hard, but a great challenge!



The day that we got back from the retreat we went to the Jackson Hole Rodeo.  Did you know that Rodeoing is the state sport of Wyoming?  I had no idea! It was quite fun.  Here are a few pictures of us having fun watching. :)

Pretty ladies! (Analea, Cally, Jen, Katie)

Not the best picture ever, but a picture of the three of us none-the-less.

The two younger Klase sisters... They are such fun girls!

 

And there we have my retreat/rodeo fun!