24th of July

On the 24th of July we had a picnic up Provo canyon with the fam. The food was great, the company was awesome, and the canyon was beautiful.

Preston and I after breakfast.
Brittany, Allison, Megan, and Jefferson.

Aunt Julie.
Uncle David.
Darrin.

Great Western Horse Show

The Great Western Foxtrotter Show was held in Farmington, Utah on June 22-24. I showed two horses, Patriot's Dixie Pizzazz, and Image's Jazzy Ragtime Hit. Here are a couple pictures from the show...

Preston singing the national anthem.
Do you like my new custom made pink pants and chaps? (Here's a little secret for ya, I had to spray paint my boots pink to get them to match the rest of my outfit.)
I won English Pleasure.
Lacey and I waiting to go into Western Pleasure.

We had a great show. The little three year old that I have trained (Jazmine) is still undefeated. She won all 5 of her events at this show, including 2 championships and the Breeder's Cup where I won money.

Reno

Last Wednesday afternoon I went with Preston and his Mother to Reno to watch his brother and sister-in-law show at an Arabian Horse Show. We stayed in Reno at the Sands hotel for two nights. Preston's brother, Nathan did VERY well at the show. He showed 4 horses, two won first place, and one got second place. He showed all of them in reining.

Nicole, Preston's sister-in-law showed her horse "Louie" in a couple of English Pleasure classes. She did really well but the competition was fierce so she didn't make it to the top 5. There were over 20 horses in both classes she competed in. This show was a really big show with a lot of really nice horses.

Here is a picture of the barren wasteland on the way to Reno.

The Sands resort. Fancy huh?
Preston and I had a good time watching the show and critiquing the horses together.
Nathan on Sage Hill Hunny Bunny. He took home first! Bunny is a half-Arabian, half Quarter Horse. I got to cool this horse down after the class. She is a nice horse.
This is Nobles Top Gun, he also won his class! This horse is out of Preston's dad's stallion, Vaguely Noble. Nathan did very well showing. Not only are his horses very well bred, he did a fantastic job training them.
Preston and Nathan giving their horse a cool shower after he was shown.
Nicole on Louie and Nicole's best friend, Katie.
The Arabian people are huge into looks. Everything looks very nice, including their stalls.
They even bring sod to lay in front of their row of stalls. Crazy.
Here is Top Gun doing a couple slide stops.

Jerry Seinfeld Live

Preston got some tickets to Jerry Seinfeld Live in Salt Lake and talked me into going with him. I was a little nervous to go because I wasn't sure if he was going to have clean humor or not but Preston assured me that his stand-up comedy really isn't too bad. We had probably the best seats in the house, we were on the 6th row and right in the center. It was at Abravanel Hall and we couldn't help but feel pretty special being so close to the front.

Anyway, I was reluctant and fully prepared to walk out if he got too crude but I actually had a great time, he is truly a master at stand-up comedy. I am glad that we were so close because his facial expressions are hilarious. His timing is perfect. His jokes are so true and they just make you laugh at how silly humans are sometimes.

Here is his entrance, a bit delayed which made everyone a little upset.



The audio isn't very good but this just gives you an idea of what it was like.